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I reproduce the exhaustive list from The National Center for Transgender Equality (The Discrimination Administration)TLDR: About 77 other things listed below like permitting discrimination by homeless shelters (July 23, 2020) - Please Vote!Anti-Transgender and Anti-LGBTQ ActionsJuly 23, 2020: The Department of Housing and Urban Development formally announced the rollback of a previous rule that protected transgender people from discrimination by homeless shelters and other housing services receiving federal funds.June 19, 2020: The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it finalized the extensive rollback of health care discrimination rules, to eliminate the protections for transgender people experiencing discrimination in health care settings and/or by insurance companies denying transition-related care, as well as to weaken nondiscriminatory access to health care for those with Limited English Proficiency.May 15, 2020: The Department of Education issued a letter declaring that the federal Title IX rule requires school to ban transgender students from participating in school sports, and threatening to withhold funding from Connecticut schools if they do not comply.May 8, 2020: The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule eliminating collection of sexual orientation data on foster youth and foster and adoptive parents and guardians and rejecting proposals to collect gender identity data.May 6, 2020: The Department of Education published a final rule encouraging schools to dramatically weaken protections for student survivors of sexual violence and harassment, and eliminating a provision that encouraged religiously-affiliated schools to notify the Department and the public of their intent to discriminate on the basis of sex under a Title IX waiver.March 26, 2020: The Department of Justice filed a court brief in the District of Connecticut in opposition to a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference policy that allows transgender athletes to play sports with their peers.February 27, 2020: The Department of Justice filed another court brief, this time in the Western District of Kentucky, expressing the view of the United States that anti-LGBTQ discrimination is not "a sufficient government interest" to overcome the objections of private businesses who want to deny "expressive" services such as photography services to LGBTQ people, and that these businesses must be permitted to opt out of complying with local nondiscrimination laws.January 16, 2020: Nine federal agencies - Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Agency on International Development - all proposed rule changes that would eliminate the rights of people receiving help from federal programs to request a referral if they have a concern or problem with a faith-based provider and to receive written notice of their rights; and that would encourage agencies to claim religious exemptions to deny help to certain people while receiving federal funds.November 5, 2019: The Department of Labor proposed to exempt the TRICARE health care program for military dependents and retirees from requirements not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. It is not immediately apparent whether TRICARE intends to make any changes in its benefits policies. Currently, TRICARE covers hormone therapy and counseling for transgender retirees and dependents, but DOD interprets the TRICARE statute to exclude transition-related surgery regardless of medical necessity.=November 1, 2019: The Department of Health and Human Services announced it would not enforce, and planned to repeal, regulations prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion in all HHS grant programs. These include programs to address the HIV, opioid, and youth homelessness epidemics, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars in other health and human service programs.November 1, 2019: The Department of Education published final regulations permitting religious schools to ignore nondiscrimination standards set by accrediting agencies.September 19, 2019: The Department of Health and Human Services cancelled a plan to explicitly prohibit hospitals from discriminating against LGBTQ patients as a requirement of Medicare and Medicaid funds.August 16, 2019: The Department of Justice filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal law “does not prohibit discrimination against transgender persons based on their transgender status.”August 14, 2019: The Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that would radically expand the ability of federal contractors to exempt themselves from equal employment opportunity requirements, allowing for-profit and non-profit employers to impose “religious criteria” on employees that could include barring LGBTQ employees.July 15, 2019: The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced an interim final rule that would block the vast majority of asylum-seekers from entering the United States, with deadly consequences for those fleeing anti-LGBTQ violence.July 8, 2019: The Department of State established a “Commission on Unalienable Rights” aimed at narrowing our country’s human rights advocacy to fit with the “natural law” and “natural rights” views of social conservatives, stating it would seek to “be vigilant that human rights discourse not be corrupted or hijacked or used for dubious or malignant purposes.” (Shortly thereafter, the State Department official tasked with coordinating the new commission was fired for “abusive” management including homophobic remarks.)July 3, 2019: The Department of Housing and Urban Development removed requirements that applicants for homelessness funding maintain anti-discrimination policies and demonstrate efforts to serve LGBT people and their families, who are more likely to be homeless.May 24, 2019: The Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule that would remove all recognition that federal law prohibits transgender patients from discrimination in health care. Courts across the nation have ruled otherwise.May 22, 2019: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a plan to gut regulations prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in HUD-funded homeless shelters.May 14, 2019: President Trump announced his opposition to the Equality Act (H.R. 5), the federal legislation that would confirm and strengthen civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans and others.May 2, 2019: The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule encouraging hospital officials, staff, and insurance companies to deny care to patients, including transgender patients, based on religious or moral beliefs. This vague and broad rule was immediately challenged in court.April 19, 2019: The Department of Health and Human Service announced a proposed rule to abandon data collection on sexual orientation of foster youth and foster and adoptive parents and guardians.April 12, 2019: The Department of Defense put President Trump’s ban on transgender service members into effect, putting service members at risk of discharge if they come out or are found out to be transgender.March 13, 2019: The Department of Defense laid out its plans for implementing its ban on transgender troops, giving an official implementation date of April 12.January 23, 2019: The Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Civil Rights granted an exemption to adoption and foster care agencies in South Carolina, allowing religiously-affiliated services to discriminate against current and aspiring LGBTQ caregivers.November 23, 2018: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) erased critical guidance that helped federal agency managers understand how to support transgender federal workers and respect their rights, replacing clear and specific guidance reflecting applicable law and regulations with vaguely worded guidance hostile to transgender workers. While this guidance change did not change the rights of transgender federal workers under applicable law, regulations, Executive Orders, and case law, it is likely to cause confusion and promote discrimination within the nation's largest employer.November 19, 2018: The Department of State appealed a court order directing it to issue a passport with a gender-neutral designation to a non-binary, intersex applicant.October 25, 2018: U.S. representatives at