Career Advisement

It's wise for medical students to begin thinking their career path early. Below you will find a number of resources available to medical students in the career planning process.

Advisors
Students are advised by career advisors designated by each department, academic staff in the Office of Medical Education, and faculty in the pre-clinical program in planning and arranging course offerings.

OME Resources
"Diagnosing Your Future" career handbook.

Mentoring Directory
The mentoring directory is provided as a service from the MAA and the medical society of the County of Erie, It provides a list of area physicians who have volunteered to service as medical student mentors.

On-Line Resources

• Careers in Medicine - < www.aamc.org/students/cim >, is an excellent resource as you go through the career planning stages of:
  1. Understanding yourself, concluding a self assessment
  2. Exploring options
  3. Choosing a specialty
  4. Getting into residency
  The MedCAREERS web site is the AAMC's comprehensive resource to assist you in understanding your options for choosing a specialty and applying to residency programs.

• Specialty Information http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/specialties.htm
  
  
• Residency Salaries and Benefits < http://www.aamc.org/data/housestaff >
  
  
• FREIDA < http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html > The Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database is the AMA's online residency training search program and contains information on approximately 7,800 graduate medical education programs as well as on 200 combined specialty programs.
  
  
• CareerMD < http://www.careermd.com > about Residency and Fellowship Programs
  
  
• NRMP < http://www.nrmp.org > The National Residency Matching Programweb site provides information to assist you in navigating the match.
  
  
• SF Match < http://www.sfmatch.org/ > The San Francisco Matching Program is the coordinator for early match residencies.
  
  
• American Urological Association < http://www.auanet.org > The AUA coordinates the urology match.