Online Career Resources
These links are provided for your information and do not constitute the
AAMC's approval or endorsement of linked sites or their products or advertisements.
Career Planning and Specialty Choice
AMA
National Medical Specialty Societies—A listing of specialty
societies
CareerMD—Residency
resource for medical students
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
information—Center for Applications of Psychological Type
Type
and learning styles information from Georgia State University.
Keirsey
Temperament Sorter II (Career Temperament Report)—Temperament
and personality assessment that can help you understand your patterns
and preferences on the job and can assist you in selecting a medical
specialty
Self Directed Search—Developed by Psychological Assessment
Resources, Inc., this tool can help you assess your interests and abilities
Career
Interest Game from the University of Missouri Career Center
AOA
Specialty Societies—A listing of specialty organizations and
other related resources from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Explore
Health Careers—A free resource for students and health careers
advisors
Residency Information
Charting
Outcomes in the Match: Characteristics of Applicants Who Matched to
Their Preferred Specialty in the 2007 NRMP Main Residency Match—Data
includes USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores, number of ranks, AOA membership,
publications and research projects presented overall and by specialty
for 19 medical specialties. (PDF)
Roadmap
to Residency: From Application to the Match and Beyond (2nd Edition)—Provides
comprehensive information about the process of applying to graduate
medical education programs in the United States
ERAS—Electronic Residency
Application Service
FREIDA—Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database
Access
NRMP—National
Resident Matching Program
USMLE Information—Official site for information on the United
States Medical Licensing Examination
FindAResident™—The
AAMC's resident position posting program
Strolling Through
the Match—A valuable medical career planning guide created
by the American Academy of Family Physicians
Don't
Forget to Ask: Advice from Residents on What to Ask During the Residency
Interview—A brochure by the AAMC's Organization of Resident
Representatives (PDF, 2 pages)
COMLEX Information—Comprehensive
Osteopathic Medical Licensure Examination
National
Match Service for Osteopathic Medicine
Opportunities—A
password-protected directory of AOA-approved internships and residency
programs
Post
Doctoral Training Programs in Osteopathic Medicine
San Francisco Matching
Program—A matching program for a small number of "early
Match" specialties and residency programs
Medical Student Training Opportunities
International
Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse (IHOC)—Designed for health-care
professionals and students who are interested in volunteer work with underserved
communities at home or abroad.
National Institutes
of Health (NIH) Medical Student Electives—Experience biomedical
research in a unique clinical environment. The Clinical Electives Program
consists of structured clinical electives and customized research electives
for third- and fourth-year medical students.
NIH Clinical Research Training Program—Conduct clinical and/or translational research under the mentorship of senior clinical investigators at the
NIH in this year-long training program for creative, research-oriented
medical students.
FIC/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research—A
one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S.
students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly
motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked
NIH-funded research centers in developing countries.
Finances and Debt Management
Loan Repayment/Forgiveness
and Scholarship Programs—A searchable data base providing
detailed information about the many State and Federal Repayment programs,
and Loan and Scholarship programs available to allopathic medicine and
other health professions students.
FIRST for Medical
Education—This AAMC resource provides objective information
on managing educational debt
General Medical Student and Resident Resources
Accredited Medical Schools—AAMC
listing of accredited allopathic medical schools
Accredited
osteopathic medical schools from AACOM
MedScape
Daily News & Features—Includes career information, links to
journal articles, and a medical student network
The Physicians
Guide to the Internet—Includes information for the new physician,
physician lifestyle and other items of interest
National Association
of MD/MBA Students—For those who are interested in, currently
pursuing, or who have already completed the dual degree
U.K. Med School
Guide—A community of medical students and medical school applicants
in the United Kingdom
Professional Organizations and Boards
AAMC—Association
of American Medical Colleges
ABMS—American Board of Medical Specialties
ACGME—Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
AMA—American Medical Association
CMSS—Council
of Medical Specialty Societies
ECFMG—Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
FSMB—Federation of State Medical Boards
NBME—National Board of Medical Examiners
AMA State and County Medical Societies Web sites—a listing
of state, county, and regional medical societies
AACOM—American
Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
AOA—American
Osteopathic Association
NBOME—National
Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Inc.
AMSA—American
Medical Student Association
Physician Job Search Sites
Association
of American Medical Colleges CareerConnect—An online forum for
medical schools and teaching hospitals to connect with the industry's
best and brightest talent
Academic Physician and Scientist—Largest
compilation of openings available in academic medicine
HealtheCareers
Network - Complete career center with jobs from the nation's leading
healthcare associations
JAMA CareerNet—Searchable
job database, free career-related articles, and a suite of job search
tools from the Journal of the American Medical Association
MDRecruiter—National
Coalition of Healthcare Recruiters job search site
Medical
Economics Library—Web guide of physician career articles and
information
New England Journal
of Medicine Career Center—Search for physician jobs, apply
online and access a career resource center
Physicians Employment—Online
clearinghouse for physician opportunities
PracticeMatch
Physician Employment—Free resource for physicians with more
than 1100 opportunities in 100 different specialties
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