Top 40 NIH-Funded Medical School Effects on Residency Matching?

[supermintyfresh]

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Hi all,

Sorry if this has been posted before. Was looking at this: http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/SchoolOfMedicine_2013.xls

And was wondering if going to a Top 40 NIH-Funded school really makes a difference in being able to get into those more competitive residencies? Do residency directors have a list of the top 40, and going to the 41th school doesn't confer such advantage? Or is the top 40 relatively speaking?

Especially interested if anyone could validate this statement:

"Although the statistical significance varied across specialties, higher USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 scores, AOA membership, research experience, and graduation from a top 40 NIH-funded medical school generally had a positive impact on match success to surgical residency for US allopathic seniors. Test preparation and seeking research experience during undergraduate medical education may be effective approaches for increasing the likelihood of success for US seniors matching into a surgical specialty."

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21976075

Thanks in advance!

 

[darkjedi]

More money = more research = more research opportunities

However if you go to a med school in a big city, you can potentially do research at an away institution.

 

[Reckoner]

"Although the statistical significance varied across specialties, higher USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 scores, AOA membership, research experience, and graduation from a top 40 NIH-funded medical school generally had a positive impact on match success to surgical residency for US allopathic seniors. Test preparation and seeking research experience during undergraduate medical education may be effective approaches for increasing the likelihood of success for US seniors matching into a surgical specialty."

With regards to the bolded, their methodology seems flawed. They apparently didn't control for USMLE scores between top 40 and non-top 40 schools. But wouldn't you expect the scores of students at more competitive (i.e. top 40) schools to be higher on average?

 

[supermintyfresh]

Oh so is that it? More funding = more research = more selective = higher USMLE scores = better residency?