MD Program
Student Experience

Career Advising

Application Information

Planning Your Medical Career

The Office of Student Affairs has faculty and staff advisors who work with students to understand themselves and their career goals and how to get where they want to go. Students can take advantage of individual counseling, career workshops and lunchtime talks.
Contact
(323) 442-2553 Phone
medstuaf@usc.edu

MD Program Residency Match Information
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    • Individual appointments with advising staff help students assess their interests and goals and pursue opportunities to strengthen their future residency applications.
    • Careers in medicine workshops introduce students to the AAMC’s careers in medicine program and help them explore the resources on the CIM website.
    • Curriculum vitae workshops help students update their CVs before applying for scholarships or summer opportunities.
    • Lunchtime career talks, hosted in conjunction with the student interest groups, bring in faculty and residents to answer questions about some of the most popular specialties that our students pursue.
    • Class advising meetings provide information about career development opportunities during the summer, dual degree programs and structuring third-year coursework to meet students’ career goals.
    • Intersession programming allows third-year students to meet with advisors from different specialties, learn from the experiences of fourth-year students and gain an understanding of the specialty selection, residency application and match processes.
    • Clinical faculty advisors are assigned to students in the specialties they plan to pursue. Students meet with faculty advisors who can answer their questions about the specialty and guide them through the application process.
    • The Office provides CV and personal statement workshops for students to assist them in developing these important components of their residency application.
    • Staff advisors in the Office of Student Affairs help students choose courses, review graduation requirements and prepare personal statements, CVs and other application materials.
    • An Interviewing workshop, led by a panel of residency program directors and residents, helps prepare students before they begin interviewing at residency programs.
    • Rank order list workshop explains how to prepare the list of programs that will be used for the Match.