Your Path into Medicine Starts at the Crossroads!
Registration is now open for the CTM Conference on October 10th at Rochester Christian University.
Crossroads to Medicine is an undergraduate-led movement built on one belief: you don’t need to have your path figured out; you just need somewhere to start. CTM helps students get their foot in the door, connect with people already in healthcare, and discover the path that ignites their spark.
Why CTM?
Experience in healthcare often begins with connections, but how do you build those connections when you’re just starting?
Students are constantly told they’re young and have plenty of time to figure it out. We believe the opposite: the sooner you understand healthcare, the sooner you can ignite your spark and grow your “why medicine” into something meaningful something that will one day make you a better provider for your patients.
Crossroads to Medicine bridges that gap by connecting students with physicians, nurses, PAs, researchers, and mentors who offer honest stories, practical guidance, and real experiences.
The future of healthcare doesn’t begin in medical school.
It begins with experience, connection, and inspiration.
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CTM began as a passion project after our team noticed how many students felt that medicine was unattainable not because they lacked potential, but because they lacked a clear place to begin.
While social media often portrays medicine as a perfectly linear path built on constant perfection, our conversations with healthcare professionals revealed the opposite.
Crossroads to Medicine was created to give students an earlier first step: connecting them with real people, honest stories, and meaningful experiences that show there is no single “right” way into healthcare.
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CTM turns curiosity into a first step. Students hear real healthcare journeys, experience different fields through the CTM Club Fair and CTM Activity Cycle, and meet the people and organizations who can help them begin all in one conference.
Hear it. Try it. Connect. Begin.
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The United States could face a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036. Yet many students interested in healthcare feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure where to begin.
CTM helps close that gap by giving students an earlier way in before uncertainty convinces them they don’t belong.
