Financial Literacy Program

The Financial Aid Office offers a series of debt management and financial literacy sessions each year presented by our staff as well as other experts in the field. These sessions help you learn to manage your educational debt and to better understand the fundamentals of personal finance.

2023-2024 Financial Literacy Lunch Talks

• 9/14/2023 Budgeting Basics: Managing the Dollars & Sense

• 10/23/2023: Demystifying Public Service Loan Forgiveness

• 10/9/2023: Understanding Your loans & Income-Driven Plans

• Spring 2024: Paying for 4th Year: Interviews and Away-Rotations

• Spring 2024: Home Buying for Medical School Graduates 

• Spring 2024: Class of 2024 Loan Exit Session

RSVP link and location will be provided separetely for each event!

2022-2023 PODCAT PRESENTATIONS:

• 9/22/2022 Budgeting Basics: Managing the Dollars & Sense (Podcast)

• 10/25/2022: Demystifying Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)

• 11/10/2022: Understanding Your loans & Income-Driven Plans (Podcast)

LUNCH TALKS FROM PRIOR YEARS: 

• 8/30/2021 Budgeting Basics: Managing the Dollars & Sense (Podcast) 

• 9/20/2021 Paying for 4th Year: Interviews and Away-Rotations (Podcast) 

• 10/21/2021 Demystifying Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)

• 10/28/2021 Understanding Your loans & Income-Driven Plans (Podcast)

• 3/17/2021  Class of 2021 Loan Exite (Podcast)

• 11/20/2020: Enrichment Elective Session II (send email to: financialaid@medicine.arizona.edu for recording)
• 10/30/2020: Enrichment Elective Session I (Podcast) 
•  3/17/2020: Class of 2020 Loan Exit Session (Podcast) 
• 10/29/2019: Debt: One Piece of the FInancial Puzzle (Podcast) 
• 10/22/2019: Arizona & National Loan Repayment Programs with a Service Commitment (Podcast)
• 9/23/2019: Demistifying Loan Repayment & Forgiveness (Podcast)
• 3/14/2019: Class of 2019 Loan Exit Session (Podcast)
• 2/26/2018: Home Buying for Graduating Medical Students (Podcast)
• 3/14/2018: Class of 2018 Loan Exit Session (Podcast) 
• 10/9/2018: Demistifying Loan Repayment & Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)
• 10/10/2017: Demystifying Loan Repayment & Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)
• 10/16/2017: Managing the Dollars & Sense for Future Physicians (Podcast)
• 10/30/2017: Arizona & National Loan Repayment Programs with a Service Commitment (Podcast)

• 3/9/2017: Homebuying for Graduating Medical Students (Podcast)
• 3/15/2017: Class of 2017 Loan Exit Session (Podcast) 
• 10/10/2017: Demystifying Loan Repayment & Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)
• 10/16/2017: Managing the Dollars & Sense for Future Physicians (Podcast)
• 10/30/2017: Arizona & National Loan Repayment Programs with a Service Commitment (Podcast)

• 10/06/15: Budgeting from a Med Student Perspective (Podcast)

• 10/13/15: Some Practical Tax, Legal and Financial Advice for Medical School Students and Residents (Podcast)

• 10/19/15: Arizona & National Loan Repayment Programs (Podcast)

• 10/20/15: Understanding Your Loans and Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)

• 10/29/15: Student Loan Best Practices for Medical Graduates (Podcast) 

• 11/2/15: Scholarship Hacks – a look into Scholarship Universe! (Podcast) 

• Family Weekend 2016 (Podcast)

• 10/3/2016: Demystifying Loan Repayment & Public Service Loan Forgiveness (Podcast)

• 10/10/2016: Practical Financial Preparation for 4th Year from a Med Student Perspective (Podcast) 

• 10/17/2016: Arizona & National Loan Repayment Programs with a Service Commitment (Podcast) *available slides per audio technical issues*

• 10/27/2016: Practical Tax and Legal Considerations for Medical School Students and Residents (Podcast)

• 10/31/2016: Managing the Dollars & Sense for Future Physicians (Podcast)

AAMC FIRST Resources / AAMC’s Financial Wellness Program

Want To Get Better At Managing Your Money? The AAMC’s Financial Wellness Program Can Help! It’s a free, online, financial education resource, that provides a variety of financial information to help students, residents, and practicing physicians become more financially savvy. Get your FREE account today under the ‘Current Medical Student’ log in.