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The key to making a good specialty decision is research and preparation. You will research the characteristics important to you and the specialties that meet those characteristics; it is this preparation that will help you unlock your specialty choice. By putting some thought and effort now into what you want to do in your future career as a physician, you'll find that achieving success will be less difficult.
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What to Do During Pre-Clinical Years:
- Begin to explore your unique personal values, interests, and 技能
- Attend special interest groups and specialty speaker presentations
- Start to think about which medical specialty you might pursue
- 准备和采取 complex Level 1(在新窗口中打开) 讨论一下 USMLE步骤1(在新窗口中打开) with the residency advising team and learning specialists
What to Do During Year Three:
- 探索 a variety of associations and specialty organizations
- Conduct informational interviews and/or participate in preceptorships
- 研究 residency training programs through 芙蕾达(在新窗口中打开)
- 注册 时代(在新窗口中打开) 账户
- Begin preparing your CV, and personal statement and begin requesting letters of recommendation
- 为......准备 complex Level 2-CE和PE(在新窗口中打开) 讨论一下 USMLE步骤2 CK(在新窗口中打开) with the residency advising team and learning specialists
What to Do During Year Three into Year Four:
- 取 COMLEX Level 2-CE and Level 2-PE(在新窗口中打开)
- 参加USMLE第2步(可选)(在新窗口中打开)
- 注册 NRMP匹配(在新窗口中打开)
- 注册 other matches if applicable (Military, 旧金山(在新窗口中打开), 泌尿外科(在新窗口中打开) )
- 注意比赛截止日期
- Complete applications for residency programs
- Interview with residency programs
- 提交等级顺序表
- 比赛的一天!
Understanding Yourself - Choosing a skill to match your values, 技能, and interests
People whose choice of careers matches their values, 技能, and interests tend to be more satisfied and successful in their working lives. Self-assessment or understanding yourself is the process of gathering and understanding information about yourself. 最终, the knowledge you gain can help you get more out of your clerkship opportunities and allow you to present yourself more confidently in residency interviews.
Knowing and Exploring Your Options
Conducting thorough career research requires you to seek out information from a variety of sources. Your career exploration will be much more meaningful and useful if you compare your likes, 不喜欢, personality and values to a variety of specialties.
Use your clerkships as valuable sources of information; collect contact names and take every opportunity to interact with physicians and residents in the specialty areas you are considering. These individuals will provide you with valuable inside information. The human element always plays an integral role in the residency application and selection process!