the United Nations worked to remove references to transgender people in UN human rights documents.October 24, 2018: The Department of Justice submitted a brief to the Supreme Court aruging that it is legal to discriminate against transgender employee, contradicting court rulings that say protections under Title VII in the workplace don’t extend to transgender workers.October 21, 2018: The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services proposed in a memo to change the legal definition of sex under Title IX, which would would leave transgender people vulnerable to discrimination.August 10, 2018: The Department of Labor released a new directive for Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) staff encouraging them to grant broad religious exemptions to federal contractors with religious-based objections to complying with nondiscrimination laws. It also deleted material from an OFCCP FAQ on LGBT nondiscrimination protections that previously clarified the limited scope of allowable religious exemptions.June 11, 2018: Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that the federal government would no longer recognized gang violence or domestic violence as grounds for asylum, adopting a legal interpretation that could lead to rejecting most LGBT asylum-seekers.May 11, 2018: The Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice adopted an illegal policy of almost entirely housing transgender people in federal prison facilities that match their sex assigned at birth, rolling back existing protections.April 11, 2018: The Department of Justice proposed to strip data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity of teens from the National Crime Victimization Survey.March 23, 2018: The Trump Administration announced an implementation plan for its discriminatory ban on transgender military service members.March 20, 2018: The Department of Education reiterated that the Trump administration would refuse to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, countering multiple court rulings reaffirming that transgender students are protected under Title IX.March 5, 2018: The Department Housing and Urban Development Secretary announced a change to its official mission statement by removing its commitment of inclusive and discrimination-free communities from the statement.February 18, 2018: The Department of Education announced it will summarily dismiss complaints from transgender students involving exclusion from school facilities and other claims based solely on gender identity discrimination.January 26, 2018: The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that encourages medical providers to use religious grounds to deny treatment to transgender people, people who need reproductive care, and others.January 18, 2018: The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights opened a "Conscience and Religious Freedom Division" that will promote discrimination by health care providers who can cite religious or moral reasons for denying care.December 29, 2017: President Trump fired the White House Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. The transgender community is disproportionately affected by HIV.December 20, 2017: President Trump nominated Gordon P. Giampietro to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Giampietro called marriage equality “an assault on nature.” Giampietro's nomination was eventually withdrawn.December 14, 2017: Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were instructed not to use the words “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “evidence-based,” and “science-based” in official documents.October 6, 2017: The Justice Department released a sweeping "license to discriminate" allowing federal agencies, government contractors, government grantees, and even private businesses to engage in illegal discrimination, as long as they can cite religious reasons for doing so.October 5, 2017: The Justice Department released a memo instructing Department of Justice attorneys to take the legal position that federal law does not protect transgender workers from discrimination.October 2, 2017: President Trump nominated Kyle Duncan to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Duncan has dedicated his career to limiting the rights of transgender people, and even defended the anti-trans parties in the North Carolina’s infamous HB2 debacle and the school district that discriminated against Gavin Grimm.September 7, 2017: The Justice Department filed a legal brief on behalf of the United States in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing for a constitutional right for businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and, implicitly, gender identity.September 7, 2017: President Trump nominated Gregory G. Katsas to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Katsas played a central role in helping Trump ban qualified transgender people serving in the miiltary.September 7, 2017: President Trump nominated Matthew J. Kacsmaryk to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Kacsmaryk opposes LGBTQ protections in housing, employment, & and health care, and called transgender people a “delusion.”September 7, 2017: President Trump nominated Jeff Mateer to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Mateer called transgender children part of “Satan’s plan” and openly supported debunked and dangerous “conversion therapy.” Mateer’s nomination was eventually withdrawn.August 25, 2017: President Trump released a memo directing Defense Department to move forward with developing a plan to discharge transgender military service members and to maintain a ban on recruitment.July 26, 2017: President Trump announced, via Twitter, that "the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."July 26, 2017: The Justice Department filed a legal brief on behalf of the United States in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, arguing that the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or, implicitly, gender identity.July 13, 2017: President Trump nominated Mark Norris to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Norris has worked to make it easier to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and even worked to discriminate specifically against transgender kids.June 14, 2017: The Department of Education withdrew its finding that an Ohio school district discriminated against a transgender girl. The Department gave no explanation for withdrawing the finding, which a federal judge upheld.May 2, 2017: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a plan to roll back regulations interpreting the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination provisions to protect transgender people.April 14, 2017: The Justice Department abandoned its historic lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s anti-transgender law. It did so after North Carolina replaced HB2 with a different anti-transgender law known as “HB 2.0.”April 4, 2017: The Departments of Justice and Labor cancelled quarterly conference calls with LGBT organizations; on these calls, which had happened for years, government attorneys shared information on employment laws and cases.March 31, 2017: The Justice Department announced it would review (and likely seek to scale back) numerous civil rights settlement agreements with police departments. These settlements were put in places where police departments were determined to be engaging in discriminatory and abusive policing, including racial and other profiling. Many of these agreements include critical protections for LGBT people.March 2017: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) removed links to four key resource documents from its website, which informed emergency shelters on best practices for serving transgender people facing homelessness and complying with HUD regulations.March 28, 2017: The Census Bureau retracted a proposal to collect demographic information on LGBT people in the 2020 Census.March 24, 2017: The Justice Department cancelled a long-planned National Institute of Corrections broadcast on “Transgender Persons in Custody: The Legal Landscape.”March 13, 2017: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that its national survey of older adults, and the services they need, would no longer collect information on LGBT participants. HHS initially falsely claimed in its Federal Register announcement that it was making “no changes” to the survey.March 13, 2017: The State Department announced the official U.S. delegation to the UN’s 61st annual Commission on the Status of Women conference would include two outspoken anti-LGBT organizations, including a representative of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM): an organization designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.March 10, 2017: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it would withdraw two important agency-proposed policies designed to protect LGBT people experiencing homelessness. One proposed policy would have required HUD-funded emergency shelters to put up a poster or "notice" to residents of their right to be free from anti-LGBT discrimination under HUD regulations.The other announced a survey to evaluate the impact of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative, implemented by HUD and other agencies over the last three years. This multi-year project should be evaluated, and with this withdrawal, we may never learn what worked best in the project to help homeless LGBTQ youth.March 8, 2017: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) removed demographic questions about LGBT people that Centers for Independent Living must fill out each year in their Annual Program Performance Report. This report helps HHS evaluate programs that serve people with disabilities.March 2, 2017: The Department of Justice abandoned its request for a preliminary injunction against North Carolina’s anti-transgender House Bill 2, which prevented North Carolina from enforcing HB 2. This was an early sign that the Administration was giving up defending trans people (later, on April 14, it withdrew the lawsuit completely).March 1, 2017: The Department of Justice took the highly unusual step of declining to appeal a nationwide preliminary court order temporarily halting enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination protections for transgender people. The injunction prevents HHS from taking any action to enforce transgender people's rights from health care discrimination.February 22, 2017: The Departments of Justice and Education withdrew landmark 2016 guidance explaining how schools must protect transgender students under the federal Title IX law.January 31, 2017: President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch has a history of anti-transgender rulings.January 20, 2017: On President Trump’s inauguration day, the adminstration scrubbed all mentions of LGBTQ people from the websites of the White House, Department of State, and Department of Labor.Other Harmful Trump Administration ActionsThe Trump administration has taken many other actions to roll back civil rights and health care protections and target vulnerable communities. While not specifically directed at transgender people or gender identity protections, we list them here because it is critically important that we view our quest for transgender equality as intertwined with other social justice movements. These include attacks on reproductive rights, the Affordable Care Act, refugees and other immigrants and the enforcement of civil rights laws. Many of these actions will also disproportionately harm transgender people. These are just a few examples:Kicking Americans off Medicaid and Food Stamps: The Trump Administration has taken numerous actions to kick Americans in need off of Medicaid and SNAP coverage. On April 10, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to push for work requirements for low-income people in America who receive federal assistance, including Medicaid and SNAP.Targeting Reproductive Rights: On October 6, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a regulation allowing employers and insurers to deny coverage for birth control, as long as they can cite religious reasons for doing so. In April, President Trump and Congress overturned a regulation that protected Planned Parenthood, one of the nation’s largest providers of care for transgender people, and other family planning clinics from funding discrimination by states.Harming Sexual Assault Survivors. On September 7, 2017, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced she would withdraw historic guidance on schools' and universities' responsibilities to address sexual assault and sexual harassment. On September 27, 2017, the Department replaced this guidance with flawed and dangerous “interim guidance” tipping the scales against student survivors seeking protection on campus. This is especially dangerous for transgender students, because 47% of transgender adults in the US Transgender Survey were sexual assault survivors.Cruel and Relentless Attacks on Immigrant Communities. On September 5, 2017, President Trump acted to strip hundreds of thousands of Americans and their families of security, stability, and safety by ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On April 6, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a “zero tolerance” policy that separated hundreds of immigrant children from their families. On April 10, a federal official announced that the Department of Justice was halting the Legal Orientation Program, which offers legal assistance to immigrants. On June 11, Attorney General Sessions ruled that domestic or gang violence are not grounds for asylum in the United States. These are just a few of many anti-immigrant actions that are especially dangerous for many LGBT immigrants who could face life-threatening violence if deported.Putting Health Care Out of Reach: On April 13, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services rolled back numerous Affordable Care Act rules to reduce protections for people seeking and using health insurance. These actions make it harder to enroll in health care plans, allow plans to sharply raise deductibles, and weaken requirements for insurance plans to have in-network providers that serve low-income communities. These changes disproportionately affect people of color and any one with lower incomes, including transgender people. These changes make getting health care coverage harder for people who lose coverage or who depend on community clinics.Expanding Immigration Detention: The Department of Homeland Security is vastly expanding the number of immigrants held in immigration detention centers nationwide, while also eliminating protections for health and safety in detention centers. Reducing these protections for immigrants who are being detained is wrong, and it's especially dangerous for vulnerable transgender immigrants, many of whom are asylum-seekers who risk extreme abuse.Banning Muslims and Refugees: On January 27, 2017 and again on March 6, President Trump signed executive orders seeking to ban entry by refugees and travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries and drastically reduce the number of refugees allowed to seek safety in the United States. We cannot stand for a world where people in danger are denied entry because of who they are, including where they come from or whether they are Muslim or any other religion. LGBT refugees are among the many who are fleeing life-threatening persecution because of who they are or what they believe. While the bans were allowed to take effect by the Supreme Court, court cases challenging them continue.

