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Results of the 2014 NRMPProgram Director Survey
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Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 1All Specialties............................................................................................................................................................... 2
Charts for Individual Specialties
Anesthesiology ....................................................................................................................................................... 8Child Neurology ................................................................................................................................................... 14Dermatology ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Emergency Medicine ........................................................................................................................................... 26Family Medicine ................................................................................................................................................... 32Internal Medicine .................................................................................................................................................. 38Internal Medicine/Pediatrics ................................................................................................................................. 44
Neurological Surgery ............................................................................................................................................ 50
Neurology ............................................................................................................................................................. 56Obstetrics and Gynecology .................................................................................................................................. 62
Orthopaedic Surgery ............................................................................................................................................. 68Otolaryngology ..................................................................................................................................................... 74
Pathology .............................................................................................................................................................. 80Pediatrics .............................................................................................................................................................. 86Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation .................................................................................................................. 92
Plastic Surgery ...................................................................................................................................................... 98Psychiatry ........................................................................................................................................................... 104Radiation Oncology ............................................................................................................................................ 110
Radiology-Diagnostic ......................................................................................................................................... 116Surgery ............................................................................................................................................................... 122Thoracic Surgery ................................................................................................................................................ 128Transitional Year ................................................................................................................................................ 134Vascular Surgery ................................................................................................................................................ 140
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Introduction
1NRMP Program Director Survey Results, 2014
In March 2014, the National Resident Matching Program
(NRMP) conducted its biennial survey of the directors of all
programs participating in the Main Residency Match. The
primary purpose of the survey was to shed light on the factors
that program directors use to (1) select applicants to interview
and (2) rank applicants for the Match.
The survey was fielded during the 18 days between the rank
order list deadline and Match Week so that program match
outcomes would not influence respondents' answers.
The survey solicited information on:
the number of applications received, screened, and
reviewed, as well as the number of applicants interviewed
and ranked
whether the program typically interviews and ranks specific
applicant groups
use of test scores in considering which applicants to
interview, and
the factors used for both interview selection and for rankingapplicants.
The overall response rate for all specialties in this report was
52.7 percent. Transitional Year and 22 specialties with 10 or
more responses are included in this report. Their response rates
are listed in the table below. Response rates for those
specialties ranged from a high of 65.4 percent for Emergency
Medicine and Pediatrics to a low of 42.6 for Radiology.
Several changes were made to the 2014 questionnaire. In t
past, program directors were asked to indicate factors they
used in selecting applicants to interview and to rate the
importance of each factor in ranking. In this survey, progr
directors were asked to indicate factors they used in select
applicants to interview and rank respectively. They were
asked to rate the importance on a scale of 1 to 5 onlyfor th
factors they used in their selection process. In addition, th
survey asked program directors how they handled unfilled
positions after the 2013 Match and SOAP. Because the
number of responses for that question was small, the resul
are only reported in the "All Specialties" section.
Numbers of responses are presented in most of the graphs
Some graphs use data from multiple survey questions. In
those cases, different N's are listed. Numbers of applicant
ranked and positions in the Match are extracted from the
NRMP database. Graphs are suppressed for questions wit
fewer than five responses.
This report presents results byspecialty on selected itemsfrom the survey. The NRMP hopes that program directors
medical school officials, and applicants find these data
useful as they prepare for and participate in the Main
Residency Match._______________
The NRMP's data reporting and research activities are guided b
its Data Release and Research Committee. NRMP data and
reports can be found at: www.nrmp.org/match-data/.
