Planning for Fourth-Year and Residency Angela Jackson, MD - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Planning for Fourth-Year and Residency Angela Jackson, MD Associate Dean Office of Student Affairs

Overview • Overview of Match prep program • Scheduling your 4 th year • 4 th year electives • USMLE Step 2 CK and CS • Student Financial Services • Meet with Fourth Year students, 6:00-7:30 pm, Hiebert Lounge

Fourth Year • Strategically important • Timing • Organization • Advice • Connect with mentors and advisors • Field Specific Advisor – Dr. Arvin Garg, next month • Faculty • SA Dean • Program Directors in your specialty • Busy time

Applying for Residency- Future Sessions • Deciding on a residency • Wednesday, February 18, 2019 (FSA Program) • Overview followed by small group sessions with BMC residency directors • Workshops: • Personal Statement • The Residency Interview; Mock Interviews • Using ERAS- the Electronic Residency Application Service • Class Meeting: Rank Order List • January 2020

Application timeline: • January-June, 2019: meet with your Deans and FSAs • April: Fourth Year Orientation • June : ERAS fully opens • September : Your ERAS application should be submitted • October: Release of MSPEs to programs

Career Choice Career decision components • Specialty content: • Types of patients • Day to day • Science and scope • Lifestyle • Location • Program

Who can advise you? • Faculty- Advisors, Residency Directors • Associate and Assistant Deans • Students : 4 th years and BUSM graduates • Current residents • Online information: AAMC Careers in Medicine (CiM) • Friends, family On-line list of faculty contacts to talk with: • http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/files/2019/01/Facul tycontactnonclerkships.pdf • http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/files/2018/12/Clerk ship-Director-and-Coordinator-Contacts.pdf

Careers in Medicine (CiM) • http://www.aamc.org/careersinmedicine • Self-assessment tools • Career information on 127 specialties and subspecialties • Specialty description & personal characteristics • Training and residency information • Salary & Workforce data • Links to over 1000 specialty organizations, journals & publications Decision-making exercises, quizzes, assessments, etc. Specialty-choice and residency application information Timelines to help you stay on track through this process

Use your fourth year to your advantage Electives : • For your overall education (not to “prepare for internship”) • For “once -in-a- lifetime” opportunities • For residency selection (strategic) Block(s) off: for interviews

Developing your Fourth Year Schedule http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/files/2018/04/Elective- Guidelines-OSAupdated4.2.pdf • Strategic Electives • Specialty verification • Residency programs (“audition” electives) • Educational value • Away electives?

Interview season • Interview season • Military: every military rotation • Early Matches • Urology (AUA) and Ophthalmology (SFMP): June/July 2019- Dec./early January, 2020 • Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS): mid-January-early February, 2020. • NRMP: October 2019 - February, 2020

Medical Student Performance Evaluation (Dean’s Letter)

MSPE:  Performance evaluation in medical school: “just the facts”  Student characteristics  Research  Extracurricular/Leadership activities  Relevant Life Experiences  Academic Progress  Evaluation Narratives

Letters of Recommendation • Seek input about who to ask • Field specific vs. other • Academic rank, national recognition of letter writers can be important, but does not trump personal knowledge • You do not want a generic or lukewarm letter • What about faculty offers this year for letters?

Other On-Line Resources • Charting Outcomes in the Match Report • Characteristics of applicants who Matched to their preferred specialty in the 2017 NRMP Main Residency Match - Joint report by NRMP and AAMC: https://mk0nrmpcikgb8jxyd19h.kinstacdn.com/wp- content/uploads/2018/06/Charting-Outcomes-in-the-Match-2018- Seniors.pdf • Assess your qualifications and match success • Login for more information and to access the report: http://www.nrmp.org/main-residency-match-data/ • AMA FREIDA • https://www.ama-assn.org/life-career/search-freida-online-ama- residency-fellowship-database

MEET WITH 4 TH YEAR STUDENTS • 6:00-7:30 p.m. tonight, Hiebert Lounge

Fixing the BMC WiFi problem • For iOS: http://internal.bmc.org/departments/information- security/mobile-devices/airwatch-ios • For Android: http://internal.bmc.org/departments/information- security/airwatch-android

QUESTIONS?

