The Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP) celebrates 50+ years of preparing educationally and socioeconomically challenged students for medical, dental and other health professions schools.
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Opportunity | Challenge | Support
Preparing Tomorrow’s Healers
The SIU School of Medicine MEDPREP program has served over 1700 students since 1972. MEDPREP alumni have entered health professions schools across the country including our affiliated SIU School of Medicine and SIU School of Dental Medicine.
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1700+
graduates of our MEDPREP program
85%
accepted to medical schools
1972
MEDPREP was founded
146
health schools accepting MEDPREP alumni
Latest articles
'The most powerful medicine is sometimes invisible.'
Dr. Kevin Simon is a psychiatrist and the inaugural chief behavioral health officer for the city of Boston. He is also a graduate of SIU School of Medicine (Class of 2015) and of SIU’s MEDPREP. He was
SIU PAs win Illinois Challenge Bowl
The SIU Physician Assistant Program’s Challenge Bowl team has won the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants 2025 State Medical Challenge Bowl--their sixth in a row.
SIU earns elite Research 1 status in national rankings
This milestone reflects the combined academic strength of the SIU campuses in Springfield and Carbondale and affirms the university’s national leadership in discovery and innovation.
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