Do PD's care about leadership roles like ACP's Council of Student Members?

[repititionition]

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Members don't see this ad.

I understand that it is a nebulous question, but I wondered if programs value national leadership positions like council membership on ACP CSM?

Obviously one must meet a given program's threshold board scores for a shot to interview, but do programs use these positions differentiate between candidates? Or more relevant, can positions like these make up some of a step 1/2 disparity between two applicants?

 

[mrheisenberg]

MRS POPE, that's what PDs care..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575863/

 

[IMPD]

MRS POPE, that's what PDs care..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575863/

This essay is 100% accurate.

 

[repititionition]

I appreciate it. Having read the article, I don't see much about this type of thing (beyond the obvious CV line and associated talking points in an interview) -- the most relevant tie-in from the piece was probably the ability to cultivate a mentorship relationship with the ACP leadership. Thanks very much to both of you.

 

[path or no path]

I understand that it is a nebulous question, but I wondered if programs value national leadership positions like council membership on ACP CSM?

Obviously one must meet a given program's threshold board scores for a shot to interview, but do programs use these positions differentiate between candidates? Or more relevant, can positions like these make up some of a step 1/2 disparity between two applicants?

No

 

[ArkansasMed]

I understand that it is a nebulous question, but I wondered if programs value national leadership positions like council membership on ACP CSM?

Obviously one must meet a given program's threshold board scores for a shot to interview, but do programs use these positions differentiate between candidates? Or more relevant, can positions like these make up some of a step 1/2 disparity between two applicants?

Really depends. The ones that catch people's eye are extreme leadership roles (major national position leader, AMA leadership award winner, president of your class body, founder of some national institution). No one really cares about average leadership roles cause everyone has 1-2. In general though, most of the top programs are filled with big name schools, people with sky high steps and some number of presentations/publications....

The extra curricular itself won't get you an interview unless you have the stats. All the top 20ish programs claim to look for "leaders in medicine." Most of the time that's someone who was a clinical all star that has potential in academic medicine (research usually), however, it can be these leadership roles.

Also major national leaders usually get elected because people like them. Aka once they get the interview they probably naturally better at subtle body language to improve their first impression. Some food for thought. Being liked and fun to work with can make up for intelligence.