OSR Liaison Update - Careers in Medicine

September 2009

The Careers in Medicine (CiM) program just celebrated its tenth anniversary and is currently in the process of updating important tools on the CiM website (www.aamc.org/careersinmedicine). The Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI), which is one of the primary assessment tools on the site, is currently undergoing a redevelopment and will go-live in mid-October. The MSPI - Revised version will now include information on 16 specialties and will report the probability, based on your answers, that you will enter one of the specialties. The Physician Values In Practice Scale (PVIPS) will be redeveloped thereafter with a planned go-live date in mid-January.

Choices is the quarterly newsletter addressing current advising information (download at www.aamc.org/students/cim and consider emailing a pdf copy to your student body). The August issue spotlights pathology and provides information on changes to the scramble system that may occur in 2012. October's issue will feature psychiatry, provide advice on personal statements and offer first year students information about what to do between first and second year. Pertinent articles from the archives regarding important fourth year information will likely be linked on the site soon, so check back frequently. If you find you have advising questions, feel free to submit those questions to the Choices publication and the question may be featured in the "Ask an Advisor" section.

CiM resources are available to all allopathic US medical students and Canadian medical students. The resources on the site have been developed for and standardized to US allopathic students. Osteopathic schools can gain access to the resources for a fee and over half of the schools have taken advantage of this program. The CiM committee is currently exploring the idea of allowing international medical students to purchase access to the CiM website and resources.

Finally, CiM, having just celebrated its 10th anniversary, is now in the process of creating its vision and mission for the next 10 years. These goals will likely be finalized at the spring meeting. However, one issue that will be addressed directly is increasing CiM utilization. As it stands now, the CiM utilization rate is at 64%. If you feel your school has a good career-advising program in place that utilizes the CiM resource, please contact me with how your school integrates these resources for students.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas Ciesielski
OSR Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee Liaison
Oregon Health and Science University, MSIV
ciesiels@ohsu.edu

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