Preference signals in residency applications: a potential tool to combat application inflation

JS Catalanotti, JL Swails - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Educators across the continuum of medical education recognize an ongoing crisis in the
transition from medical school to residency. The process is very high stakes for applicants; in …

Medical School Characteristics Associated with Matched Otolaryngology Residency Applicants

GS Owen, A Ravasio, A Baird, Y Zhang, P Filip… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE Identify which medical schools produce the most otolaryngology residents, and
associated characteristics which may contribute to this productivity. DESIGN The medical …

Mixed Signals: Navigating the Obstetrics and Gynecology Signaling Initiative

AC Kraus, JL Dalrymple, E Schwartz, G Marzan… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE There are few published accounts of the obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN)
specialty-specific experience with a formal signaling program. Prior studies examining other …

General Surgery Versus Integrated Surgical Sub-specialties: Predictors for Residency Match and Interview Invites Among Surgical Candidates

Y Iwai, KR Landrum, JN Diehl, AL Khoury… - Journal of Surgical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Objective The goal of this study was to assess predictive factors for receiving interviews and
matching in general surgery (GS), cardiothoracic surgery (TS), vascular surgery (VS), and …

Preference and Geographic Signals: Can They Solve the Residency Application Arms Race?

PJ Slanetz - Academic Radiology, 2024 - academicradiology.org
T he COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to the residency recruitment landscape for
applicants and residency program directors. With the onset of travel restrictions and …

Internal Medicine Applicants' Experiences with Program Signaling and Second Looks: A Multi-institutional Survey

KR Schafer, M Heincelman, W Adams… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methods In response to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the residency application
process, six US allopathic medical schools collaborated to survey the experience of fourth …

Understanding the match: the effect of signaling, demographics, and applicant characteristics on match success in the orthopaedic residency application process

JL Kotlier, AP Mihalic, FA Petrigliano… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Self-reported survey data on applicants and applications from 2017 to 2023 from
the Texas Seeking Transparency in Application to Residency database were queried …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Signaling in Family Medicine Residency Interviewing

G Irwin, K Nilsen, T Rohrberg, M Moore - Family Medicine, 2024 - journals.stfm.org
Abstract Background and Objectives: Although signals have been used in the residency
application process by other specialties, family medicine residency directors have not …

Navigating the Residency Application Process: A Recent Applicant's Perspective on Choosing a Residency Program

O Negrete Vasquez - A How To Guide For Medical Students, 2024 - Springer
Navigating the Residency Application Process: A Recent Applicant’s Perspective on Choosing
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Sending a Signal: Evaluating the Impact of Program and Geographic Preference Signaling on the Internal Medicine Residency Match

DL Norton, KM Richardson, WC Lippert, J Valente… - Cureus, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background For over a decade, the number of residency applications has surged, a trend
known as" application inflation." COVID-19 further intensified this trend, leading the …