Explore specialties
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- Consider Shadowing in med2 (however - during COVID-19 shadowing is prohibited)
- Join Specialty Interest Groups, and attend meetings (good for both information as well as potentially networking)
- Reading: see our list of essential reading here
- talking to people in your fields of interest, conduct Informational Interviews
- Aim to shadow or talk to physicians in at least 2 fields new to you this year.
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Summer plans
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Begin thinking about electives
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Visit the McGill Electives site, and look at the offerings and the requirements for electives in McGill
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For non-Mcgill electives, take a preliminary look through the AFMC Portal; you can also create an account, and begin to build a wish list of electives you might like to do one day
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Take a first look at elective application requirements: see the above links for what you'll need to submit to each school of interest, as their requirements may differ substantially
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If you do the above steps, also mark your calendars with milestone dates to take care of elective paperwork in "X weeks" in advance of application deadlines.
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Meet the Career Advisor (optionally)
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- If we haven't met in med1, please try to find some time this year to check in with the WELL Office Career Advisor.
- Even if we have met in med1, feel free to take another meeting as needed.
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Try new things
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Network
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- McGill CaPS has some wise words about this topic. Although some of the information may be less pertinent to medical students, points 1 and 2 are highly relevant.
- Also see the Careers in Medicine article on Networking
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