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Career Advising at UW SOM 2012 AWARE

Career Advising at UW SOM 2012 AWARE. Mark Wicks, PhD wicks@uw.edu. Engage a conversation. Preparation – academic & clinical Exposure – variety of career paths Residency application process. Learning about career options. Awareness and access Preceptorships /Shadowing Service Learning

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Career Advising at UW SOM 2012 AWARE

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  1. Career Advising at UW SOM2012 AWARE Mark Wicks, PhD wicks@uw.edu

  2. Engage a conversation • Preparation – academic & clinical • Exposure – variety of career paths • Residency application process

  3. Learning about career options • Awareness and access • Preceptorships/Shadowing • Service Learning • Research opportunities • Departmental Advisors • College faculty

  4. Key features of current career advising • Careers in Medicine • Preceptorships/Shadowing • Service Learning • Interest groups • Mentoring by college faculty • Step 1

  5. Precursors to decision making Internal Mentoring Teaching – teacher/learner relationship Positive role models Negative role models Absent role models Badmouthing Discipline specific training Values Lifestyle Self-assessment Story – personal statement External

  6. Year 1 – Understanding Yourself • Preceptorships • RUOP • III • Interest groups • Careers in Medicine website – AAMC • UW Careers in Medicine website

  7. Year 2 – Exploring Medical Specialties • Preceptors & Shadowing • College Mentors • Three sessions offered • Step 1 prep & what residency directors look for • Researching medical specialties • Using clerkships to explore career options and • Success in clinical rotations

  8. Year 3 – Choosing Your Specialty • Clerkships • College Mentors • Departmental Career Advisors • RIM (Residents in Medicine Data Base) • Three Sessions • Planning 4th year – Step 2 and schedule • ERAS/Letters/MSPE/Match Timeline • “Lessons Learned”

  9. Year 4 – A Successful Match • Review MSPE • ERAS application • Writing CV and Personal Statement workshops • Residency Interview workshops • Rank order lists (minimum of 10-15) • SOAP • MATCH DAY!!

  10. Top 5 criteria for selecting applicants to interview • Step 1 score (73%) • Letters of recommendation (71%) • Personal Statement (68%) • Grades in required clerkships (62%) • Step 2 score (61%) • MSPE/Grade in this clerkship/education gaps (60%) NRMP Program Director Survey Results, 2010

  11. Looking forward • General to the specific • Connection to career advising • Technology as a tool • Discipline information sessions – weekly • Oversight and coordination

  12. Questions • How are you involved in student advising? • What gaps do you see in our guidance of students? • What do you find encouraging about UWSOM students and their career decisions?

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