Student Counseling

Careers in Medicine (CiM) at the Carver College of Medicine

Careers in Medicine (CiM) is a program developed for you, the medical student to help navigate through the vocational aspects of medical school. The goal is to match your personality with your professional skills and interests to find your best fit prior to residency. Additionally, part of the intention behind CiM is to help you feel most satisfied with your chosen area of specialty; connecting you with proper specialists, exploring your personality and maximizes your options within the field of medicine.

Stages and Goals of the CiM process

The key is to establish a road map for your career choices with great flexibility within the field of medicine as you progress through your degree.

Stage 1: Understanding yourself

Goals

Self exploration and reflection
Build your personal profile via the CiM website

Stage 2: Exploring options

Goals

Obtain information and contacts at the University of Iowa about areas of specialization.
Begin to match personality, interests, and skills with areas of specialty.

Stage 3: Choosing a specialty

Goal

Rank order areas of specialty, rank sites and select residency

Stage 4: Getting into residency

Goal

Apply, interview, acceptance into residency, and reflection.

Timelines

Programs and Workshops

M1s CiM Workshop: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 12:30, 2189 MERF
M2s CiM Workshop: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 12:30, 2189 MERF

Full workshop schedule

Areas of Specialty Contacts

UI Faculty and Physicians Specialty Contacts

“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.”

-- Brian Tracy