The best thing the best thing to do while you are at Miami is become an adult. You can have a lot of fun, meet great new people and find many interesting things to do, as long as you put your studies first, and view drinking as something that you might do while having fun with other people, rather than drinking just to get drunk. You do not have to join a fraternity or sorority to have a full and interesting life here! I graduated Miami magna cum laude, but while attending I also had three jobs: I was a part-time secretary in the Department of Geology, a waitress, and a singer in local bars. Because of these jobs and because I received a full merit scholarship for tuition my senior year, I graduated without any student debt. I rode for and was a winning member of the Intercollegiate Equestrian Team, a large (90 people) and winning team which took both English and Western National Intercollegiate championships the years I rode for them. I was recruited by the Football Team Coach and Equestrian Team Coach to teach the football team to ride - Coach wanted to develop strength, balance, agility, and endurance in his football team - which was somewhat challenging — but really entertaining! Riding for Miami's Equestrian Team meant I was out of town many weekends competing. Unlike other sports teams, our team, the largest in the country, had to trailer horses with us to other schools. This meant that to be ready to compete by 8 a.m. on Saturday (and Sunday), we had to drive several hours to another school Friday afternoon and get settled in our motel (8 per room, only 2 double beds, we took turns sleeping on the floor), then up at 3 a.m. to dress and have breakfast before grooming the horses to perfection, and then ourselves, before saddling and bridling. We had to be perfectly but minimally made up, no jewelry, hair nets perfect, not a stray hair out of place under our helmets, because we were judged on not only our riding performance but the classic elegant appearance of both ourselves and our horses. Many schools did not have indoor dressing facilities, so tailgating took on a whole new meaning for us because we got dressed in show clothes in the backseats of our mini station wagons (4 competitors to a car AND 4 sets of English and Western gear — boots, English helmets/Western hats, chaps, jackets, saddles and bridles) then did each other's hair and checked each other's makeup on the tailgates of the cars as the sun was coming up. This was not particularly fun in winter when it was below zero in the early morning hours before dawn; it's really difficult doing hair and makeup with frozen fingers, but horse people are tough! We team members also paid all of our own show competition expenses in those days; although we were a Miami University team we were not fully funded by the University. We not only paid our own class entry fees, standard in any horse competition, we also paid for our own food on the road and shared gas and motel expenses. We had quite a little wagon train on the road with 90 people in 20+ mini station wagons and the horse trailers. When we departed or arrived anywhere it was a Major Endeavor. Coach Ken Copenhagen and his wife were the best horsepeople and truly caring coaches of horses and riders I've ever known, talented, skilled, and patient, and a true inspiration to all of us on the team. I transferred to Miami as a slightly older student of 2 years, and had learned to value peace and privacy as respite from a busy work and social schedule, so I took a one-bedroom apartment in a complex where many graduate students also lived, where I met people who were more mature and interested in doing things other than partying, many working several jobs as I did to avoid owing student loans once we graduated. Apartments were paid for with said jobs, as well as most or all of our other living expenses too. As an older student living out of the dorms I was allowed to have a car. I had boyfriends or dates who took me to dinner on the Riverboat in Cincinnati (my favorite!) or to visit places like Claiborne Farms in Kentucky, where I met Secretariat and all the other famous racing stallions in the stud barn. We just drove down on impulse one Sunday morning to Kentucky, and Claiborne's gate was open and no one was there but the groom. Secretariat was outside in his paddock, and when he saw us he raced down the hill just as fast as only Secretariat is fast, sliding to a stop just before hitting the fence and posing in the wind, mane and tail blowing dramatically behind him. He certainly knew how to make an appearance! The groom asked if I wanted to pet him, and got him out of the paddock so that I could meet him up close and personal, an experience I could describe much more poetically but won't take the time to do so here. Suffice it to say that impulsive lazy Sunday morning drive down to Kentucky to see the horse farms turned into the experience of a lifetime. I also met a lot of local musicians, since I was performing a lot as a singer songwriter, and also a regular visitor at the Oxford music store. These folks had regular Sunday morning music jams at each other's houses and there were a lot of really talented people, nice, down to earth folks of all ages, townies and University professors and students, playing a wide variety of instruments. Anybody could come, you just brought donuts or juice or biscuits or eggs or whatever, everyone helped themselves, and people jumped in and played whenever they wanted, with whatever instrument(s) they played. I loved the Sunday morning jams when I wasn't competing on the Equestrian Team, and I lived in Oxford year-round, so I had plenty to do in the summers too as I was both working and included in local community activities. I was lucky enough to be there the year that the Oxford World Gathering was held, put on by the owner of the local head store, a really great guy who owned a very large piece of property just outside of town. The Gathering was held annually by a large group of young-ish people who regularly traveled the world together for fun (this was before the world became quite such a dangerous place) and Gathered to party in a different place each year. I think the prior year's Gathering had been in Amsterdam, or maybe Marrakech? Anyway, it was a fabulous four-day event in Oxford. The property was huge, there were tree-lined wide paths leading to several clearings where 4-5 tents could be pitched. The hundreds of attendees were from all over the world, all of them interesting, fun people. There were three pigs in the ground being roasted for three days by proud male Pig Roaster Chefs who also didn't really sleep much for three days, monitoring their smoking underground pigs. They rarely left their posts. Now I grew up in Iowa, the land of pig roasts because they're raised there, but I never saw devotion like this. There was plenty of food for the three days until the pigs were done. There were three semi trucks with beer spigots all along the sides, three different stages where three different bands played pretty much continuously, and at night everybody partied and jammed and then slept in their tents, or just wherever they landed on the ground. There were a lot of international musicians jamming together here too. It was really hot and humid during this August party, and everyone wore as few clothes as possible. I have a picture of myself taken one day playing my big 12-string guitar; I had on a strapless top and short shorts, my hair up (it was HOT, I tell you) and it looks like I was playing guitar naked. I was told later that a lot of pictures were taken of me that day! I still have the T-shirt that says Oxford World Gathering on it. It was the best party I've ever attended, before or since. Just really great happy people having a really good time, no fighting, nobody angry, and if you drank too much and were sleeping where you fell, people WOULD check on you to make sure that you weren't face-down in the mud, and still breathing. It was a PAAH-TAAAY. I was asked to lecture an American studies class at Miami by the professor, I wrote a 300-page undergraduate thesis on managing a Regional Performing Arts Center, the first-of-its-kind, which the university asked to publish, I graduated Magna cumlaude a with a triple Major in business, marketing / advertising, and arts management, and I made many new friends with professors, students, and the townspeople. There are many worlds to explore at Miami — go find yours!! Follow your heart, and expand your embrace to include new people, ideas, and interests.

