In this issue:
- Career Advising Tip of the Month
Career Advising Student Advisory Board Tip of the Month
This advice is for all MS3 students and includes first generation and BIPOC student lenses.
We hope you had a restful winter break! With the new year, it may be helpful to take stock of your future plans. If you are feeling unsure, you can complete the AAMC CiM’s Specialty Indecision Scale to narrow down to two specialties of interest (with different levels of competitiveness) by spring.
If your specialty recommends away rotations, review how away rotations work, finish updating your CV, and work on VSLO application components like gathering a letter of recommendation and drafting a short letter of interest/personal statement.
UWSOM Registration will talk about how you will get access to VSLO in the near future. In the meantime, they put together a great compilation of resources regarding away rotations on their website.
Many programs offer scholarships, so be sure to look at the websites of programs you are interested in, particularly their GME or Justice/Equity/Diversity/Inclusion department sites. Also, both the AAMC Visiting Scholars Resources Database and a separate site, The Funded Away Rotations for Minority Medical Students (FARMS) Database, contains funding opportunities available to all students participating in visiting electives.
Edited & reviewed by MS4 Cara Chapman. Originally written by alum Shanelle Briggs, MD.
Career Advising welcomes tips and ideas from all students. Please reach out to Career Advising at medadv@uw.edu.
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