Tips for the Residency Match: What Residency Directors Are Really Looking For

Tips for the Residency Match is a unique guide for medical students applying for residency positions. Packed with hints, tips, and recommendations from both program directors and current residents, Tips for the Residency Match chronologically covers the key information required to excel during the residency application process – from résumé advice and preparing for the interview and beyond. Both insightful and practical, Tips for the Residency Match features a wide spectrum of medical specialties and an extra section for foreign graduates.

Tips for the Residency Match is:
Uniquely tailored to the needs of those applying for US residency positions
Written by leading Residency Directors and current residents in the major specialties
Offers unprecedented access to how departmental decisions about the Match are made

Boasting expert advice and a wide scope, Tips for the Residency Match is the ideal companion for those applying for residency positions throughout the United States.

Dedication

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Disclaimer

About the authors

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Match Alphabet Soup

Chapter 2: Specialty Selection – Where to Begin

Chapter 3: The Specialties

Introduction

Anesthesiology
Qi Cui Ott

Dermatology and Med–Derm
Elena B. Hawryluk, Steven T. Chen, Vinod E. Nambudiri and Rachel V. Reynolds

Emergency Medicine
Carrie D. Tibbles and Carlo L. Rosen

Family Medicine
Robert P. Bonacci, Jacob Erickson and Mary Lally

General Surgery
Shushmita M. Ahmed and James N. Lau

Internal Medicine              
Michaela Restivo and David Chong

Neurology
Natalie Wheeler and Zachary London

Neurological Surgery
Joseph Kapurch and William Krauss

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kathleen Dunn, Christine Miller and D. Yvette LaCoursiere

Ophthalmology
Kian Eftekhari and Paul J. Tapino

Orthopaedic Surgery
George S.M. Dyer

Otolaryngology
Benjamin L. Judson, Boris Paskhover and Elias M. Michaelides

Pathology
Bonnie Choy and Anthony Chang

Pediatrics
Laura Chen, Amy Downing and Heather McPhillips

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rina Bloch

Plastic Surgery
Jason S. Barr and Pierre B. Saadeh

Psychiatry
Jennifer L. Kurth

Radiology
Jim Wu and Suzanne Long

Radiation Oncology
Sara Alcorn and Stephanie Terezakis

Urology
Michael Granieri and Drew Peterson

Chapter 4 Path to the Match

Chapter 5 The Selection Process Theirs

Chapter 6 The Selection Process Yours

Chapter 7 The Application

Chpater 8 The Curriculum Vitae

Chapter 9 The Personal Statement

Chapter 10 The Interview

Chapter 11 After the Interview

Chapter 12: Match Week

Chapter 13 International Medical Graduate Specifics
Kenneth B. Christopher