The impact of visiting student electives on surgical Match outcomes

Jacobson, Richard A.; Daly, Shaun; Schmidt, Jan; Fleming, Bill; Krupin, Andy; Luu, Minh B.; Anderson, Mary C.; Myers, Jonathan A.

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.031

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“…[16][17][18][19][20] Clerkships have traditionally served as one of the most powerful recruitment tools for both internal and visiting students, offering more prolonged, repeated contact between applicant and program. 6,[21][22][23][24]…”

Section: Revisiting Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Haas

Sternberg

et al. 2020

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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Section: Revisiting Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Haas

Sternberg

et al. 2020

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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“…In addition to the well-recognized advantage of participating in visiting electives for successful candidacy in the Match [13], visiting electives benefit…”

Section: Current International Medical Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 on international medical graduates and students applying to residencies in the United States

Park

Rhim

2020

Korean J Med Educ

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“…Despite the apparent increasing importance of visiting rotations in residency placement, we have found no reports of the overall prevalence of these visiting rotations; and while there have been reports on their purported benefits [12], we have not found reports on the costs associated with performing these visiting electives. We address these questions here.…”

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The prevalence and cost of medical student visiting rotations

2016

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BackgroundPerformance on visiting rotations during the senior year of medical school is consistently cited by residency program directors as a critical factor in selecting residents. Nevertheless, the frequency with which visiting rotations are undertaken and the associated financial costs they impose have not been systematically examined.MethodUnder the auspices of the Electronic Residency Application Service, a survey was sent in March 2015 to all U.S. applicants for residency programs in the 2014-15 academic year. Students were asked how many visiting rotations they performed; the estimated cost of performing each rotation; their perception of their educational value and primary motivation for performing them; and the Match outcome of their residency application.ResultsThe survey was completed by 2817 applicants, yielding a response rate of 11.3 %. 1898 applicants (67.4 %) performed visiting rotations: 647 applicants (30.0 %) performed one; 640 (22.7 %) performed two; 322 (11.4 %) performed three; and 289 (10.3 %) reported four or more. When accounting for potential response bias, the true prevalence of away rotators was estimated to be 58.7 % of all fourth-year medical students (95 % CI 54.0–63.4 %). The mean number of rotations for participating students was 2.1. Most students performed rotations equally as an audition for residency placement and for education, with some of the more competitive subspecialties reporting more of an audition experience. The mean estimated cost for performing a single rotation was $958. Thirty-six percent of applicants reported matching at an institution where they had rotated, either their home institution or one at which a visiting rotation was performed.ConclusionsVisiting rotations are prevalent, expensive, and only partly educational. As such, these rotations may impede optimal use of the senior year of medical school and limited student financial resources.

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The impact of visiting student electives on surgical Match outcomes

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 on international medical graduates and students applying to residencies in the United States

The prevalence and cost of medical student visiting rotations

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