Many of you read the recent news that NYU Medical School will charge nothing for tuition going forward. Here’s a great entry from the CrispyDoc blog that sums up the fact that this announcement is going to completely change medical education going forward – and why.
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Check out this FeminEm Podcast
Want to get tips on professional happiness, autonomy and flexibility, entrepreneurship, how to choose a medical school and residency program, and how to nail an interview? Download my recent guest spot on the Feminem podcast – 2018 Summer Series.
Tags: Interviews, Medical School, residency
Personal Statement Russian Roulette
It’s time (okay – not to freak you out – but actually late) to start working on your medical school personal statement. Check out this under-one-minute Guru on the Go© video on an important misstep to avoid when crafting your essay.
Paralympic-Medalist Physician Asks to be Recognized for her Tremendous Abilities, Not her Wheelchair
Check out this well-written New York Times piece by Dr. Cheri Blauwet, an American wheelchair racer (Paralympic and Olympic medal winner) and physician in PM&R. I’m sure Dr. Blauwet’s assertions are true about bias among patients, colleagues, and admissions officers: In my career, I’ve met very few doctor colleagues with overt physical disabilities.
Tags: Medical School, New York Times, PM&R, residency
The Rank Order List Deadline Is Imminently Approaching: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
This is an important reminder that Wednesday (February 21) at 9am EST is the rank order list certification deadline. I’d recommend submitting today or tomorrow morning to be safe. Waiting until the last minute and making impulsive changes to your list is not a great idea.
Please make sure to avoid simple missteps in creating your rank order list. Improving written materials and interview skills is important, but all of that work can go to waste if applicants do not understand basic strategies for the Match. In November or 2015 the NRMP published an article called, “Understanding the Interview and Ranking Behaviors of Unmatched International Medical Students and Graduates in the 2013 Main Residency Match” in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. The data is especially important for IMGs who represented the majority of unmatched candidates.
Sadly, the authors found that some applicants made strategic errors including the below:
– Not attending all interviews, thus failing to capitalize on every opportunity to market themselves.
– Declining to rank all programs at which they interviewed or not ranking all programs they would be willing to attend.
– Misunderstanding the Match and ranking programs at which applicants did not interview.
– Failing to rank programs based on true preferences or ranking programs based on the perceived likelihood of matching.
It kills me to read about these mistakes :(. Here is an explanation of the Match algorithm. If you do not understand how the Match works, it is absolutely critical that you learn about it to avoid destructive errors.
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
