Mary Anderson, MD, FACP Assistant Dean Student Development Jill Porter, MSEd Director Special Programs

 Step 2  Schedules and away clerkships  Senior awards  AOA  PPD and vaccinations  Residency applications

 Review your individual PPD and vaccination profile  To update your PPD or vaccinations call LMA at and schedule a nurse visit  Remember for away rotations LMA will need to certify that you are up to date.

 Sub Internship = 4 weeks  “Flex Electives” = 16 weeks  Medical = 8 weeks  Surgical = 4 weeks  Acute care = 4 weeks  Electives  Residency applications, interviews, etc. M3 + M4 = 78 weeks to graduate

 June  Complete M3 year  Complete MSPE worksheets  Individual meetings begin  Begin CV and personal statements  July  Individual meetings complete  ERAS tokens distributed  Begin building residency application  Begin soliciting Letters of Recommendation

 August  Finalize choice of residency  Continue soliciting Letters of Recommendation  NRMP registration open  Grades for final transcript due  September  ERAS post office opens  Complete residency application  Transcript uploaded to ERAS  Class rank completed and revealed  October  Interview offers  Final review MSPE  All Letters of Recommendation uploaded

 November  MSPE released  Interviews  December  Interviews  Military match results  Complete USMLE step 2CK and CS  January  Early Match rank order lists and match results  Interviews  February  Regular match rank order lists  Complete Neurology

 March  Exit interview for financial aid  Intent to graduate  Match day  May  Verification graduation credentials  June  Commencement banquet  Commencement

 30 minute meeting with Dr. Anderson  Review initial draft of MSPE  Construct unique characteristics section of MSPE  Develop individual plan for residency applications  Between June 5 and July 22, 2009  OMSP will be in contact with you with scheduled day/time  Must receive completed MSPE worksheet 7 days prior to scheduled meeting

 Evaluation of performance during first three years of medical school  NOT a letter of recommendation  Includes  Student identifying information  Unique characteristics  Academic history  Academic progress  Summary

 Unique characteristics  Leadership  Research  Community Service  Significant extra curricular activities  Academic history  Matriculation and graduation  Extensions, leaves, gaps  Remediated or repeated course work  Adverse action by Rush

 Academic progress  USMLE Step 1 score  Chronological listing of core clerkships with final grade  Representative comments selected by course director (not editable)  Course director comments (not editable)  Summary  Summary academic history and progress  Professionalism  Class rank

 Used in building MSPE  Used in initial meeting to discuss plans for residency application  Two separate pages  MSPE  Residency  Worksheet must be completed 7 days prior to initial meeting  to  No changes accepted after 8/1/9

 Official transcripts will be uploaded to application 9/1/09  Only core clerkship grades will be available  Any grades to be included in official transcript must be received in OMSP by 8/15/09  For early match students you will send official transcript with completed central application in August

 Begin soliciting letters in July  Identify clinical faculty who will be able to comment on  Clinical knowledge  Technical skills  Work ethic  Personal characteristics  Recommend all letters uploaded to ERAS by 10/15/09

Paul Jolly, PhD. Charting Outcomes in the Match. Characteristics of Applicants Who Matched to Their Preferred Specialty in the 2005 NRMP Main Residency Match 2nd Edition. Association of American Medical Colleges. August 2007.

CriteriaRank Grades in required clerkships1* USMLE Step 1 score 2† Grades in senior electives of specialty3 Number of honors grades in clerkships4 USMLE Step 2 score5 USMLE Step 2 CS pass6 Class rank7 Membership in Alpha Omega Alpha8 Medical school reputation9 Medical school academic awards10 Grades in other senior electives11 Grades in pre-clinical courses12 Published medical school research13 Research experience while in medical school 14 Marianne Green, MD, Paul Jones, MD, John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD. A Comparison of Residency Selection Criteria From 1996 to AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs meeting, NS {

 70% core clerkships and 30% preclinical  Weighted GPA  Core clerkships based on number of weeks  Honors = 4.0  High Pass = 3.0  Pass = 2.0  Retake miniboard = 1.5  Repeat clinical = 1.0  Preclinical based on  Selected number of courses (reviewed yearly)  Total class hours

 M3 completed courses with grades  Internal MedicineHigh Pass  SurgeryHonors  PediatricsPass  Calculation IM12 weeks X 3.0 = 36 Surg 8 weeks X 4.0 = 32 Peds 8 weeks X 2.0 =  84 ÷ 28 = 3.0 GPA

 First quartile Clinical  Second quartile Clinical HonorsHigh Pass PassGPAPreclin Honors MED grade MultipleHP MultipleP MultipleHP HonorsHigh Pass PassGPAPreclin Honors MED grade NoneH MultipleHP MultipleP

 Third quartile Clinical  Fourth quartile Clinical HonorsHigh Pass PassGPAPreclin Honors MED grade NoneP NoneHP MultipleP HonorsHigh Pass PassGPAPreclin Honors MED grade OneP NoneP NoneP

 General ranges for clinical GPA  1 st quartile  2 nd quartile  3 rd quartile  4 th quartile

SpecialtyMean Step 1 score Anesthesia224 Dermatology238 Emergency Medicine 221 Family Medicine212 Internal Medicine220 Neurology214 Neurosurgery233 Obstetrics/Gyneco logy 218 Ophthalmology225 SpecialtyMean Step 1 score Orthopedics237 Otolaryngology240 Pathology224 Pediatrics218 PM&R213 Psychiatry209 Radiology233 Radiation Oncology 244 Surgery238 Urology239

 Advisors  Departmental contact in Resource guide  Counseling Center  Clerkship course directors  AAMC Careers in Medicine website (  Personal mentors  Family and Friends  Office of Medical Student Programs or

 Narrow your specialty choice  Update your Curriculum Vitae  Complete the MSPE worksheet  Begin you personal statement