Residency Match: NRMP Match, Program Director Survey, & Charting Outcomes

With medical students starting to think about the upcoming residency match season, it’s a good time to review:

NRMP Program Director Survey, [ Ссылка ]
Main Residency Match Data and Reports, [ Ссылка ],
Charting Outcomes in the Match 2018:
US Allopathic Senior Report: [ Ссылка ]
US Osteopathic Senior Report: [ Ссылка ]
IMG Report; [ Ссылка ],

In this video, I’ll review what factors are considered most important to program directors when selecting residency applicants.

The Program directors survey tells us the five most important factors, across all specialties, that program directors use when deciding whom to interview for residency positions: They are:

USMLE Step 1/COMLEX Level 1 score
Letters of recommendation in the specialty
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean's Letter)
USMLE Step 2 CK/COMLEX Level 2 CE score
Personal Statement


When preparing for the residency match and deciding what specialty to pursue, there are many things to consider. It is important to be realistic about your competitiveness for the specialty and programs you wish to pursue. Each piece of the application, including your USMLE/COMLEX scores, letters of evaluation, personal statement, grades in the specialty, electives and research (for some specialties) and medical school prestige determine whether or not you will receive an interview. And, once you have the interview, how you are perceived on interview day is the largest predictor of how you will rank.

At MedEdits, we have worked with a huge spectrum of applicants to every specialty in the match so we understand what it takes for every student, depending on his or her distinctive background and circumstances, to have the absolute best chances of matching.

Other tips for applicants applying to the NRMP match.

Demonstrate interest in your desired specialty.

Your interest in your specialty goes beyond doing well on your rotations. For some specialties, doing research is not required or expected, but, for others, research in the specialty is the norm. In fact, some applicants to very competitive specialties spend a full year doing research. Consider joining your specialty’s national organization or becoming a student member on a national committee. Good examples would the the American Academy of Family Physicians, AAFP, or American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP. The more involved you are in your specialty, the more committed to it you appear. This is especially important for if you’re trying to figure out how to get into top residency programs or a very competitive specialty.

Communicate your interest in your specialty through your residency personal statement.

It is most likely that the last personal statement you wrote was for medical school. The approach you should take for your residency personal statement is different; you must convince the reader of your commitment to the chosen specialty. Some creativity will help engage your reader, but, in general, this statement should be a less creative piece than was your medical school personal statement. A well-written personal statement that piques the reader’s interest will increase the odds that you will be granted an interview. The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) allows you to write more than one personal statement so consider writing different statements for different types of programs. For example, a community based program does not necessarily want an applicant who hopes to make research a major part of his or her residency training. You can also write a statement targeted to a specific geographic area.

Don’t skimp when writing about our accomplishments in your ERAS application.

The written descriptions of your activities in your application are also a key to success. Make these entries interesting and be sure they highlight what you have accomplished and learned. Ideally your application entries and personal statement should complement each other.

So, how does the residency match work? Below are additional links to guide you.

Specialty Updates: [ Ссылка ]

Anesthesia Residency
Family Medicine Residency
Emergency Residency
Pediatrics Residency
Internal Medicine Residency
General Surgery Residency

Residency Match Lessons Learned, [ Ссылка ],

Beat 43,157 Match Registrants: Important ERAS Residency Personal Statement Tips, [ Ссылка ],

MSAR: [ Ссылка ]
MedEdits Blog: [ Ссылка ]
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