will be spent traveling around the country, for the most |
potentially without ever seeing or formally interviewing |
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part on the students’ own dollar, to meet with potential |
with a program. Needless to say, for a group of soonto-be |
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employers for their first job as a physician. |
physicians who have put countless hours of study |
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Pressing“ Submit” on the Electronic Residency Application |
and work into their academic careers, the concept of not |
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Service( ERAS) starts an exciting, yet stressful, process for |
having control of your first job as a doctor can create |
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senior medical students. One aspect of the uncertainty |
anxiety. Still, students can take comfort that in the 2018 |
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involves the decisions a student needs to make before |
Match, 94 percent of allopathic medical students matched, |
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applying. In addition to choosing a medical specialty, the |
and 77 percent matched to one of their top three choices. |
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student must decide which programs and how many | |||
programs to add to the application. The Match releases |
The best advice I can give as a participant in the most |
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statistical data( at NRMP. org) that gives students an idea of |
Kristin Price( M. D.,’ 18). |
recent Match is to remember that the results of the Match |
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how many programs they need to apply to, interview with, |
do not define you, your success or what kind of doctor you |
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and rank to have a high probability of matching. |
will be. The Match is a combination of a dating website and employment |
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service that was set up in a time when there were more jobs than applicants. | |||
Part of the uncertainty is that applying to a program does not mean |
You have worked so hard to even be eligible for the Match before being |
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that program will interview the candidate – and interviewing at a program |
forced to put out all your academic and personal information to impress |
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does not guarantee that program will rank the applicant highly, or at all. |
your possible future employers. |
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This aspect of the Match, in addition to there being more applicants than | |||
positions offered, has put pressure on students to apply broadly. |
Whether you open your envelope and cry out in joy or want to just cry, |
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your first job as a physician is not you – it’ s just the next part of your | |||
In the 2017 Match, U. S. medical graduates applied to an average of 58 |
journey to become the best doctor you can be for your patients. It’ s a time |
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programs through ERAS. The fee system for ERAS increases as more |
to celebrate that you have fulfilled a dream – becoming a physician. |
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applications are submitted. Applying to 58 programs costs a student |
May the odds be ever in your favor. |
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approximately $ 1,100. International medical graduates applied to an average | |||
of 135 programs, costing students a whopping $ 3,000. These fees do not |
Kristin( Magrini) Price( M. D.’ 18) is a first-year resident with the FSU College of |
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include travel expenses. |
Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. |
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Related: Can you apply to too many residency programs? (AAMC News)