The Career Advising Curriculum consists of three main components, 

1) Workshops, 2) Resources and 3) Career Advising for each year of your training. 

Workshops: 

Each year of your training consists of different workshops to enhance your career advising experience. Your first two years focus on workshops tailored towards specialty exploration. 

Resources:

OCRA has created resources including specialty profiles which are UCR SOM specific data created for you to expose you to different specialties. In addition, we include resources form the AAMC Careers in Medicine. 

Advising:

Our OCRA Advising Team includes our Executive Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Associate Dean for Career Advising, and Career Development Specialist and Career Advisors. 

Workshops

MS1 Orientation

Habits of Successfully Matched Students

Introduction to AAMC Careers in Medicine Assessments

CV Workshop

• MS1 Introduction to CV Workshop Video 

• MS1 Cover Letter & CV Follow Up Workshop Video

• OCRA MS1 CV Workshop

• CV Template 

Summer Experiences

Speed Mentoring

Specialty Roundtables

Resources

Specialty Profiles: Specialty Profiles are UCR School of Medicine specific data for different specialties including where UCR alumni have matched

AAMC Careers In Medicine: Physician Values in Practice

Advising

MS1 Career Advisor: Darnell Sy

Associate Dean for Career Advising: Dr. Hanh Nguyen