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Navigating Careers in Medicine: Match, Residency Types & Specialties

Explore residency types, competitive specialties, Match process, program timelines, and resources for medical students. Understand the importance of preliminary programs and transitional years. Discover strategies for making the most of your medical career journey, from choosing specialties to maximizing summer opportunities. Access valuable resources for specialty information and research.

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Navigating Careers in Medicine: Match, Residency Types & Specialties

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  1. Match 101 Careers in Medicine January 16, 2019

  2. 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

  3. Residency Types

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. One-Year Positions • Preliminary 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

  7. Relatively Competitive Charting Outcomes in the Match 2018-Allopathic Seniors

  8. Average Step 1 Score for matched seniors • Step 1 score > 250 • 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

  9. Average Step 1 Score for Matched Seniors • Step 1 score > 230 • Anesthesia • Child Neurology • Neurology • OB/GYN • Pathology • Step 1 score > 220 • Family Medicine • Pediatrics • Physical Medicine & Rehab • Psychiatry

  10. 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

  11. 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

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

  13. 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

  14. Careers in Medicine www.aamc.org/cim/

  15. 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?

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

  17. 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

  18. 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 • Shadowing and Observation • Consider research, population health, or QA/QI project • OK to be Undecided • Pursue a project

  19. 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/

  20. 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

  21. THANK YOU!

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