Great Start to Recruitment Season!

(11/4/11)

Wow! What an amazing recruitment season so far! CAFMR has traveled to Massachusetts, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, California, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Illinois so far. We have met with amazing students for each of these states. This year students are asking great questions. Not just the generic list of questions that schools print out in mass for med students.

Here is an example of a well thought out question: " What are the types of procedures would I become skilled in at your program?"

Here is an example of a generic question: "How many beds are in your hospital?"

The well thought out question tells a program that you truly care about your education and that you are proactive. This type of question also tells programs that you are not afraid of hard work.

The generic question tells programs that you are not pro-active, that you would rather ask a question off of a mass generated list than think about what you are really interested in learning. It is a lazy approach to gaining information.

Colorado's interview season is shaping up to be a home run this year! The quality of students that are interviewing in our programs is outstanding. Here is a shout out to Medical schools in the above mentioned states - "Keep up the great work!"

Next week we head Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia.

AAFP National Conference Raffle Winner

(8/5/11)

Congratulations go out to Kelechi N. from North Carolina for winning the Colorado raffle! Kelechi won a $500 Southwest airlines giftcard.

Report from AAFP National Conference (8/5/11)

We have just returned from Kansas City. What an exciting three days. Our nine residency programs spoke with over 500 students from across the country. As always students and exihibitors from other states praise Colorado for our collaborative culture. We are the envy of the conference! Kudos go out the residents and faculty that made the Colorado Booth such a great attraction at this year's conference!

Tip of the Week (12/20/10)

Apply and interview in the one specialty that you are interested in.

It can be difficult to figure out the one specialty that you are really passionate about. You may even be stuck between two specialties. Take the time to really think about the aspects of the specialty. Do these aspects spark your interest? During the interview process, residents and faculty can tell if you are truly interested in the specialty that you are interviewing in. These students tend to rank low in residency programs.