Q. Which medical schools are the cheapest in the US?A2A: Multiple lists (US, private vs public, in-state v. out-of-state, DO vs MD, Caribbean, Europe and worldwide). State residency for acceptance and tuition purposes can be established by property ownership or employment for one year.10 Most Affordable Private Medical Schools (2016)Top 10 Most Affordable Medical Schools - HospitalCareers.com10 Most Affordable Public Medical Schools for In-State Students (2016)10 Least Expensive Public Medical Schools for Out-of-State Students (2011)The 10 Most Affordable Medical Schools in the U.S. (2013)7 Most Affordable Caribbean Medical Schools (2015)5 Cheap Places to Study Medicine in Europe (2015)5 Highly Ranked Medical Schools that Save You Money (2014)10 Most Affordable Private Medical SchoolsEach of these schools charged less than $50,000 for the 2015-2016 school year, U.S. News data show.By Jordan Friedman | Editor March 29, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.Most of the schools that charged the lowest tuition and fees placed in the bottom 25 percent of the U.S. News rankings of Best Medical Schools for research. (DANIELA JOVANOVSKA-HRISTOVSKA/GETTY IMAGES)The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas.Medical school is generally a large investment. But at these institutions, you might be able to get an education for a relatively lower price.[Get advice on paying for medical school.]Of the 10 private medical schools that had the lowest tuition and fees in the 2015-2016 academic year, most were ranked in the bottom one-fourth of the 2017 U.S. News Best Medical Schools rankings for research. The Baylor College of Medicine was the only institution on the list to rank among the top 20.These 10 schools charged an average of nearly $42,900 in tuition and fees. The average among all 48 schools that submitted this data to U.S. News in an annual survey was slightly more than $52,500.Columbia University had the highest tuition and fees for 2015-2016, at $61,485, while the Baylor College of Medicine had the lowest, at $31,663.Meanwhile, the No. 1 ranked medical school for research, Harvard University, charged $57,485 in tuition and fees, placing it among the most expensive schools.Top 10 Most Affordable Medical Schools - HospitalCareers.comSeptember 21, 2016U.S. News and World Report releases its yearly rankings of the best colleges and universities, including medical schools, in the country every year since 1983. Over the decades, the rankings become more comprehensive and diverse.Now the publication divides its rankings into sub-categories– best graduate schools, cheapest universities, most expensive colleges, best online programs, etc.Among this year’s list of lists is the “10 Most Affordable Medical Schools,” which not only ranks the schools according to tuition cost, but also cross-references them according their position on other USNAWR lists.The publication reports that public medical school grads who took out loans had an average $167,763 debt in 2014. For private school graduates, the figure rose to $190,053, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.In other words, the average in-debt med-school grad essentially works their first few years—in residency, before the big bucks start rolling in—to pay back school loans.10. Rocky Vista UniversitySituated in Colorado, The College of Osteopathic Medicine at Rocky Vista University costs $48,578 a year. It comes in last of the most affordable medical schools in the private sector. With 623 students and 62 full-time faculty, they have a .1:1 faculty to student ratio. Most of the graduates go into pathology, pediatrics, or family practice. They don’t rank for best research or primary care, but at least you are close to the Rockies.9. Mayo Medical SchoolThe Mayo Medical School costs $47,440 a year, but ranks #27 for best research institutions and ties #42nd for primary care. Its has only 216 students in the program and with over 3,000 full-time faculty, they have the highest faculty to student ratio at 14.9:1. From early on, students get submersed in different fields through short term, hand-picked classes to gauge their interests. Of all their graduates 70 percent get into their first choice of residency programs. Most graduates go into the fields of anesthesiology, dermatology, surgery, and internal medicine.8. Howard UniversityHoward University’s medical program has “conferred over 25,000 doctoral and professional degrees to scientists and health care professionals, the majority whom are from underrepresented and disadvantaged populations.” The college is historically an African American college and has a rich history and famous Alumni like Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Toni Morrison and former US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Students can expect to pay $46,838 a year for the medical program and be a part of only about 456 other medical students. Most graduates go into the fields of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and internal medicine.7. Touro College of Osteopathic MedicineWith 545 students and a faculty to student ratio of .04:1, the full-time cost of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is $45,950 a year. The school isn’t ranked for best research or primary care, but 91.5 percent of graduates who applied to residency programs got their first choice. Most graduates go into emergency medicine, family practice, and internal medicine.6. Lincoln Memorial UniversityThe Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at LMU costs $44,320 and is in Harrogate, TN–which is in the middle of nowhere. Only about 820 students go there and with only 41 full-time faculty, they find themselves with heavy class loads. They don’t rank for research or primary care and most graduates go into emergency medicine, family practice, and internal medicine.5. University of MiamiThe Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at The University of Miami costs $42,610 per year. It is ranked 45th in research, but doesn’t rank on the list for primary care. With only 803 students, they have one of the better faculty to student ratios yet at 1.7:1. Most graduates go into anesthesiology, dermatology, or internal medicine.4. Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineAt $42,500 a year for full-time tuition, Edward Via College, lands on the list at #4. It is another school that doesn’t rank for best schools for research or primary care. With 1,374 students, they have a .1:1 faculty to student ratio. A plus to this school, is that out of all of their graduates, 82.9% who applied to residency programs were admitted to their first choice. Most of them go into anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and family practice.3. University of PikevilleAverage, full time tuition at The University of Pikeville, Kentucky is $40,120 a year. This institution doesn’t rank on the lists for best research or primary care schools. With only 479 students they have a faculty to student ratio of .1:1. Most graduates go into anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and family practice.2. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineAt $32,510 a year, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is the second most inexpensive private college on our list of medical schools. With a student population of 2,241 students, they have a 5:1 faculty to student ratio. They don’t rank in terms of best research institutions, but they come in 57th for primary care institutions. Most students go into family practice, pediatrics, and internal medicine.1. Baylor College of MedicineWith annual tuition and fees set at $31,618 for 2014-2015, Baylor earned top honors as the most affordable medical school in this year’s rankings. Baylor scored well in other categories, too, ranking number 21 on the publication’s list of best medical research institutions, and number 11 on the list of best primary care institutions.By way of comparison, medical students at Columbia University paid the most in tuition and fees among private school students, at $59,063.This year’s list remained mostly the same from last year’s ranking, with Howard University being the only new name in the top 10.10 Most Affordable Public Medical Schools for In-State StudentsThe cost for in-state students to attend one of these medical schools is less than $23,000 a year, U.S. News data show.By Farran Powell | Reporter Aug. 2, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center was the highest-ranked school on the list in both of the U.S. News Best Medical Schools categories, placing No. 25 for research and No. 22 for primary care. (STEVE DEBENPOR/ GETTY IMAGES)While paying for medical school isn't cheap, attending a public school as an in-state student can help reduce some of the financial burden amid rising tuition costs.For those attending a public medical school as an in-state student, the average tuition price rose by about 4 percent for the 2015-2016 school year compared with the prior year, according to an annual report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.[Explore the 2016 Best Medical Schools.]But despite the uptick in price, the average cost of attending a medical school as an in-state student compared with going to a private school is much less.Of the 67 public schools that submitted in-state tuition and fees data to U.S. News for the 2015-2016 school year, the average cost was $32,495 per year. That cost is much higher at private medical schools​, where the average price for tuition and fees is $52,515, according to the data submitted by 48 private medical schools to U.S. News in an annual survey.The average cost for tuition and fees among the 10 least expensive medical schools for in-state students was $19,355 per year.