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Pooled resources on IVmaterial keep it alive, pls. - mysam
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thanks for the post mysam

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#22
Great post, Thanks!!
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#23
(posting just to keep this thread on the front page)
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#24
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=292962-174 (another thread on psych)

PS. PLEASE ADD LINKS or articles of interest.
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#25
thanks x 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#26
UP1 thanks ! GL
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#27
1: Acad Med. 2009 Mar;84(3):362-7.Click here to read Links
Selection criteria for residency: results of a national program directors survey.
Green M, Jones P, Thomas JX Jr.

Augusta Webster MD Office of Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Ward Bldg. 1-003, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA. m-green@northwestern.edu

PURPOSE: To assess the relative importance of criteria used for residency selection in 21 medical specialties given current available data and competitiveness of specialties. METHOD: In 2006, questionnaires were distributed to 2,528 program directors in university hospital or university-affiliated community hospital residency programs across 21 medical specialties. Responses were recorded using a five-point Likert scale of importance. Mean values for each item were calculated within and across all specialties. Mean scores for item responses were used to create rank orders of selection criteria within the specialties. To facilitate comparisons, specialties were grouped according to the percentages of positions filled with U.S. medical school graduates. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 49%. With the data from all specialties pooled, the top five selection criteria were (1) grades in required clerkships, (2) United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 score, (3) grades in senior electives in specialty, (4) number of honors grades, and (5) USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) score. CONCLUSIONS: The top academic selection criteria are based on clinical performance, with the exception of USMLE Step 1 score. Indicators that reflect excellence in clinical performance are valued across the specialties by residency program directors regardless of competitiveness within the specialty. USMLE Step 2 CK ranks higher in the less competitive specialties, whereas research experience is more prominent in the most competitive specialties. The Medical Student Performance Evaluation was ranked lowest of all criteria by the program directors.
PMID: 19240447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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#28
Fam Med. 2000 Apr;32(4):258-60.
Recruitment behavior and program directors: how ethical are their perspectives about the match process?
Carek PJ, Anderson KD, Blue AV, Mavis BE.

Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. carekpj@musc.edu


OBJECTIVE: This study examined family practice residency directors' perspectives on the 1999 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) process and identified directors' expectations for students' recruitment behavior. METHODS: Subjects were the family practice residency program directors. A 22-item written questionnaire was mailed to each director. The questions related to the directors' perceptions of the following issues: applicants interviewing in more than one specialty, communication initiated by programs or applicants, commitments made to applicants and by applicants, ethical dilemmas faced by the program director, and the NRMP process itself. Descriptive statistics were reported. RESULTS: Only a few of the residency program directors (9.1%) felt that it was ethically wrong for an applicant to interview in more than one specialty. However, most program directors (83%) indicated that the knowledge of an applicant interviewing in more than one specialty had a "significant" negative or "some" negative effect on the applicant's rank order. Ninety-five percent of program directors indicated that they engage in follow-up communication with applicants following the formal interview. Almost all program directors (98%) reported that at least some applicants contact them following the formal interview to inform them that the program was a "high" or No. 1 rank-order choice. The majority of program directors (94%) felt that the NRMP process placed their program in the position of having to be dishonest with applicants to match their top choices. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study indicate that the actions of many program directors and applicants may not be consistent with the written policies of the NRMP.

PMID: 10782372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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#29
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#30
lots of hard work.
thanks a lot --

i know there's no short way to do good for anyhting.
But i have only 6 days for IV ----
With all difficuties, i haven't prepared well.
Just i'm trying my best ( max 3 hrs/day).

Is there any final tips, that can help me??

Thanks again.
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