Specialty Surveys Sent Num ber Responding Res pons e Rate
Anesthesiology 127 71 55.9%
ChildNeurology 72 41 56.9%
Dermatology 110 60 54.5%EmergencyMedicine 159 104 65.4%
FamilyMedicine 429 236 55.0%
InternalMedicine 379 197 52.0%
InternalMedicine/Pediatrics 80 35 43.8%
Neurological Surgery 102 55 53.9%
Neurology 129 60 46.5%
Obstetrics an dGynecology 230 123 53.5%
Orthopaedic Surgery 147 87 59.2%
Otolaryngology 100 46 46.0%
Pathology 134 84 62.7%
Pediatrics 185 121 65.4%
PhysicalMedicineand Rehabilitation 77 34 44.2%
PlasticSurgery 63 39 61.9%
Psychiatry 180 84 46.7%
RadiationOncology 84 44 52.4%
RadiologyDiagnostic 176 75 42.6%
Surgery 275 121 44.0%
ThoracicSurgery 25 12 48.0%
TransitionalYear 91 47 51.6%
VascularSurgery 44 22 50.0%
Allothers 101 46 45.5%
Total 3,499 1,844 52.7%
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All Specialties Combined(N=1,844)
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Figure 1Al l Specialt ies
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Selecting Applicants to Interview
(N=1,793)
100% 50% 0%
94%
86%
84%
80%
78%
75%
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65%65%
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25%
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18%
USMLEStep1/COMLEXLevel1score
Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
MedicalStudentPerformanceEvaluation(MSPE/Dean'sLetter)
USMLEStep
2CK/COMLEX
Level
2CE
score
PersonalStatement
GraduateofU.S.allopathicmedicalschool
Gradesinrequiredclerkships
Gapsinmedicaleducation
Honorsinclinicalclerkships
Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
Classranking/quartile
Evidenceof
professionalism
and
ethics
Personalpriorknowledgeoftheapplicant
Auditionelective/rotationwithinyourdepartment
Leadershipqualities
Honorsinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
Gradesinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
AlphaOmegaAlpha(AOA)membership
PassUSMLEStep2CS/COMLEXLvl2PE
Perceived
interest
in
programConsistencyofgrades
Otherlifeexperience
Volunteer/extracurricularexperiences
GraduateofhighlyregardedU.S.medicalschool
Demonstratedinvolvementandinterestinresearch
Visastatus*
ApplicantwasflaggedwithMatchviolationbytheNRMP
Interestinacademiccareer
Honorsinbasicsciences
GoldSocietymembership
Awayrotationinyourspecialtyatanotherinstitution
Fluencyinlanguagespokenbyyourpatientpopulation
USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
1 2 3 4
4.1
4.2
4.0
4.1
3.6
4.1
4.0
4.1
4.0
4.3
3.9
4.54.1
4.0
4.0
4.3
4.3
3.8
4.1
4.14.0
3.6
3.6
3.8
3.7
4.0
4.8
3.7
3.5
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.5
Percent Ci ting Factor Average Rat ing
Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).* International Medical Graduates only
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100% 50% 0%
93%
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88%
82%80%
74%
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40%
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20%20%
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15%
Interactionswithfacultyduringinterviewandvisit
Interpersonalskills
Interactionswithhousestaffduringinterviewandvisit
Feedbackfrom
current
residents
USMLEStep1/COMLEXLevel1score
Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
USMLEStep2CK/COMLEXLevel2CEscore
MedicalStudentPerformanceEvaluation(MSPE/Dean'sLetter)
Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
Evidenceofprofessionalismandethics
Perceivedinterestinprogram
Leadershipqualities
Personalpriorknowledgeoftheapplicant
Classranking/quartile
GraduateofU.S.allopathicmedicalschool
PersonalStatement
Auditionelective/rotationwithinyourdepartment
Gradesinrequiredclerkships
PassingUSMLEStep2CS/COMLEXLevel2PE
Honorsinclinicalclerkships
Honorsinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
Gapsinmedicaleducation
Gradesinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
AlphaOmega
Alpha
(AOA)
membership
Otherlifeexperience
Consistencyofgrades
Volunteer/extracurricularexperiences
Demonstratedinvolvementandinterestinresearch
GraduateofhighlyregardedU.S.medicalschool
Otherpostinterviewcontact
Interestinacademiccareer
Visastatus*
ApplicantwasflaggedwithMatchviolationbytheNRMP
Fluencyin
language
spoken
by
your
patient
population
GoldSocietymembership
Honorsinbasicsciences
Secondinterview/visit
Awayrotationinyourspecialtyatanotherinstitution
USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
Al l Specialt ies
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=1,799)
Figure 2
1 2 3 4
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.64.1
4.1
4.1
4.0
4.3
4.5
4.1
4.1
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Average RatingPercent Citing Factor
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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
31%
50%
19%
Scores required?
Al l Specialt ies
Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) Scores When
Considering Which Applicants to InterviewFigure 3
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 Score
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 (CK) Score
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
31%
68%
1%
Scores required?
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Never Seldom Often
26%
63%
11%
Would your program consid er applicants who fail theexam on the first attempt?
