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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). Or, the World According to JoMo, the Program Director Jon B. Morris, M.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs Professor of Surgery. Letters of Recommendation . MSPE Crafted by OSA.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

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  1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match*(*But Were Afraid to Ask) Or, the World According to JoMo, the Program Director Jon B. Morris, M.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs Professor of Surgery

  2. Letters of Recommendation MSPE Crafted by OSA JoMo Meetings – Reality Therapy Class Meeting #1 Class Meeting #2 Interview WorkshopClass Meeting MSPE Released Oct. 1 The Process (April-Nov. 2014)

  3. Interviews Advocacy Call Rank List Deadline(Applicants & Programs) Match Day The Process (Nov. – March 2015)

  4. Identifying Information • Unique Characteristics (Two 125 word paragraphs) • Academic History (matriculation, graduation, combined degree, repeat/remediate, adverse actions, gaps, leaves of absence) • Academic Progress (the “cut and paste”) • Preclinical Basic Science • Core Clinical • Electives • Combined Degree Summary • MD/PhD Summary • Masters Degree Summary • Summary Paragraph • Bottom Line Anatomy of the MSPE

  5. MSPE Bottom Line Distribution

  6. AOA • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society • Criteria/Selection • 1/6th of Class Eligible • Academics • Research • Extra Curricular • Selection Process • Students Notified by Sept. 1 (ERAS) • Will be Mentioned in MSPE

  7. JoMo’s Rules • Everything is Discoverable • Nothing is Off the Record • Everything Gets Back to the Program Director

  8. High Contact Areas:Applicants and Programs • Phone • Conversations • Email • Receptions • Tours • Interviews

  9. The Interview – The Basics • Are You a Human Being? • Did You Do Your Homework?

  10. Post-Interview Strategy: Rules of Engagement • PD/Applicants may volunteer information but cannot coerce or pressure each other.

  11. Manipulation and the Match By Carl Erik Fisher, M.D. JAMA, September 23/30, 2009 – Vol. 302. No. 12 Required Reading

  12. The Goal of Coercion • PDs – want to convince all applicants that they are takes. • Applicants – want to convince all programs they are coming.

  13. The Tools of Coercion • Letters • Email • Phone Calls • Second Visits

  14. The Language of Coercion • Applicants: • I loved your program. • I will be ranking you highly. • You are at the top of my list. • I would be honored and thrilled to train at your program.

  15. The Language of Coercion • Program Directors • How are your other interviews going? • If you want to match with us, let us know. • How seriously are you considering our program? • Why would you want to come to our program?

  16. Rising on a Rank Order List • Be a Superstar • Passive Osmotic Ascent • Advocacy Call

  17. Rank Order List Strategy: Getting to the Top Ranked to Match DNR Take Group (3 cycles) Bubble • Assume a program takes 10 categorical residents. • Assume the program interviews 100 applicants. • The advocacy call has its greatest impact on the bubble group.

  18. Why Would a PD Respond to an Advocacy Call? • PD is a human being • PDs want applicants that want their program • The selection process is not infallible

  19. Applied to inadequate number of programs • Disconnect between academic record and career choice • Interview Performance • Bad luck Why Some Don’t Match

  20. Only rank programs where you would be willing to train. Do not rank any program that you do not wish to attend. The Golden Rule of ROL Creation

  21. Penn Med Residency Match Data

  22. Specialty Match Data

  23. Matching at Penn, 2014

  24. Matches at Other Premier Institutions: Class of 2014

  25. Meet with JoMo before Sept. 1st • Tuesdays and Friday mornings • Call 215-898-7190, or email osa@mail.med.upenn.edu • YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BEFORE MAY 15, 2014! • No JoMo = No MSPE • Remember Early Match Programs - Ophthalmology, Urology • Unique Characteristics Paragraphs • Submit to OSA by June 1st What You Need to Do

  26. Due to osa@mail.med.upenn.edu by June 1, 2014 These paragraphs should be no more than 250 words total. An additional paragraph may be added for time spent doing a year out. Each paragraph is to be written in the third person. See the Student Portal for samples. Paragraph 1: • The introduction is a succinct chronology of a student’s entry and progress through medical school. Pre-matriculation academic, social or employment background characteristics may be included. Paragraph should include: • College, degree date, major, minor • Advanced Degrees • Membership in honors societies, graduation honors, significant extra-curricular activities • If you did not enter med school immediately after graduation, describe your activities • Paragraph 2: Paragraph should include: • Employment, extra-curricular activities (e.g. triathlon, raised quintuplets, etc..), committees, class officer • Fellowships, awards, accomplishments • If you took a year off, please include your activities Unique Characteristics Paragraphs

  27. Personal Statement • Solicit Letters of Recommendation • Next class meeting –late May • MyERAS opens; students may begin working on application – Mid- April • ERAS Opens to Programs – Sept. 15th What You Need to Do

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