| Class Year |
Careers in Medicine Phase |
Suggested Activities and Tasks |
Year 1 |
|
- Orientation to Careers in Medicine
- Seek out and advisor or mentor
|
|
Understanding
Yourself |
|
Year 2 |
- Continue self-assessment
- Complete self-assessment exercises
- Review completed Personal Profile
with advisor
|
|
Exploring Options |
- Begin gathering basic information
about specialties of interest through CiM
Specialty Pages, other online sites, and library research
- Attend Specialty Panel and Information
Group sessions provided by your school
- Compare your self-assessment
information to the information you have gathered about specialties.
Narrow down your specialty interests to 3-4 top choices
- Plan your 3rd year schedule
- Take USMLE Step 1
|
Year 3 |
- Begin clinical rotations
- Review the "Charting Outcomes in the Match" report to
assess qualifications and competitiveness for different specialties
- Conduct informational interviews
and/or participate in preceptorships
- Contact associations and specialty
organizations
|
|
Choosing a Specialty |
- Meet with your advisor to discuss
your top choices
- Complete the "Choosing
Your Specialty" exercise
- Research residency training
programs through AMA's
FREIDA or the AMA's Graduate Medical Education Directory
(Green Book)
- Begin reviewing and comparing
residency programs
|
|
Getting into Residency |
- Register with ERAS and begin preparing
residency applications (CV, letters of recommendation, personal
statements, etc)
- Register with the NRMP for the Main Residency
Match
- Register for the early Match,
if applicable
- Complete applications and designate
programs to which your materials will be submitted
- Take USMLE Step 2
- MSPE released November 1
- Interview with residency programs
- Early match deadline early-mid
January
- Rank-order your selections in
the NRMP Match
- Match Day - third Thursday in
March
|
Year 4 |
