Career Planning Calendar

Year 1

Students are exposed to different specialties during happy hours held throughout the year with faculty from those specialties.
The associate dean for student affairs meets individually with each first-year student to answer questions and to suggest mentors with similar interests.
Academic advisors meet individually with their advisees as well.

Year 2

Luncheons are held during each organ system-based module to discuss careers in specialties related to that organ system.

Year 3

Students get to “try on” different specialties as they do clinical rotations. This gives them a good idea of what the “culture” of the specialty is like and helps them figure out what aspects of a medical practice they want in their own careers and what they do not want.

Year 4

Subinternships help students refine their career choices.
Residency information dinners bring students together with department chairs, residency program directors and chief residents to answer questions about the residency application process and life in that specialty.
Students meet individually with their academic advisors to write the dean's letter.
In the fall of the fourth year, the Director of Student Programs will schedule practice interviews for all students who want feedback on their interview skills and style.

Medical Education