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EMMA 44: Approaching your EM Sub-Internship Clerkship
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Jessica Bod (Yale EM Clerkship Director) who gives thoughtful and thought-provoking insights into the EM sub-intern clerkship. What if you decide to pivot into EM relatively late in your medical school career? What should I be thinking about after the clerkship?
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EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) to reflect on the 2024 Match, after last year's shockingly high number (554) of unfilled positions in the match. We discuss our updated table of match metrics and help provide some context, especially as we look to the future.
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EM Match Advice 42: Mid Interview Season Check-In
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Aaron Kraut (University of Wisconsin PD) in this insightful, rapid-fire, practical episode through the lens of residency program directors.
What does the ERAS data show so far?
Have there been any surprises or changes during interview season?
Has the program signaling option been working?
What should students think about in the post-interview stage?
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu
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EM Match Advice 41: The ERAS Application - New and Improved
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui (Cooper University Hospital Associate PD) and Dr. Elizabeth Werley (Chair of CORD Application Process Improvement Committee, Penn State Hershey). Both serve as key representatives on behalf of the EM specialty on the AAMC ERAS Supplemental Application Working Group.
We discuss the changes made, why they were done, and potential sticking points for medical students while completing the application. We also do a deeper dive on "program signaling". What is it, how many programs can EM applicants list, and nuanced decisions to consider.
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EM Match Advice 40: PD’s Reflect on the 2023 Match
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) and Dr. Richard Church (University of Massachusetts PD) to debrief each other and you with what went down with the unprecedented results from 2023 EM Match. There were 132 programs with a total of 554 (18.4%) positions that went unfilled. Contrast that to our usual unfilled rates of 0-30 positions in 2015-2021.
We review "The Slide" with all the numbers from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) from the past few years. We propose reasons why there were so many unfilled positions in 2023. What does this mean for the upcoming 2024 Match?
Show notes and tables at: https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-40-program-directors-reflect-2023-match/
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EM Match Advice 39: Mailbag Q&A as a Mid-Interview Season Check-in
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the always-wise Dr. Matt Pirotte (Vanderbilt University PD) to answer questions that YOU, the students, submitted to us regarding interview season. We tackle questions involving the nuances around:
Preference signaling
Writing letters or emails of interest
Meaningfully connecting with busy program directors
Also we answer the perennial question of "Really, how important IS the interview in my overall application?"
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu