During this time of change in the delivery of health care, medical students need more information about the range of career paths and available practice opportunities. The comprehensive Career Advising Program at Stanford has been established to meet this critical need. Each clinical department has appointed faculty members as career advisors, with one as overall coordinator of the department's advising program. These physicians hold periodic meetings to present information about their specialty to interested students. Once a student expresses an interest in a particular area of medicine, a career advisor meets with the student regularly.
Career fairs complement the departmental advising program.
The goals of this program are to provide students with an effective decision-making process, and with the information they need to make an informed career decision, especially about their area of planned practice.