Career Advising
Undergraduate Medical Education
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career Advisement System
The Office of Student Affairs offers career advising through events and pathway programs supporting medical students from their first to fourth year. From the first day on campus, students receive career advisement at Orientation where students are introduced to the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) tool and assessments to guide specialty choices. Throughout the MD program, students receive support from general career advisors trained in the AAMC CiM portal, while students interested in specialties are advised by departmental experts involved in residency programs. Additional elective advising is available from the student affairs team, Veritas faculty coaches, and specialty advisors. Various programs and activities also help students explore career options.
Programs and Activities
- Mentors in Medicine, MiM
- Peer networking
- Shadowing opportunities
- Social activities
- Specialty Interest Groups
- Veritas Family
- Veritas Peer Advisor
- Workshops
The sequence for our longitudinal and yearly programs and activities are as follows:
Progressive Career Support
- Mentors in Medicine, MiM (Optional)
- Optional. Fourth year medical students provide career networking opportunities for all medical students. These social activities offer students the opportunity to meet with doctors in a variety of specialties.
- Veritas Specialty Exploration / Social Hours (Optional)
- Optional. Mentors in Medicine is organized by MS4s to plan social activities to expose students to faculty, alumni and a variety of specialties. Offers shadowing opportunities for preclinical students and application advice for clinical students.
- Dual Degree Support
Career Resources by Year
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Year 1
- (Required)
- Required. Workshop in orientation introducing the AAMC Careers in Medicine program, tools and website
- Dual Degree Support
- (Required)
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Year 2
- Veritas Peer Advisor, VPA (Optional)
- Optional. The VPA program allows MS2s to host sessions for MS1 that are targeted toward career/specialty exploration.
- Dual Degree Support
- Veritas Peer Advisor, VPA (Optional)
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Year 3
- Career Month Workshops (Required. Held annually in January.)
- Required. Students have mandatory career month workshops to help them refine their CV, prepare for away rotations, if necessary, talk about the residency application process and begin outline a personal statement.
- (Required for specialties)
- Required for specialties. CiM materials, Residency Explorer Tool, Texas Star and residency data from the AAMC and local data to determine competitiveness based on recent match data for a specialty.
- Dual Degree Support
- Career Month Workshops (Required. Held annually in January.)
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Year 4
- AAMC CV Sample
- Match Data
- Required. All students who anticipate graduating the following year are invited by and expected to meet with the Associate dean for Undergraduate Medical Education to review their MSPE, before submission to the residency application systems. The content and format of MSPE is prescribed by the AAMC in a standardized uniform template.
- Mock Interviews (Optional)
- Optional. Student Affairs Office coordinates career nights and hosts mock interviews for MS4s. Held in September and October.
- Dual Degree Support