Relationship between Clerkship & Residency?

[MAGABLM]

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Is there any relationship between clerkship and residency in terms of higher chance of acceptance from doing both at the same location?

 

[mvenus929]

I mean, if you get letters of recommendation from people at that institution, they probably carry a little more weight since the selection committee likely knows them.

But otherwise it depends on the clerkship and on the program (and specialty). And your performance on your clerkship--if no one liked working with you, they're not going to want to work with you as a resident.

 

[Redpancreas]

Is there any relationship between clerkship and residency in terms of higher chance of acceptance from doing both at the same location?

Highly variable. In general, if you're looking to match X field at your medical school and the residency is primarily housed at Y location, interacting with the residents could prove valuable in networking. The thing is you don't know who you'll encounter and if those are the people responsible for the rank list. That said, if you can make a great impression on someone who is directly in charge of matching, you position yourself very well for matching there. I'd say if you want to match there, go for the clerkship in that location. There'll always be the debate as to whether you should take that risk but I'd say go for it because if you make such a negative impact on them that it affects matching, you'd likely have made that impact in resident as well which could be even worse.

 

[mistafab]

Double edged sword of doing rotations where you want to match. 1) they could like you, 2) they might not like you.

Sometimes both could be seen as a win. You certainly don't want to work at a place that doesn't like you.

 

[SpoiledMilk]

Are PDs the ultimate/final determiner of whether or not to make an offer to an applicant? For ex. If a committee votes on ranking, and a particular candidate is not ranked by the whole committee, can the PD arbitrarily discount the committee and rank the candidate or vice versa?

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Are PDs the ultimate/final determiner of whether or not to make an offer to an applicant? For ex. If a committee votes on ranking, and a particular candidate is not ranked by the whole committee, can the PD arbitrarily discount the committee and rank the candidate or vice versa?

Program dependent

 

[mvenus929]

Are PDs the ultimate/final determiner of whether or not to make an offer to an applicant? For ex. If a committee votes on ranking, and a particular candidate is not ranked by the whole committee, can the PD arbitrarily discount the committee and rank the candidate or vice versa?

Program dependent

But yes, it is possible. Problem is, you don't know which programs may do that and which don't.