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Never Seldom often
35%
58%
6%
Would your program consider applicants who fail the
exam on the first attempt?
N=1,746
N=1,601
N=1,672 N=1,417
N=508N=684N=989
USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK ScoresPrograms Consider When Granting Interviews
N=688
170
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260
Scores Below Which ProgramsGenerally Do Not Grant Interviews
170
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Scores Above Which ProgramsAlmost Always Grant Interviews
The boxes in the boxplots above represent the interquartile range (or IQR, which is the range between the 25th and 75thpercentiles) and the line in the box is the median. The x-shaped symbol in the box represents the mean.
USMLE Step 2 CKUSMLE Step 1USMLE Step 2 CKUSMLE Step 1
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0%
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Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
17%
10%
73%
COMLEX-USA Level 3*
0%
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Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
36%41%
23%
COMLEX-USA Level 1*
N=610%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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90%
100%
Yes No
78%
22%
USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skil ls (CS)
0%
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20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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90%
100%
Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
33% 33% 34%
COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE*
N=410%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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90%
100%
Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
18%
11%
71%
USMLE Step 3
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Yes, pass only Yes, target score No
50%
12%
38%
COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE*
N=1,140 N=1,102
N=1,057 N=789
* Osteopathic applicants only
Figure 4Al l Specialt ies
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skill (CS), Step 3, and
COMLEX-USA Scores* When Considering Which Applicants to Interview
N=1,604 N=1,049
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 3 Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE and Level 3 Scores
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0%10%
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100%
U.S. Senior U.S. Graduate OsteopathicPhysician
Canadian Fifth Pathway U.S. IMG Non-U.S. IMG
99%
69% 71%
51%
35%
60%
48%
Percentage of Programs that Typically Interview and Rank Each Applicant Type
Al l Specialt ies
Program's Interview Act ivitiesFigure 5
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Match
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received
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invitations sent
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N=1,733 N=1,799
N=1,772
31% of all programs consider all applicant groups
N=1,799 N=1,776 N=1,791 N=1,844*N=1,844*
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* Data from the NRMP database. All Responding programs included
0%
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100%
We want to receive only theERAS application
We will initiate contact withreferences and/or the
medical school, but we donot wish to be contacted
We want to be contacted bythe applicants medical
school after we have initiatedcontact with the applicant
Other
59%
24%
15%
2%
Preferred Type of Communication About Applicants During SOAP
N=1,582
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Anesthesiology(N=71)
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Figure AN-1Anesthes io logy
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Selecting Applicants to Interview
(N=67)
1 2 3 4
4.5
3.9
4.2
4.1
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4.1
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Average RatingPercent Citing Factor
Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).* International Medical Graduates only
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USMLEStep1/COMLEXLevel1score
Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
MedicalStudentPerformanceEvaluation(MSPE/Dean'sLetter)
USMLEStep2CK/COMLEXLevel2CEscore
PersonalStatement
GraduateofU.S.allopathicmedicalschool
Gradesinrequiredclerkships
Gapsinmedicaleducation
Honorsinclinicalclerkships
Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
Classranking/quartile
Evidenceof
professionalism
and
ethics
Personalpriorknowledgeoftheapplicant
Auditionelective/rotationwithinyourdepartment
Leadershipqualities
Honorsinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
Gradesinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
AlphaOmegaAlpha(AOA)membership
PassUSMLEStep2CS/COMLEXLvl2PE
Perceived
interest
in
programConsistencyofgrades
Otherlifeexperience
Volunteer/extracurricularexperiences
GraduateofhighlyregardedU.S.medicalschool
Demonstratedinvolvementandinterestinresearch
Visastatus*
ApplicantwasflaggedwithMatchviolationbytheNRMP
Interestinacademiccareer
Honorsin
basic
sciences
GoldSocietymembership
Awayrotationinyourspecialtyatanotherinstitution
Fluencyinlanguagespokenbyyourpatientpopulation
USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
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Anesthes io logy
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=67)
Figure AN-2
1 2 3 4 5
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Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).* International Medical Graduates only
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Interactionswithfacultyduringinterviewandvisit
Interpersonalskills
Interactionswithhousestaffduringinterviewandvisit
Feedbackfromcurrentresidents
USMLEStep1/COMLEXLevel1score
Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
USMLEStep2CK/COMLEXLevel2CEscore
MedicalStudentPerformanceEvaluation(MSPE/Dean'sLetter)
Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
Evidenceofprofessionalismandethics
Perceivedinterestinprogram
Leadershipqualities
Personalpriorknowledgeoftheapplicant
Classranking/quartile
GraduateofU.S.allopathicmedicalschool
PersonalStatement
Auditionelective/rotationwithinyourdepartment
Gradesinrequiredclerkships
PassingUSMLEStep2CS/COMLEXLevel2PE
Honorsinclinicalclerkships
Honorsinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
Gapsinmedicaleducation
Gradesinclerkshipindesiredspecialty
AlphaOmega
Alpha
(AOA)
membership
Otherlifeexperience
Consistencyofgrades
Volunteer/extracurricularexperiences
Demonstratedinvolvementandinterestinresearch
GraduateofhighlyregardedU.S.medicalschool
Otherpostinterviewcontact
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Visastatus*
