Included in this post is a table summarizing the USMLE Step 2 averages for each specialty in the 2011 Residency Match. The information was reported by specialty in the NRMP publication, Charting Outcomes in the Match, 2011. Continue reading
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Ophthalmology Residency Research Indicates What Current Applicants Need to Match
Ophthalmology is one of the most competitive specialties in the match. However, since it is not a part of the NRMP, applicants and advisors have less data by which to plan and shape their medical school journey to be a competitive match applicant. Continue reading
Residency Directors Inconsistent When Interpreting Communication Rules with Candidates
Residency program directors have different interpretations of the National Resident Matching Program rules regarding post-interview contact with candidates and occasionally violate those rules, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Continue reading
Questions to Help You Develop Content for Your Personal Statement
Do some inner assessment to help you begin your personal statement. This exercise is also helpful for interview season. This will help you generate ideas, stories, and themes for your personal statement.
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ECFMG Eligibility to Apply for Residency Training through the NRMP
To become eligible for the match through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), which pairs candidates with residency programs in U.S., International Medical Graduates must receive certification from the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to be eligible to apply for residency training in America. Below is a summary of the licensing and educational requirements of ECFMG certification.
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Average Step 1 Score to Match in PM&R
The average minimum Step 1 score, according to the Program Directors Survey, by which interviews are typically not offered is 198. However, they also reported that students are, on average across programs, almost always offered an interview with a Step 1 score of 209. Those scores are very close, so those numbers are at first glance questionable.
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Figuring Out the Transitional, Preliminary, and Categorical Year for Residency Application
The first year of post-graduate training following medical school is called "internship." Medical school graduates in the first year of post-graduate training are called an "interns" regardless of what that first year of training consists. Your initial year could be one of the following: a Categorical Year, Transitional Year, or Preliminary Year.
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The CV for Residency Application – Additional Suggestions
This article is related to an earlier blog I posted called, Essential Information for the CV and Sample to Use. The CV included as a sample in the post is a CV that the AAMC Careers in Medicine has posted on their website, but looks very much like the CVs I have coached students through at UT. (The activities on this mock CV look like an amalgamation of a Dermatology applicant’s vitae that I worked with mixed with a few activities from another student.) We are definitely on the right track since it was seen as a CV example worth posting and this is the format and suggestions I use in advising applicants.
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Career Trends From 2011 NRMP Results
In a recent report, the NRMP reported the following results as indicators of career interests among U.S. medical school seniors. Among the notable trends in the 2011 year:
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All-In or All-Out? Residency Pre-Matches a Thing of the Past: New Changes Coming to the NRMP Residency Match in 2013
In a nutshell: Under the All-in Model, independent applicants, Canadian, Caribbean, and international medical student applicants will no longer be able to secure residency positions in the U.S. prior to the formal residency match that takes place in March. Independent applicants, such as osteopathic students and graduate applicants and past allopathic medical graduate applicants, will not be privy to pre-match practices after the 2012 match year.
The NRMP (National Residency Matching Program) has announced that starting in 2013, participating residency institutions will not be able to offer a portion of their positions to students prior to the match. The NRMP Board of Directors decided unanimously in favor of the All-in Policy which states that U.S. residency programs must place all positions in the NRMP match or none. This greatly changes the landscape for both international medical graduates and U.S. medical graduates competing for very valuable residency positions. (Read NRMP announcement here: http://www.nrmp.org/ )
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