AE: Career Exploration

School of Medicine

The Career Exploration Advanced Elective is an interdisciplinary 4-week elective offered to immersion students. This elective is designed for students who remain undecided about their specialty after completing clerkships, with the goal of offering students additional exposure to various specialties and providing further insight into potential career paths. It can also be helpful for students who wish to experience specialties they are unlikely to encounter in their future. Students will rotate through 2-4 clinical settings of their preference, with each rotation lasting 1-2 weeks (e.g. four 1-week rotations, two 2-week rotations, or a combination of 1- and 2-week rotations). At the end of the elective, students will meet with the Course Director(s) to discuss their experiences on the elective, receive career advising, and review their CV and/or personal statement (see additional resources on the CiM website). Students will be asked to keep a log of their rotations (dates and supervising attendings and/or residents), write a reflection on their experiences, send at least one compass assessment per week, and complete brief pre- and post-elective surveys. Please note that this Advanced Elective will not count for clinical credit (recall that one of the "competency and interest-driven" rotations must be clinical for graduation).