Career Resources

Career Counseling

Career counseling and residency advising are available to all UIWSOM students to help explore career issues, provide guidance and resources, and facilitate career decision-making.

Issues covered in career counseling include:

  • Exploring and establishing career goals
  • Specialty exploration
  • CV development
  • Personal statement development and review
  • Navigating the residency application and matching process

Career Curriculum

UIWSOM's Longitudinal Career Curriculum spans all four years of osteopathic medical training and covers the full arc of professional development from day one through the Match.

  1. OMS I modules lay the foundation addressing:
    • how the medical school-to-residency pathway works,
    • CV development,
    • professional reputation,
    • communication,
    • digital professionalism,
    • networking
  2. OMS II builds on that base with:
    • strengths identification,
    • non-clinical career skills,
    • an introduction to licensing exams and residency.
  3. OMS III shifts into application mode covering:
    • clerkships and their strategic role,
    • away rotations via VSLO,
    • application strategy,
    • personal statement writing,
    • letters of recommendation,
    • self-assessment of competitiveness.
  4. OMS IV focuses on execution:
    • crafting experience descriptions,
    • succeeding at interviews,
    • building a rank order list,
    • navigating SOAP.
  5. Optional modules extend the curriculum to specialized pathways:
    • San Francisco Match,
    • the American Urological Association (AUA) Match,
    • Military Match,
    • Couples Match,
    • alternative career pathways,
    • well-being topics such as impostor phenomenon.