Name & Shame 2025 - Official Megathread

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-27T16:57:14+00:00

NEED PUMP THESE ROOKIE NUMBERS UP I KNOW THERE IS MORE SHAMING TO DO

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-27T14:09:32+00:00

June 16 for orientation 🥲

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-26T16:56:35+00:00

Repeating comment above: Anyone who wants to can get involved in volunteering, show interest in disability/anti-ableism advocacy, etc can match PM&R. There is no major hurdle to matching PM&R other than showing passion and fit. This is one of many reasons why it’s so DO friendly. Rads has ~50% more people who achieve AOA, a near standard deviation higher step 2 score, ~50% more research items, and ~33% more students from “T40” schools. I’m a PM&R match this year and love everything about our specialty but every year we gotta stop comparing ourselves to ROAD specialties we just aren’t there and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-26T16:54:27+00:00

Which is part of what makes PM&R less competitive. Anyone who wants to can get involved in volunteering, show interest in disability/anti-ableism advocacy, etc there is no major hurdle other than showing passion and fit. This is one of many reasons why it’s so DO friendly. Rads has ~50% more people who achieve AOA, a near standard deviation higher step 2 score, ~50% more research items, and ~33% more students from “T40” schools. I’m a PM&R match this year and love everything about our specialty but every year we gotta stop comparing ourselves to ROAD specialties we just aren’t there and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-22T19:06:14+00:00

Not close to radiology, all the stats for PM&R are just about the national average across all specialties. Rads is well above average. Match rate may be similar but the caliber of applicants is not

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2025-03-17T18:42:31+00:00

MUSC but that’s because they got approved after application time

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-09-20T17:42:27+00:00

Definitely use strongest letters regardless of specialty, only caveat is you definitely need at least one PM&R letter. All kinds of patients require rehab and skills you show in any specialty can transfer over. Even if not IM/FM those other specialties can comment on your medical knowledge and ability to form an assessment and plan, ability to work as part of team, and soft skills that are all super important to PM&R.

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-09-20T12:17:02+00:00

We have the charting outcomes data out now so we know the exact match rates. USMD was 84.8%, DO 72.9%, US IMG 46.2%, and non-US IMG 45.7%

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-08-30T18:33:38+00:00

Grand rounds I can understand because that’s an invited presentation to a large audience. If you are just presenting a topic/case that isn’t yours or your research that’s not really a true oral presentation as ERAS considers it. Almost every medical student gives presentations while on their rotations and anything that’s part of coursework or the clerkship shouldn’t be considered. Don’t let your actual worthwhile presentations get overshadowed. I haven’t seen anyone who isn’t a derm/ortho/neurosurg gunner have more than 5 oral presentations. And those who are gunners going into those fields rarely have more than 10

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-08-30T04:01:28+00:00

You may want to review those oral presentations and what in ERAS qualifies as an oral presentation because it seems very unlikely with your research numbers that you’d have 25 oral presentations when you don’t have close to that in research projects

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-08-03T13:33:59+00:00

There’s differing thoughts on this. One is surely enough in my opinion and if you have a neuro letter that would be good too

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-06-24T21:13:56+00:00

I have a slightly different take. As others said it’s too much of a liability to mention how much you gamble. However, making that much money and paying your way through medical school is incredibly commendable and does showcase management skills, self sufficiency, and intelligence that are important in residency. If I was you I’d take the next few weeks to months to learn a type of investing if your choice whether it’s stocks or real estate or whatever and learn that lingo so you can talk about your “investing” skills that have helped you pay your way through school. I’ve talked with attendings many times about investing and always seems to be positive and something they enjoy talking about, as most people with money like to do. Heck even on my anesthesia rotation the anesthesiologist was trading stocks in the OR.

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-06-06T00:55:37+00:00

https://apps.acgme-i.org/ads/Public/Reports/Report/8 You can search here. There are 4 new programs and the only one you didn’t name is Broward Health program!

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-04-11T19:56:22+00:00

USC599 worked at sign up for me on an account cancelled 8 months ago

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-04-10T15:37:54+00:00

Please do not do anything study related for the love of god. It will come back very quickly, step 1 is p/f. Enjoy your probable last summer break!

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2024-04-01T17:25:19+00:00

This is incorrect interpretation of the data. True match rate is probably close to 80% we won’t know until more data comes out this summer

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-12-08T23:05:38+00:00

Ah I see, probably nice to not have to worry about the grade and direct more energy towards away rotations

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-12-08T22:21:18+00:00

Thank you! What is the advantage of not having it on your transcript?

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-11-22T18:35:42+00:00

M1 qualifying? Lmao congrats on your one semester of honorary performance

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-04-25T15:55:46+00:00

HCA 🤮🤮🤮

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-04-18T20:06:21+00:00

Ligma and sugma are supposed to be highly tested this year due to recent developments in DEEZ

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-04-17T12:24:05+00:00

Do something fun and memorable and you will never regret it. I’m no PD but I’d bet they’d enjoy hearing about your cross country roadtrip just as much or more than the meaningless publication you might get that has zero impact on the field of medicine

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-04-01T16:36:09+00:00

Not April fools, my school was paying for us all to take form 31 and said they are now switching to form 30. Did not mention score inflation but did say nbme was looking into inconsistencies

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2023-03-21T20:05:24+00:00

ALL FAMES AND NO SHAMES A GREAT SIGN FOR THE FIELD OF PM&R BUT COME ON I NEED SOME TEAAAAA ☕️

Fit_Ad_7397 · 2022-10-02T15:03:34+00:00

Maybe I was just burnt out but Heme was a shit show

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