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Sharon Phelan, M.D.,
Director, Career Advisement
272-3414

Cheri Koinis, M.Ed.,
Manager, Student Learning Support
272-8028

Pam DeVoe, M.A.,
Curriculum Development Specialist, SOM Center of Excellence
272-1419

Barbara Kaputa
Administrative Coordinator
Office of Student Services
272-0971

 
 
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Medical Specialty Choice

Optimally, you will choose your medical specialty after considering a range of options related to your personality, values, interests, skills, environmental and financial needs.  Upon reflection (and completion of the Careers in Medicine Personal Assessments) a personal profile emerges that can be used as a guidepost when exploring the medical specialties. 

Use the Careers in Medicine (CiM) medical specialty pages to compare your personal profile with the variety of medical specialties.  On http://www.careersinmedicine.org under Specialty Information, you can explore:

  • Nature of the work

  • Personal characteristics, such as most salient interests, values, and "critical factors" as reported by practitioners in the specialty.

  • As you complete your Personal Assessment portion of the Careers in Medicine program, similar factors are displayed so you can compare your personal characteristics with those of the average practitioner in the specialty under consideration.

  • Training and residency information

  • Employment outlook for the specialty

  • Links for further information, such as the specialty's professional association, professional journals, and research societies.

       
Additional specialty information is available on the "password-protected" medical student site including personal characteristics, physician compensation, Match data, and links to over 1000 specialty groups and publications on 112 different specialty areas. 

Login to the site as a new user, registration allows for confidential personal tracking of interests and career planning.  (UNM Student Access Code: 11STU150).