When the Path Exists: Inside the JAMP Scholar Experience
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51- Journal Your Way to Success
The benefits of journaling are often touted for personal growth, developing meaning from experiences, and even serving as a stress-relieving practice. Unfortunately, there are limited resources to help pre-health students begin journaling and customizing the experience to their needs.
Shannon Gutheil, a health professions coordinator from UT Austin's Health Professions Office, talks about how journaling can help pre-health students organize their thoughts, develop habits, and serve as an activity log to help keep everything in one place.
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Links:
- Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll (book)
- Bullet Journal Companion App
- "How to Bullet Journal" (video)
- "Journal Your Way to Success" article from the APPLY Magazine
About the author: The Texas Health Education Service amplifies TMDSAS and JAMP’s missions to serve students, collegiate advisors, and professional schools in Texas by providing students with accurate educational resources to enhance their preparation for a career in the health professions, and supporting efforts by advisors and professional schools to reach students and enrich the applicant pool.
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