[See if you are ready to apply to medical school.]Medical students attending the Texas A&M Health Science Center – which tops the list of least expensive public medical schools for in-state students – received the biggest break, paying $16,432 as state residents. The cost of attending this Central Texas med school is nearly half the in-state average among all public medical schools.Don't see your school in the top 10? Access the U.S. News Medical School Compass to find information on medical school debt, complete rankings and much more. School officials can access historical data and rankings, including of peer institutions, via U.S. News Academic Insights.U.S. News surveyed 170 medical schools for our 2015 survey of research and primary care programs. Schools self-reported myriad data regarding their academic programs and the makeup of their student body, among other areas, making U.S. News' data the most accurate and detailed collection of college facts and figures of its kind. While U.S. News uses much of this survey data to rank schools for our annual Best Medical Schools rankings, the data can also be useful when examined on a smaller scale. U.S. News will now produce lists of data, separate from the overall rankings, meant to provide students and parents a means to find which schools excel, or have room to grow, in specific areas that are important to them. While the data come from the schools themselves, these lists are not related to, and have no influence over, U.S. News' rankings of Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools or Best Online Programs. The tuition and fees data above are correct as of Aug. 2, 2016.Farran Powell REPORTERFarran Powell is an education reporter at U.S. News, covering paying for college and graduate school. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at [email protected] Least Expensive Public Medical Schools for Out-of-State StudentsWhile in-state options may be cheaper, some medical schools offer deals for students out of state.By Ryan Lytle | Staff Writer Nov. 22, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.U.S. NEWSStudents interested in saving money while attending medical school might be inclined to explore public school options. Although in-state schools may be able to offer more deals for their residents, there are some opportunities to go beyond your home state while keeping within a set budget.Among the 83 public medical programs surveyed annually by U.S. News, 68 reported annual out-of-state tuition and fees data for the 2010-2011 academic year. Overall, medical students attending a public school out of state spent an average of $48,386 annually in tuition and required fees. This is more than the $43,962 price tag students at private medical schools paid on average during the same time period.[Explore the 10 least expensive private medical schools.]While the out-of-state costs may be high at some programs, students can find cheaper alternatives. Among the 10 least expensive public medical school programs for out-of-state students, the average annual cost for tuition and required fees was $31,763. The College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center is the least expensive public medical school for out-of-state students, with an annual cost of $26,682—more than $20,000 less than the national average. Texas schools were well represented, with the Lone Star State fielding the top six least expensive public programs. Highly ranked students sometimes are offered “scholarships” by way of in-state tuition.The F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, a federal service postgraduate academy that charges $0 in tuition and fees in return for military service, was excluded from this list, as were schools designated as Unranked by U.S. News.Don't see your school in the top 10? Access the U.S. News Medical School Compass to find tuition data, residency statistics, and much more.U.S. News surveyed more than 140 medical schools for our 2010 survey of research and primary care programs. Schools self-reported a myriad of data regarding their academic programs and the makeup of their student body, among other areas, making U.S. News's data the most accurate and detailed collection of college facts and figures of its kind. While the data comes from the schools themselves, these lists have no influence over U.S. News's rankings of Best Colleges or Best Graduate Schools.The 10 Most Affordable Medical Schools in the U.S.Published on November 4, 2013 at 9:58 am by DAVID NIXON in ListsMost affordable medical schools: Wonder which are the most affordable medical schools in the US? College nowadays is a rather expensive endeavor for most students in the US. Medical schools are no exception, as they rank as some of the most costly colleges in the nation. On average, a first-year medical student will spend almost $50,000 for tuition and fees, according to 2012-2013 data. But you should not let this overwhelming price tag dwindle your hopes of becoming doctor, as there are cheaper alternatives one can choose.We would like to present you with a list we have compiled of the top 10 most affordable medical schools in the US. The following colleges represent the cheapest option for attending quality courses and obtaining a medical degree. Well, aside from obtaining a scholarship. On average, students who enroll in one of the following medical schools pay 10,000 less than their counterparts who choose one of the more expensive options. The Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, which emerged as the number one most affordable medical school in the US has a tuition that amounts, along with other fees, to a little over $30,000. That’s $20,000 than the national average.The figures used in ranking the following ten medical schools were taken from the yearly statistics released by US News. All figures are accurate as of June 30, 2013. It is important to note that college life does incur other costs, apart from tuition and fees, such as accommodation or educational material costs, which are not taken into account in our countdown. Consequently, the real cost of studying at one of the following medical schools amounts to more.Let’s take a look at the countdown, in a style similar to our coverage of America’s most expensive med schools.Note: this countdown takes into account only private medical schools in US. In addition, medical schools that do not meet the ranking criteria of US News are not considered for the purposes of this countdown.No. 10: Medical College of Wisconsin2012-2013 tuition & fees: $45,179No. 9: Wake Forest University School of Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $44,696No. 8: Mercer University School of Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $41,757No. 7: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $41,415No. 6: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $39,530No. 5: Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $39,245No. 4: University of Pikeville – Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $37,450No. 3: Mayo Medical School2012-2013 tuition & fees: $35,960No. 2: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $30,887No. 1: Baylor College of Medicine2012-2013 tuition & fees: $30,0687 Most Affordable Caribbean Medical SchoolsPublished on August 18, 2015 at 8:36 am by ADDISON NINOSearching for most affordable Caribbean medical schools can be a bit off for some people because they just cannot think about the possible reason why people would actually choose to study medicine in the Caribbean. Granted that it is hard to find the most affordable medical schools right now so why not check out a place like the Caribbean for possible school prospects?The Caribbean is often referred to by a lot of people as paradise with more than a lot of its tourists declaring that someday, they would like to retire there because of its own unique culture and the immense beauty. At the same time, it can be easier or sometimes harder for the students who are studying there because they are surrounded by the beauty of nature. Sometimes it is therapeutic but sometimes