Pre-Med Advisors

Do your pre-med students know what kind of specialty they want to choose after medical school?

Many already do. In fact, data tells us that many students who choose family medicine have decided upon the specialty before medical school. Are you advising them on their options for medical schools that support student choice of primary care?

Support Your Students

Help your students choose a specialty and gain an understanding of the opportunities available in family medicine.

• Watch the "What is Family Medicine?" Webinar
• Family Medicine Career Information
  

What You Should Know as an Advisor

• Medical school graduates from publicly funded medical schools (9.9%) were more likely to be first-year family medicine residents than were residents from privately funded schools (6%).
• Mountain (12.6%) and West North Central (11.9%) regions reported the highest percentage of medical school graduates who were first-year residents in family medicine programs.
• New England (5.7%) and Middle Atlantic (5.4%) regions reported the lowest percentages.
• Approximately two in five of the medical school graduates (45.9%) entering a family medicine residency program as first-year residents entered a program in the same state where they graduated from medical school.

Stats from 2011 family medicine residents.