Career Exploration Tools
Welcome! We are so excited that you found your way here! If you are like us, you are probably wondering what to pursue after medical school so we have gathered some resources to help guide you. The links on this page will give you information about a variety of specialties. Don’t worry! Being a physician is a wonderful and exciting career and you will most likely be happy in more than one specialty so take a load off and use your time in med school to look into all kinds of career options – you might be surprised at what you find out!
Think you may be interested in a surgical specialty? Take a listen to this! Even if you're not interested in surgery, many of this podcasts go through patient presentations with HPI/ PE and Treatment section so it's worth the visit!
Do you prefer Netflix? Check out the ‘Lenox Hill’ Docuseries.
Want to know more about what life is like as a resident? Check out this link!
Looking for more resources about HOW to go about choosing a specialty? Check out The Undifferentiated Medical Student using this link!
Listen to a Career Exploration podcast created by medical students for medical students here!
Information on the basics of the Match can be found here.
Don’t forget to fill out your AAMC Career Exploration quizzes and discuss them with your Career mentors! Some people find it helpful to re-evaluate themselves a couple of times before clerkship!
Looking to talk to a physician in a particular specialty? Email Sue-Ann for some helpful preceptors!
Looking for more information from Calgary physicians about day-to-day life as a doc in an academic center? Click on a profile below.
Special thanks goes out to Suzanne George, Ana Sepulveda, Samin Dolatabadi, and Class of 2022 CMSA interest groups for their help in creating this page and its resources.