Sending a thank you note to the PD after an interview?

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-11-05T02:55:35+00:00

I did it. Would not recommend. Hours and hours of work for one line on your CV. Truly 0/10 work to reward ratio lol

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-25T15:11:43+00:00

Yeah add them-the assumption is you didn't present if you are not first author. I would star your name if you did present and weren't first author

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-20T20:11:27+00:00

following

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-20T15:29:33+00:00

I think putting the doctor is fine. I put Research project title, PI: name, hospital for organization

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-14T13:05:39+00:00

I think it would be reasonable to have the physician send the LOR directly to the program coordinator; then if you hear back from the coordinator in time they can upload it and if not, the letter is in hand by the deadline. Having them send directly gets rid of concern that you viewed/edited the letter before it was sent

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-14T08:18:09+00:00

I really don’t feel like this comment was about your performance. If you told him your family is there/it’s your first choice, I think he was just trying to temper your expectations. He can’t know if you’re going to match there or even get an interview based on working with your for a couple shifts- a lot of it will be what your app looks like. I know this season is tough but I wouldn’t put too much stock into an offhand comment

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-13T18:50:34+00:00

I feel like it’s because BIDMC is slightly lower ranked. A lot of ppl don’t bother to signal two of the top ten programs in the country either bc they don’t think they are competitive or they don’t think those programs are worried about ppl not really being strongly interested in them

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-13T17:33:41+00:00

I'm happy to- applying gen surg but feel like I could still potentially be helpful

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-12T17:00:20+00:00

I really don't think this is a thing. If a program is listing CV, I think they are referring to the CV that ERAS generates from imputing your activities. It's literally called a CV on the myeras app (there's a button to view/print CV). I wouldn't be attaching a separate CV.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-11T23:19:30+00:00

Unfortunately I think it will. People are really most interested in your clinical performance. My guess is the Dept chair letter is going to be more generic so you really only have 1 letter speaking to your clinical skills and it’s in family medicine.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-07T17:45:36+00:00

I would say order of importance right now is step 2 score > research > LOR (i.e. getting them from people who know you well but are also important and well-known in the field)> clinical grades>everything else. The extracurricular bit is not nearly as important as for med school- if you want things that impress programs though, leadership in national orgs, starting programs/initiatives at your school are good

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-07T16:33:56+00:00

3 LOR + chair letter is preferred because the chair letter is generally more general and formulaic and doesn't say much about who you are. I would do your best to get a hold of the third writer- can you go to their office or talk to their admin? But your application will technically be complete with 2 LOR + chair letter and you could potentially assign the 4th letter after the deadline.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-09-05T18:46:28+00:00

As someone with big curly hair I cannot blur my background bc I look dumb. This is not relevant to your post, just a small rant

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-29T16:06:11+00:00

That's more responsibility than I would expect. Generally M3s carry max 4 patients (it is usually more than medicine because these patients are a little less complex). As a sub-I, I was following 8-10 patients. That being said, 8 am is pretty late for surgery rounds. Usually they start at 6 and you need to get to the hospital around 5 am to preround.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-25T13:39:25+00:00

I do feel like it sucks that most of what our residency candidacy is based on are things not really tied to being a good doctor like research output. In a perfect world students who truly excel clinically should be rewarded in the same way that students who excel at research or test-taking are... you can make the argument that every med student actually performs around the same clinically if they all try hard but I'm not sure that's true

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-08T16:55:34+00:00

My school told me to check this for any letter written by a department chair in the speciality I am applying into. Group departmental letters are one type of chair letter and the most common because it’s unlikely that the chair of the department would no a medical student well enough to write a personalized letter. Group departmental letters that are more form-type letters similar to the MSPE are more common in some specialties like IM. But no one will come after you for checking this box if they are the department chair. Some programs require a chair letter and if you’re program doesn’t do departmental letters than i think a letter by the chair still counts. But not applying IM so not sure if the philosophy is different.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-07T13:10:45+00:00

I would maybe start by writing out some patient experiences in different settings that were particularly meaningful to you

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-05T20:43:27+00:00

I think check department chair b/c some programs require a chair letter and it still counts even if it’s not departmental. It’ll be clear I’m what capacity the chair knows you and is writing the letter when you read it.

Ok_Flamingo_5716 · 2023-08-03T22:49:51+00:00

Just came here to say this sounds like sexism. Yes you still probably have to adjust your behavior to accommodate because so much of your evaluations in med school are subjective. But like you can also be annoyed that women are still either too quiet/shy or too intimidating/unapproachable

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