it makes people want to forget what they are there for.LalithHerath/Shutterstock.comStill, considering the amount of money that people would have to spend not only on the tuition fees of the schools that they would visit but also their accommodations and other things that they need to survive, it can be a bit complicated to choose a school from the US or in Europe wherein the prices are just so high. The accommodations are priced high as well.It may come as a surprise to a lot of people that the most affordable Caribbean medical schools are known to provide some of the best graduates in the medical field who have proceeded in making a name for themselves or making a mark in this world through the things that they have contributed. The facilities that the Caribbean medical schools can offer are great too. Here are some of the most affordable schools to consider.7. Caribbean Medical University -$16,000 per yearThis is also known as CMU and its location is on the island of Curacao. There are a lot of students from the USA who prefer this school over all the rest because it uses the curriculum of the US in implementing its education. This school boasts facilities that can be very beneficial for students who are studying.6. Spartan Health Sciences University – $13,000 per yearThis university is fondly called Spartan for short. This has been available since the 1980s. For the best medical schools, this is known to be one of the best that can be found in the Caribbean which explains why it is one of the most sought after medical schools there. This university also offers a variety of things such as courses for pre-med, med and even graduate school studies.5. St. James School of Medicine – $11,000 per yearOne of the things that make St. James School of Medicine unique is the fact that it has three establishments that can be found in the Caribbean alone. The schools are located on separate islands. Since the year 2001, it has managed to keep its population under control with about 1000 students all in all. This school accepts students from USA and Canada and is one of the most affordable Caribbean medical schools.4. American International Medical University – $15,000 per yearThis is a school located in St. Lucia of the Caribbean. Aside from its well known inexpensive rates as compared to other medical schools, it is also known to provide a high academic success rate. Almost all of its students are able to finish their education here and become highly skilled in their professions. Students can study here for almost 6 years.3. Windsor University School of Medicine – $9,980 per yearProbably the main reason why this medical school is popular is because of its size. It is known to be one of the largest medical schools in the Caribbean. It is also able to offer various programs to undergraduates and even graduates who would like to perfect their craft. It also has various programs that can let students go back to some of its partners in the United States.2. The University of Science, Arts, and Technology (USAT) – $9,800 per yearWhat makes this university quaint is the fact that it is located in an island, the Island of Montserrat. The school prides itself in being able to produce a lot of doctors who were able to make it to the list of some of the best doctors in the United States. Rotations can be done both in the Caribbean and in the United States as well.1. Atlantic University School of Medicine – $8,000 per yearThis is known to be one of the best medical schools that students can attend in the Caribbean. Aside from the fact that it can give the type of education that medical students need in order to make it big in the field of medicine, this is also known to be the most affordable. There are various programs that are available that can be checked out.5 Cheap Places to Study Medicine in Europe28th April 2016 Posted by: Tom HaguesGOING to university isn’t exactly the cheapest of choices, especially not when you do a medicine course and you’re studying all the ins and outs for the best part of a decade. However, as is always the case with any course and university, there are cheaper destinations for prospective doctors to go and learn the skills they need to become fully qualified. Here’s a rundown of the top five.1. POLANDHome to interesting beetroot dishes and hardy drinking spirits, Poland offers comparatively cheap medicine courses that are popular – proven by the fact that each year, medicine schools in Poland see an intake of students from USA, Scandinavian countries and Saudi Arabia, among many others. Students flock here because they’ll be given a very comprehensive, well-regarded medical education, but will pay considerably less than if they were studying in Western Europe, Australia or North America. The degrees offered by Polish universities are recognised world-wide and the institutions often work with others around the globe. A good place to start would be the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, where one of the doctors who performed the first full face transplant studied.2. SWEDENSweden operates a free university system for EU students and has recently introduced fees for students outside of the European Union. So, for European students, it doesn’t really get much cheaper than that (although it’s best to check with the university you’re applying to in case its policy is different for medicine). What’s more, Sweden’s education system is one of the most impressive in the world, so your medical degree will have been earned in an institution like no other. The normal fees for things like text books, equipment and lodgings still apply, but that seems like small fry when you consider what you’re getting value-for-money-wise. Why not take a look at the medicine faculty at this university and see what you think?3. GERMANYPut your wallet away: Germany’s medical courses are free. This makes it one of the best places to go if you’re studying on a shoestring budget and can’t afford to roll out the big cheques for each semester. Instead, you can happily chug along, safe in the knowledge that you’re getting a fantastic, world-class education from one of the most intellectually rigorous countries on the planet. Beware, however, as a very good knowledge of the German language will probably be required and you’ll have to pass a series of preliminary tests to get onto the course where these linguistic abilities will keep you in good stead. Here is one of the best places to study medicine in Germany.4. ITALYTuition fees for Italian medical courses are lower than those in the UK and the US, but aren’t necessarily the cheapest when compared to Germany or Sweden. However, the relatively low cost of living in Italy (depending on where you are in the country) more than makes up for it and the courses aren’t impossible to get on to; there’s an admissions exam for most courses but the system isn’t as rigorous as other nations in Western Europe.5. BELGIUMQuiet, unassuming Belgium is often overlooked when it comes to finding your dream European destination for studying, but that needn’t be the case. The prices for medical degrees vary wildly depending on the university and where you’re travelling from, but for an EU student the cost is usually around 800 Euros for the year. This is great news for European students, but those coming from America or Australia might have to check that the prices aren’t inflated too much for them. However, it’ll be worth it because Belgium is home to some exciting medical institutions and the country is a beautiful destination to spend a duration of a tough medical course. A good place to start would be the University of Antwerp – located in a beautiful city, it is a well-regarded institution.Want to go somewhere top-notch for your medicine degree? Check out these highly ranked medical schools that save you money.5 Highly Ranked Medical Schools that Save You Money27th October 2015 Posted by: Amy MurnanAS aspiring medical students around the world work on their university applications, the Times World University Rankings will undoubtedly receive a hefty amount of online hits. Why? Because this week, they released a ranking specifically for Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health subjects. In other words, the Holy Grail of future doctors.Of course, the results are no surprise. