1. Introduction to Career Planning at MSUCOM
Office of Academic and Career Guidance

2. Academic Success
Career Planning
Board Preparation

3. Academic and Career Guidance
Our mission is to guide MSUCOM students toward realization of their full potential as Osteopathic Physicians by helping them to successfully:
Establish their personal and professional goals and values;
Build a strong academic foundation;
Prepare for board examinations;
Choose a “good fit” medical specialty, and
Obtain a top choice residency position.
Resources, programs, and advisors are available at all three sites.

4. When do you start planning your career?

5. Understand Yourself Explore Options Choose Specialties
Prepare for Residency
Understand Yourself
Explore Options
Choose Specialties
Prepare for Residency

6. MS1-MS2
Request access code to login to Careers in Medicine (CiM) and watch the orientation
Take self-assessments
Medical Specialty Preference Inventory
Physician Values in Practice Scale
And much, much more!
Explore Specialties

7. Careers in Medicine (CiM)
Careers in Medicine (CiM) Liaison
To acquire a CiM access code contact: Patricia Horn (517)

8. Exploring Specialties
Careers in Medicine (CiM)
Specialty Spotlight Series
Specialty interest student group(s) and other extracurricular activities of interest
Shadowing in a variety of specialties and practice settings

9. Shadowing

10. Department Contacts on Page 2
Shadowing Experience Form
Department Contacts on Page 2

11. Departments and Subspecialties
Osteopathic Surgical Specialties (OSS)
Anesthesiology
General Surgery (General Vascular)
Neurological Surgery
OB/GYN
Orthopedic
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Plastics
Podiatry
Thoracic
Urology
Pediatrics (PEDS)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
Pharmacology/Toxicology (Pharm/Tox)
Physiology (PHYS)
Psychiatry (PSYCH)
Adult
Child/Adolescent
Geriatric
Addictions (possible at other locations)
Radiology (RAD)
Research
Family and Community Medicine (FCM)
Geriatrics
Rural Health
Sports Medicine,
Alternative, holistic (spiritual)
Neurology and Ophthalmology (Neuro/Ophtho)
Geriatric Neurology
Headache
Movement Disorders
Neuromuscular
Pediatric Neurology
Vascular Neurology
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM)
Osteopathic Medical Specialties (OMS)
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Pulmonology

12. Career Events
Event
Audience:
Provide students with:
Specialty Spotlight Series (SSS)
1st and 2nd year COM Students:
Fall: IM, FM, Peds Spring : EM, OB/Gyn
Standard information about major specialties, opportunities to ask questions of specialty physician and resident information to be used by student to determine personal “fit”
DME Expo at MOA
1st year COM Students Spring event where each SCS hospital staffs a booth with a DME and clerkship coordinator co-sponsored by SGA, MOA, SCS
Standard info about SCS hospitals; meet and ask questions of DMEs, COM Clerkship students and site coordinator
Residency Prep Webinar Series
3rd & 4th year students regarding ERAS and Career Planning topics
Information about ERAS, Guidelines/resources for PS, interview suggestions, Q & A regarding residency selection process

13. MSUCOM CV TEMPLATE To access Template:
CV Guide

14. MS2 Continue exploring specialties Select base hospital
Participate in preceptorships
See how your assessment results fit with specialties you are interested in
Take COMLEX/USMLE

15. MSUCOM Career Planning Online Resources

16. Pre-Clerkship Career Planning Meeting
What we will cover:
Academic Performance
Careers in Medicine (CiM) Assessments
Curriculum Vitae Progress
Shadowing
Extracurricular Activities

17. Pre-Clerkship Career Planning Meeting
We will be sending out s in waves inviting you to make an appointment
If you would like to meet prior to receiving an , contact to set up an appointment

18. Specialty Preference Sheet

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