Specialty Resource Guides
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Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1):
- Transitional Programs
- Preliminary Programs (Medicine, Pediatrics & Surgery)
Specialties:
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Radiology
- Medicine-Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN)
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgery
- Urology
Guides include:
- Specialty Liaisons
- Related Groups including Student Interest Groups
- Outside Resources
- Specialty Interest Series Career Sessions
- Residency Resource Guides
- Overview of the Specialty
- Lifestyle, demographics and earning potential
- Level of competitiveness
- Criteria programs consider
- Match Data
- HMS Specific Match Data
- NRMP Main Residency Match Data and Reports
- HMS Post-Match Survey Report
- Match Newsletters
Alternative Medical Careers
Alternative Medicine Career Panel
Questions asked of panelists:
- What opportunities did you participate in and when that developed your interest in the alternative/additional career path you pursued?
- Discuss the timing and evolution of the alternative career path you pursued and do you have a suggestion on the best path to make such a career path successful?
- How do you balance your personal and professional life?
AAMC Resources
Options for medical careers other than clinical medicine
Administration, Research, Teaching, Military Medicine, Executive, Consulting and Non-clinical Careers
Fifth-year Option
- Student Handbook links: Pathways and HST
- Applying for funding
- Fifth-year Option Information Session
Dual Degrees
Office of Scholarly Engagement Information Sessions
- Master of Public Health (MPH) Session – Learn about the MPH degree from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and how it fits into the MD curriculum.
- Master of Public Policy (MPP) Session – Learn about the MPP degree at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and how it fits into the MD curriculum.
- MD/MBA Session – Learn about the joint MD/MBA with HMS and Harvard Business School (HBS).