Careers in Medicine Developing Your Fourth-Year Schedule Ellen DiFiore, Registrar BUSM III Class Meeting Thursday, January 17, 2019

Scheduling Timeline  Lottery opens on January 17, 2019  Lottery closes at midnight January 28, 2019  Lottery results available March 1, 2019  4 th Year schedules signed by field specific advisor due in Registrar’s Office on July 8, 2019

Scheduling Requirements  You must be in good standing to be promoted from the third year. All deficiency grades must be remediated before promotion.   36 weeks of credit needed to graduate  The following courses are graduation requirements in 4 th Year :  Subinternship  Geriatrics  Required Selective (must complete one)  Ambulatory Medicine  Surgery Subspecialty  Only courses that are recorded on the student’s schedule prior to the start of the rotation are eligible for credit.

Subinternships  Only one will be assigned in the Optimization, can add others to your schedule.  Should consider SubI’s in more than one discipline due to limited availability.  Speak with your field specific advisor regarding importance of the Sub I and when it should be scheduled. Sub I: Advanced Acting Internship in Medicine (AAI) • Offered in Blocks 9-12 only • Must inform Dr. Sonia Ananthakrishnan of interest in the Sub I • Dr. Ananthakrishnan will select students to receive the AAI • Need to have performed at a High Pass or Honors level to be considered • If assigned an AAI it cannot be dropped or changed

Outside Elective and SubI Requirement for Residency Specialty Outside Elective Recommendations Subinternship Needed For Residency Appilication Anesthesiology Recommended (1) No Dermatology Recommended (1) No Emergency Medicine Yes (1) No Family Medicine No Recommended Strongly Recommended, not requried before Internal Medicine No application submission Neurology No Yes Recommended Neurosurgery Yes (1) Recommended, not requried before application Obstetrics & Gynecology No submission Ophthalmology No No Orthopaedic Surgery Yes (1-2) No No No Otolaryngology Pathology Yes (1) No Pediatrics No Recommended Pediatric Neurology No No Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Recommend (2-3) No Plastic Surgery Yes (2) Yes Recommended No Psychiatry Yes (2) Recommended Radiation Oncology Diagnostic Radiology No No Surgery No Recommended Yes (1) Recommended, general surgery Urology

Required Rotation Numbers Subinternships 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 All assignements at BMC 030.1i Family Medicine 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 050.3 Pedi ED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 051.3 Inpatient Peds 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 052.3 PICU 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 057.3 NICU 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 100.1 Medicine Sub I 6 6 6 6 X X X X X X X X 100.11 Medicine AAI 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 101.1 MICU 201.3 Inpatient GYN 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 202.3 Maternal Fetal Med 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 400.1a Vascular Surgery 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 400.1b Oncology Surgery 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 400.3 Acute Care/Trauma 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 403.1 SICU 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 404.2 Minimally Invasive 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Surgery 98 Geriatrics 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 102.1 Ambulatory Medicine 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 404.1 Surgery Subspecialty

Step 2 CK & CS  Students must register and select a date for Step 2 CS by January 31, 2019  Students must register for and selected a date for Step 2 CK by May 1, 2019  Students are required to take:  Step 2 CS by November 1, 2019  Step 2 CK by November 1, 2019  Students required to inform the Registrar and OSA Dean if unable to take the exam prior to the required deadline and request permission from the Student Evaluation and Promotions Committee (SEPC) to delay

Scheduling Requirements  24 weeks of electives  No more than 16 weeks can be done in any one specialty. Research is included in this calculation  No more than 8 weeks can be research  8 weeks must be done at BUSM  Up to 16 weeks can be done at outside institutions  Only courses recorded on the students schedule prior to the start of the elective will be eligible for credit .