The year between completing the program and entering medical school is known as the glide year. During this time, post-bac students submit applications to medical schools for admission. The Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program will also assist students in finding ways to use the glide year productively to enhance their preparation for medical school, whether it be through employment opportunities, additional courses, volunteer work, research, or graduate studies. Paid or volunteer positions may be available at Johns Hopkins Hospital, other local hospitals, the School of Public Health, service organizations, and research positions throughout the nation. Many students continue to work with the faculty sponsors of their medical tutorials at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine through the glide year. The following is a list of activities and positions that recent Hopkins post-bac students have engaged in during their glide year: - Medical Mission to Ecuador, and AML research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Nursing and Trauma Injury research at the U. of Maryland School of Medicine
- Endocrinology research at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Stroke research in Neurology Dept. at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical assistant at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta
- Fulbright Fellowship in India to work on health education and related projects
- Psychiatric research at Columbia University
- Liver disease research at Emory University
- Research assistant with AIDS Link to Intravenous Experience (ALIVE) study, Hopkins School of Public Health
- HIV testing and counseling at Johns Hopkins
- Neurology research at Children's National Hospital
- Patient Safety research at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Trauma medicine research at Scripps Mercy Hospital, Ca.
- Research in Dept. of Hematology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Stem Cell research in Neuroscience Dept. at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Research at Johns Hopkins Hospital on the Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) project
- Research in a neurology laboratory at the University of Rome
- Stem cell research in a laboratory studying multiple sclerosis at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Research on communication disorders as a Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Awardee at the National Institutes of Health
- Work as an Americorps volunteer as a clinic assistant at Unity Health Care in Washington, D.C.
- Work in Ethiopia at a wound care clinic
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