updating anesthesia programs question

[afteranesthesia]

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I just received acceptance of an abstract for a poster presentation. This is extremely applicable for a few programs especially due to the type of meeting it is for and location.

Should I email the residency coordinator with this information for those programs? What is the standard protocol for updating programs on information like this? Anybody know?

 

[afteranesthesia]

Bumping...can anyone tell me the best way to update these two programs?

My attending who wrote the abstract with me thinks I should absolutely let the programs know, but I'm not sure how to do this with appropriate etiquette. A simple email? A phone call to the residency coordinator?

The conference is a major conference, and it is especially applicable per location to two of the programs I am very interested in getting an interview from, and they have dispersed some interviews now, but so far I haven't gotten one. The rest of my stats are very good. It is possible that my very different location may cause them to think I wouldn't be serious about residency in their location, and that is not the truth. I actually have family in this city.

Any help?

 

[AllScuttledOut]

Full disclosure - I didn't need to update anything last year when I interviewed, so take my advice with a grain of salt. If you feel this makes a significant difference to your application, I would just send the program a fairly formal but short email. They'll probably print it out and drop it in your file. Make sure you include the information you would put on a CV (e.g. title, authors, conference, dates).