Careers in Medicine January 16, 2019 Match 101 Careers in Medicine January 16, 2019

We Will Cover A few definitions of residency types Specialties: less competitive-more competitive-super competitive Introduction to the Match Careers in Medicine Timeline Objective for M1 year Resources for specialty information Roadmap to Residency Making the most of your summer

Residency Types

Categorical Residencies Internship and residency in the same facility Emergency Medicine Family Medicine* Internal Medicine* Medicine-Pediatrics* Obstetrics and Gynecology Pathology Pediatrics* Surgery No preliminary year * Primary Care

Advanced Programs Students must match into a preliminary year (internship) Advanced programs begin in the second year of training Dermatology* Neurology* Ophthalmology PM&R Radiation Oncology Radiology Dx and IR Urology *some programs have intern yr built in

One-Year Positions Preliminary Programs Transitional Programs A single year of clinical training that precedes residency Medicine Preliminary Surgical Preliminary Transitional Year Transitional Programs Serves as a substitute for a preliminary year for some programs Rotate on a variety of services Can help if you cannot decide

Relatively Competitive Charting Outcomes in the Match 2018-Allopathic Seniors

Average Step 1 Score for matched seniors Dermatology Orthopedic surgery Otolaryngology Plastic Surgery Step 1 score > 245 Interventional Radiology Neurosurgery Radiation Oncology Step 1 score > 235 Radiology Emergency Medicine General Surgery Internal Medicine Medicine-Pediatrics Vascular Surgery

Average Step 1 Score for Matched Seniors Anesthesia Child Neurology Neurology OB/GYN Pathology Step 1 score > 220 Family Medicine Pediatrics Physical Medicine & Rehab Psychiatry

National Residency Matching Program National Residency Match Program www.nrmp.org Data and Statistics on match yearly Charting Outcomes in the Match Extensive analysis on avg scores, number of ranks to match, importance of research Every other year Favors Students Shapley and Roth’s research on the NRMP algorithm basis for 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic- sciences/laureates/2012/popular-economicsciences2012.pdf

National Residency Matching Program Algorithm Favors Students Both students and programs enter a Rank Order List Shapley and Roth’s research on the NRMP algorithm basis for 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic- sciences/laureates/2012/popular-economicsciences2012.pdf

You Tube: How the NRMP Matching Algorithm Works https://youtu.be/kvgfgGmemdA

Free pdf from AAMC www.aamc.org Sign in Go to Store (top of screen) Search for Roadmap to Residency Select and Add to Cart $0.00

Careers in Medicine www.aamc.org/cim/

M1 Know Yourself What kind of life do you want? Are you good with your hands? Are you an adrenalin junky or prefer a steady pace? Do you prefer to work in the background? Where do you find meaning and satisfaction? What do you value most?

Very Competitive and Competitive General Surgery Medicine-Pediatrics OB/GYN Internal Medicine Pathology Neurology Pediatrics Physical Medicine & Rehab Psychiatry

Resources for Specialty Information AAMC Careers in Medicine Website Use your AAMC ID and password to access content reserved for medical students Comprehensive website to help you understand specialties and yourself Timeline for each year in med school https://www.aamc.org/cim/ Student Affairs Faculty Advisors Peer Mentors Specialty Advisors

How to Make the Most of Your Summer Extremely or Highly Competitive Research in that specialty (note Dr Thompson’s research notice) Make connections with faculty in the field Shadowing and Observation Very Competitive and Competitive Consider research, population health, or QA/QI project OK to be Undecided Pursue a project

How to Make the Most of Your Summer NIH Summer Research Fellowships Syamal Bhattacharya, PhD Research & Project Opportunities at UT http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/lsp/projects.php?R http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/lsp/projects.php?P http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/lsp/projects.php?C Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Student Committee On Research in Education Summer Research in Psychiatry Other: CIAO, Gold Foundation Community Health Projects OLSEN http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/OLSEN/

Student Affairs 448-5684 Taylor Smith, Sr. Administrative Assistant Debbey Hester, Program Coordinator, NRMP Liaison Courtney Cook, MA Director of Career Counseling Susan C Brewer, MD Assoc Dean of Student Affairs

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