A fulfilling career is among the keys to a successful life. The Carver College of Medicine offers you many opportunities to explore and understand how to achieve your maximum career potential. We encourage you to take advantage of as many of these resources as you can.
Each opportunity is categorized according to its intended goal:
Making a decision about which specialty you will love
Crafting a strategy that maximizes success in achieving your chosen specialty
Understanding the process needed to become a resident physician.
Click one of the options in the columns below to learn more about that career advising opportunity:
Curricular | Med Student Counseling Center | Learning Communities | College of Medicine Registrar | Deans | Writing and Humanities Program |
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Early Clinical Experiences | Career workshops | NEST Groups | Residency Match Resources | Individual counseling | Personal Statements and Curriculum Vitae |
Away rotations | Career Life Planning Elective | Match Panels | Electronic Residency Application Service | Specialty Fair | Personal-Professional Compass |
Advanced clerkships |
Specialty Choice Conversations |
Residency Fairs | Letters of Recommendations | Web-based Career/Specialty Mentor Request | |
Guide to Specialty-Based Pathways | Clinical Faculty Advice | Individual counseling | Couples Matching | Career Connection (Clerx) | |
Clinical Department Resources | MSCC-Curated Resources | Medical Student Performance Evaluation | Specialty Specific Faculty Advisors | Predicted Match Probability calculator | |
Fourth Year / Advanced Curriculum |
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Mock Residency Interviews |
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In the Curriculum
Early Clinical Experiences |
M1, Fall semester M2 | Required | Contact Kim Crist |
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Fall semester M4 | Optional | Contact Joan Smothers |
Advanced Elective and Selective Clerkships |
M4 | Required | Contact Joan Smothers |
Guide to CCOM Specialty Based Pathways |
M4 | Required | Contact your Community Faculty Director This resource provides information about the paths you can take to obtain a solid background in many specialties, including the elective clerkships you might wish to take. Guide to CCOM Specialty-Based Pathways → |
Clinical Department Resources![]() |
Throughout | Optional | Contact departments |
Medical Student Counseling Center
Read this for more information on career advising services through the MSCC.
Career Counseling Workshops |
Throughout | Optional | Contact Anna-Maria Cornell |
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Spring semesters M1, M2, M3 | Optional | Contact Anna-Maria Cornell |
Specialty Choice Conversations |
Spring semesters M1, M2, M3, M4 | Optional | Contact Anna-Maria Cornell |
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Any time | Optional | Contact Anna-Maria Cornell |
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Any time | Optional | Contact Anna-Maria Cornell |
Learning Communities
NEST Groups |
Throughout | Required | Contact Jim Choi |
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Spring semester | Optional | Contact Jim Choi |
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Spring semester | Optional | Contact Jim Choi |
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Any time | Optional | Contact your Community Faculty Director Your community’s faculty directors are always happy to discuss your career plans, or help connect you to faculty at UIHC. You will also meet with your community faculty director for career advising during the process of creating the Medical Student Performance Evaluation at the end of your third year/beginning of your fourth year. |
Medical Student Performance Evaluation |
Late M3/Early M4 | Required | Contact Dave Etler |
College of Medicine Registrar
The Registrar's Office can help you understand the process of obtaining a residency match, especially the items below.
Registrar-Curated Resources |
Fall Semester M4 | Optional | Contact Matt Edwards Here is a currated list of resources to help you understand the residency match process, and develop a strategy to obtain a successful match. Registrar-Curated Resources → |
Electronic Residency Application Service |
Fall semester M4 | Required | Contact Annette Griffin |
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Fall semester M4 | Required | Contact Annette Griffin |
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Fall and Spring semester M4 | Optional | Contact Annette Griffin |
Specialty Specific Faculty Advisor |
M3 | Required | Contact Matt Edwards |
Deans
Individual Counseling |
Any time | Optional | Contact Audra King |
Specialty Fair |
Preclinical | Required | Contact Billie Ruden |
Web-based Career/Specialty Mentor Request
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Any time | Optional | Contact Jim Choi |
Career Connection (Clerx) ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Any time | Required | Contact Jim Choi |
Mock Residency Interviews ![]() ![]() |
Fall semester M4 | Optional | Contact Jim Choi |
The Writing and Humanities Program
Personal Statements and CVs |
Summer of M3, Fall of M4 | Optional | Contact Katie Priske |
Program in Bioethics and Humanities
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Throughout | Optional | PPC webpage |