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Berkeley... all got a spot in the top five. You don’t need to be told (yet again) how great, or how expensive, those medical schools are. And, with United States medical tuition being the most expensive in the world, the ranking isn’t entirely helpful for students who can’t afford to pay around 50,000 USD each year.But, believe it or not, there are a few universities on the table that don’t have such off-putting fees.They are highly respected for their medical teaching, but often get overlooked when compared to the hallowed heavyweights that make up the Ivy League. We want to shine the spotlight on some of the schools that are just as capable, but perhaps less internationally well-known (read: a bit less pricey) than their peers.Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsErasmus University Rotterdam’s medical department is ranked the best in the Netherlands. Now, the Netherlands may be a small country, but it has so many good universities for international students that this truly is saying something. Ranked 36th by the Times, it beats Utrecht, Leiden and the University of Amsterdam – schools that out-compete Erasmus on the general Times World University Rankings. Tuition fees in the Netherlands are also much cheaper than places like the UK and US, even for international students. See our list of 9 other reasons to study there.University of Glasgow, UKThe city of Glasgow might have you thinking of cold, urban streets, but actually the University of Glasgow is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the English-speaking world. The original university was founded in 1451, and its graduates include historical names like Joseph Lister, who introduced antiseptic surgery and sterile conditions in hospitals. Now, Glasgow’s medical school is one of the biggest in Europe, and is ranked 47th in the world. Lucky Scottish nationals only pay 1,820 GBP per year (international students are, unfortunately, not so lucky).Autonomous University of Barcelona, SpainIn joint 67th place is the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). UAB is ranked as the best university in Spain, and has a medicine department to match. The school has access to three Health Research Institutes, and an emphasis on biotechnology and innovation. UAB also encourages exchange students and mobility programmes, having over 2,000 international students. The only downside is that it is recommended students know Spanish and English for the medical degree. But, as Spain is one of the cheapest study destinations in Europe, it’s perfect for Spanish-speakers.Sungkyunkwan University, South KoreaYou may not have heard the name, but South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University is one of the oldest and most popular universities in Asia. Established in 1389, Sungkyunkwan has had plenty of time to make its reputation in medical teaching and now has 460 full-time faculty staff in the department. Though South Korea mainly attracts students from China, Mongolia and Japan, the government recently announced that they aim to have 200,000 international students in the country by 2023. The country itself is highly modern with plenty of English speakers, too. So, if you like the sound of a Top 100 medical degree that costs less than 4,000 GBP per year, it’s worth checking out.15 jobs you can do with a degree in medicine14th July 2014DID your parents make you study medicine even though you can't stand the sight of blood? Are you half-way through your medical degree and wondering why you ever dreamed of being a doctor? Or maybe you've graduated and can't find a job. Whatever your situation, there is a huge range of alternatives to traditional medical careers, not only in the health profession but in other sectors such as education, research, technical work and the media. Here are just a few roles open to medical graduates.1. Public Health WorkerPublic health is about protecting and promoting the health of the general population through . You might work on preventing the spread of infectious diseases or environmental health hazards, or you could be involved in strategies to improve efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of your health service.2. Health JournalistJournalism is a hugely competitive field, but those with scientific credentials and experience have the edge over the vast majority of journalists who come mostly from an arts or social sciences backgrounds. Some medics undertake this as an addition, rather than an alternative to their clinical work. Keep in mind that you may need to gain extra qualifications (albeit on a short training course) or experience in order to kickstart a successful journalism career.3. Medical TeacherMedical education could range from supporting trainee medical students or doctors, to educating the public, be it in your home country or abroad. This could be the right choice for you if you want to make an impact on educating a large number of people.4. Clinical Forensic Medical ExaminerAn interesting route to take if you have completed training as a doctor. The role of a forensic medical examiner is to deal with examining the living. Forensic pathologists are trained to carry out medical examinations on the dead.5. Crowd DoctorThis is a great career path for those who gain fulfillment from being able to help others as a doctor, but who perhaps don’t want to work in a clinical hospital environment. Crowd doctors provide medical cover to people attending large events taking place in stadiums and outdoor festivals.6. Medical PhotographerA career which will allow you to apply both your creativity and medical skills. Medical photographers use photography as well as video for both patient care as well as general information and marketing for health publications.7. Medical/ Pharmaceutical ResearcherThe medical research field is a dynamic one which is constantly developing. Medical researchers work by conducting experiments and analysing results to learn more about the human body and potential treatments. This could mean working in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, hospital labs, research institutes or medical research charities.8. Sports and Exercise MedicineSports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is a newly recognised medical specialty. It is concerned with dealing with medical conditions and injury in people such as athletes who strongly participate in physical activity.9. Volunteer WorkMedicine is and has for a very long time been considered vital in improving the health of people living in less fortunate circumstances or in developing countries. There are many overseas opportunities in voluntary work available for qualified doctors.10. Medical Sales RepresentativeIf the dynamic and target-driven world of sales appeals to you, working as a medical sales representative could be for you. The role involves acting as the associate between health care professionals and the pharmaceutical industry.11. Medical Legal AdvisorMedical Legal Advisors are responsible for managing cases in an area of their expertise. They may often be required to attend court trials, as well as hold lectures, run workshops and write articles.12. Occupational PhysicianIf helping people who have had a medical accident or illness to stay at work, or return to work is something which interests you, this could be your ideal job. The role may also involve providing health advice, education or training to organisations and individuals to prevent injuries and ensure high standards of health and safety at work.13. Transplant CoordinatorThese professionals coordinate activities related to organ donation and transplantation. They liaise with medical, paramedical and non-medical personnel and may be involved in various stages of the process, from meeting with donors and recipients to post-surgical care and follow-up. The role tends to involve both administrative and medical tasks.14. Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging DirectorA radiology/diagnostic imaging director is in charge of keeping on top of medical imaging programs such as x-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds and MRIs. Their role is to ensure that the correct professional standards are met.15. Investment bankerInvestment banks help companies obtain funds and offer advice on mergers, acquisitions and equity research. As a healthcare equity research analyst, you could use your medical background to give advice on parts of the health industry such as biotech companies.