<p>Do you know of any camps or programs or classes or anything like that that develop interpersonal/social/communication skills for professionals such as M.D.'s, or for people who want to be M.D.'s?</p>
<p>UW-Madison's med school admissions website says that you be really good at all of these in order to even be considered for admission, so I'm really looking for ways to develop these things during my time as a pre-med rather than during med school through things like residencies, etc.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I need to mention this or not but the thing with me is that I suffer from some paranoia, and that’s why this is such a big deal. (It’s a diagnosis by my doctor, not something I came up with myself.) It’s kind of debilitating socially. I’m 24 and I don’t really have any healthy relationships with anyone. I’ve JUST started college as an undergrad. I got accepted at UPenn after high school for pre-med when I was 18 but I didn’t go.</p>
<p>So is there anything for that then? Like camps/programs or classes?</p>
<p>I’m a smart guy, it’s just the social thing. I really want to be a doctor and I don’t want the social thing to prevent me from doing becoming one.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Maybe Toastmasters? It’s for public speaking but I think there’s a social/networking aspect too.</p>
<p>Also you could volunteer…maybe with kids at first since that might be easier? Or senior citizents? Seems like a good way to become comfortable with people in general.</p>