ApplicantwasflaggedwithMatchviolationbytheNRMP
Fluencyin
language
spoken
by
your
patient
population
GoldSocietymembership
Honorsinbasicsciences
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Awayrotationinyourspecialtyatanotherinstitution
USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
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Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) Scores When
Considering Which Applicants to Interview
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 (CK) Score
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 Score
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USMLE Step 2 CKUSMLE Step 1 USMLE Step 1 USMLE Step 2 CK
The boxes in the boxplots above represent the interquartile range (or IQR, which is the range between the 25th and 75thpercentiles) and the line in the box is the median. The x-shaped symbol is the mean.
Scores Above Which ProgramsAlmost Always Grant Interviews
Scores Below Which ProgramsGenerally Do Not Grant Interviews
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skill (CS), Step 3, and
COMLEX-USA Scores* When Considering Which Appl icants to Interview
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* Osteopathic applicants only
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 3 Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE and Level 3 Scores
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Percentage of Programs that Typically Interview and Rank Each Applicant Type
Figure AN-5Anesthes io logy
Program's Interview Act ivities
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
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Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
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Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) Scores When
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Scores Above Which ProgramsAlmost Always Grant Interviews
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 3 Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Selecting Applicants to Interview
(N=59)
1 2 3 4
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basic
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Dermatology
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=59)
Figure D-2
1 2 3 4 5
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Interpersonalskills
Interactionswithhousestaffduringinterviewandvisit
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Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
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Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
Evidenceofprofessionalismandethics
Perceivedinterestinprogram
Leadershipqualities
Personalpriorknowledgeoftheapplicant
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GraduateofU.S.allopathicmedicalschool
PersonalStatement
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Fluencyin
language
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patient
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Honorsinbasicsciences
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USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
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Programs That Use USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) Scores When
Considering Which Applicants to Interview
Figure D-3
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Scores Above Which ProgramsAlmost Always Grant Interviews
Scores Below Which ProgramsGenerally Do Not Grant Interviews
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Dermatology
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skill (CS), Step 3, and
COMLEX-USA Scores* When Considering Which Applicants to Interview
Figure D-4
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 3 Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Selecting Applicants to Interview
(N=101)
1 2 3 4
3.9
4.8
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4.0
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Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).* International Medical Graduates only
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PassUSMLEStep2CS/COMLEXLvl2PE
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interest
in
programConsistencyofgrades
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Visastatus*
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Interestinacademiccareer
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basic
sciences
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Fluencyinlanguagespokenbyyourpatientpopulation
USMLE/COMLEXStep3score
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=101)
Figure EM-2
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Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
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basic
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
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basic
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=194)
Figure IM-2
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Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
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Perceivedcommitmenttospecialty
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Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skill (CS), Step 3, and
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* Osteopathic applicants only
Percentage of Programs That Use USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 3 Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Scores
Percentage of Programs That Use COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE and Level 3 Scores
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N=190N=178N=197* N=197*N=189N=190
N=190
39% of Internal Medicine programs consider all applicant groups
* Data from the NRMP database. All Responding programs included
N=187
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Figure IMP-1Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Selecting Applicants to Interview
(N=34)
1 2 3 4
4.1
4.0
4.1
3.9
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Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).* International Medical Graduates only
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Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
MedicalStudentPerformanceEvaluation(MSPE/Dean'sLetter)
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basic
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Percentage of Programs Citing Each Factor And Mean Impor tance Rating for Each
Factor in Ranking Applicants
(N=34)
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Lettersofrecommendationinthespecialty
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