Career Development at NEOUCOM

Career development is an integral part of the formal and informal curriculum at NEOUCOM and is designed to assist students in synthesizing their knowledge and self-understanding with their personal career decision.  Curricular and co-curricular career development activities and programming are coordinated through the Office of Career Development and Advising.

The goals of NEOUCOM’s career development program are to assist students in:

• Developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for making career decisions.
• Developing life planning activities which integrate career with family, leisure, friendship and community
• Becoming cognizant of medical specialties in a variety of settings
• Understanding your values and how they fit into the practice of medicine
• Understanding the need for life-long “physician-hood” development

Students have many opportunities during their education to work on each of these goals in detail.  Because each student is at a different stage of career development, there are many resources accompanying each goal to guide them in working on their own.  It is important to remember that career development is not a static process.  As a student’s knowledge and skills develop it is important that students revisit these goals frequently.