Advice to the Dermatology Residency Applicant

Heymann, Warren R.

doi:10.1001/archderm.136.1.123

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“…Clarke et al 7 noted that connections through medical student interactions with dermatology programs may have a role in matching into those programs. Advice to applicants has been published 13,14 and strategies believed to be helpful in matching into dermatology (eg, doing research while in medical school) could be studied. We do not know whether signaling interest in an academic career helps applicants match into dermatology, but as Reck et al 6 and we found, such indications often do not pan out.…”

Section: Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academia Is the Life for Me, I’m Sure

Kia¹,

Gielczyk²,

Ellis³

2006

Arch Dermatol

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Section: Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academia Is the Life for Me, I’m Sure

Kia¹,

Gielczyk²,

Ellis³

2006

Arch Dermatol

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“…Interestingly, compared to dermatology PDs, emergency medicine PDs felt that USMLE scores were less important, while rotation grades in the specialty were deemed more important [11]. Rotation at the PD's institution was ranked as the fifth most important criterion in our study, thus emphasizing the importance of dermatology rotations [34]. Away rotations may be of greater significance in the dermatology application review process as compared to other larger specialties considering that dermatology programs have a limited number of residency slots and therefore any personality conflicts may have a larger impact on the overall cohesiveness of a relatively smaller cohort of residents.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Dermatology Residency Selection Criteria with an Emphasis on Program Characteristics: A National Program Director Survey

Gorouhi

Alikhan

Rezaei

et al. 2014

Dermatology Research and Practice

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Background. Dermatology residency programs are relatively diverse in their resident selection process. The authors investigated the importance of 25 dermatology residency selection criteria focusing on differences in program directors' (PDs') perception based on specific program demographics. Methods. This cross-sectional nationwide observational survey utilized a 41-item questionnaire that was developed by literature search, brainstorming sessions, and online expert reviews. The data were analyzed utilizing the reliability test, two-step clustering, and K-means methods as well as other methods. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in PDs' perception regarding the importance of the selection criteria based on program demographics. Results. Ninety-five out of 114 PDs (83.3%) responded to the survey. The top five criteria for dermatology residency selection were interview, letters of recommendation, United States Medical Licensing Examination Step I scores, medical school transcripts, and clinical rotations. The following criteria were preferentially ranked based on different program characteristics: “advanced degrees,” “interest in academics,” “reputation of undergraduate and medical school,” “prior unsuccessful attempts to match,” and “number of publications.” Conclusions. Our survey provides up-to-date factual data on dermatology PDs' perception in this regard. Dermatology residency programs may find the reported data useful in further optimizing their residency selection process.

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