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i was looking at some old threads relating to residency placement and stumbled upon the response below. man, it's all usmle scores.
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http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60714
In 2000, several faculty members at the University of Colorado School of Medicine published a study in Academic Medicine looking at the factors that were most useful to IM residency program directors in deciding which applicants to interview and how to rank their applicants.
In this study, surveys were sent to over 400 program directors (both community and university-based programs). The response rate was quite good (81.5%).
Program directors were asked to rate the usefulness of Dean's letters, personal statements, USMLE scores, transcripts, and chairman's letters for making decisions about interview invitations. In rating usefulness, directors could select highly, moderately, mildly, or not useful. Components of the application that were rate highly or moderately useful for interview decisions included the following:
USMLE scores (94%)
Dean's letters (87%)
Transcripts (85%)
Chairman's letter (79%)
Personal statement (61%)
For ranking decisions, program directors rated the following as highly or moderately useful:
Interviews (96%)
USMLE scores (93%)
Transcripts (83%)
Dean's letters (82%),
Chairman's letter (77%)
Personal statements (57%)
To answer your question, both USMLE scores and clerkship grades (transcripts) are important factors in the selection of residents. As for which one is weighted more, that will vary from program to program. The above study did not address that particular question.
Samir Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60714
In 2000, several faculty members at the University of Colorado School of Medicine published a study in Academic Medicine looking at the factors that were most useful to IM residency program directors in deciding which applicants to interview and how to rank their applicants.
In this study, surveys were sent to over 400 program directors (both community and university-based programs). The response rate was quite good (81.5%).
Program directors were asked to rate the usefulness of Dean's letters, personal statements, USMLE scores, transcripts, and chairman's letters for making decisions about interview invitations. In rating usefulness, directors could select highly, moderately, mildly, or not useful. Components of the application that were rate highly or moderately useful for interview decisions included the following:
USMLE scores (94%)
Dean's letters (87%)
Transcripts (85%)
Chairman's letter (79%)
Personal statement (61%)
For ranking decisions, program directors rated the following as highly or moderately useful:
Interviews (96%)
USMLE scores (93%)
Transcripts (83%)
Dean's letters (82%),
Chairman's letter (77%)
Personal statements (57%)
To answer your question, both USMLE scores and clerkship grades (transcripts) are important factors in the selection of residents. As for which one is weighted more, that will vary from program to program. The above study did not address that particular question.
Samir Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
