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Advising (General Resources)

Careers in Medicine (A Program of the AAMC)
"Choosing a medical specialty is one of the most significant decisions a medical student will make. Good advising and a comprehensive career-planning program are crucial to that decision. CiM for Advisors provides medical school faculty and staff the information and resources to effectively advise students and implement a career-planning program in your medical school."
In defense of the personal statement.
McNamee T
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2012 Nov 6;157(9):675. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-9-201211060-00018.
First-year residents who began their graduate medical education in 2009-2010 and found their positions within and outside the NRMP match.
Jolly P.
Academic Medicine. 2012. 87(5):586-91
Rules for the road
Winters WL Jr.
Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2012. 8(4):63-4
Defining the roles of advisors and mentors in postgraduate medical education: faculty perceptions, roles, responsibilities, and resource needs.
Woods SK, Burgess L, Kaminetzky C, McNeill D, Pinheiro S, Heflin MT
Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2010. 2(2): 195-200
Mentoring in academic medicine: a systematic review
Sambunjak D, Straus SE, Marusić A
JAMA. 2006. 296(9):1103-15

Couples' Match

National Resident Matching Program - Couples
NRMP information - Updated 02/07/2012

Women in Medicine

The Perry Initiative’s Medical Student Outreach Program Recruits Women Into Orthopaedic Residency
Lisa L. Lattanza LL, Meszaros-Dearolf L, O’Connor MI, Ladd A, Bucha A, Trauth-Nare A, Buckley JM
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016.474(9): 1962-6
Can a Strategic Pipeline Initiative Increase the Number of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Orthopaedic Surgery?
Mason BS. Ross W. Ortega G. Chambers MC. Parks ML.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016. 474(9):1979-85.
Residents' perceptions of sex diversity in orthopaedic surgery
Hill JF, Yule A, Zurakowski D, Day CS
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume. 2013. 95(19):e1441-6.
Gender differences in academic productivity and academic career choice among urology residents
Yang G, Villalta JD, Weiss DA, Carroll PR, Breyer BN
Journal of Urology. 2012. 188(4):1286-90
More women choose careers in surgery: bias, work-life issues remain challenges.
Kuehn BM
JAMA. 2012. 307(18):1899-901
Where women dare to tread (orthopedic surgery)
Mettner J
Minnesota Medicine
90(6), 2007, pp 18-19

Choosing a Specialty (General Resources)

Change to an informal interview dress code improves residency applicant perceptions.
Hern HG Jr, Wills CP, Johnson B
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015. 16(1):127-32.
Applicants' Self-Reported Priorities in Selecting a Residency Program.
Phitayakorn R, Macklin EA, Goldsmith J, Weinstein DF
Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2015 7(1):21-6
Gauging the feasibility of cost-sharing and medical student interest groups to reduce interview costs.
Lieber BA, Wilson TA, Bell RS, Ashley WW Jr, Barrow DL, Wolfe SQ
Neurosurgical Focus. 2014. 37(5) :E11
AM Last Page: combined specialty residency programs.
Nambudiri VE
Academic Medicine. 2015. 90(6):834.
[Correction: Combined Specialty Residency Programs --"Due to an undetected error at the design stage, one of the combined specialty residency programs was mislabeled in the list of 21 combined specialty residencies available in the United States in the June 2015 AM Last Page. The final specialty in the list should read, Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child-Adolescent Psychiatry.”
The R.O.A.D. confirmed: ratings of specialties' lifestyles by fourth-year US medical students with a military service obligation.
DeZee KJ, Byars LA, Magee CD, Richards G, Durning SJ, Maurer D
Family Medicine. 2013. 45(4):240-6.
The Residency Mismatch.
Iglehart JK
NEJM. 2013 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Association of medical student burnout with residency specialty choice.
Enoch L, Chibnall JT, Schindler DL, Slavin SJ.
Medical Education. 2013 Feb;47(2):173-81
Two thousand is too many: What must be done to prevent resident attrition
Ramachandran S [editorial]
Academic Medicine. 2013. 88(5):556
U.S. graduate medical education and physician specialty choice.
Jolly P, Erikson C, Garrison G
Academic Medicine. 2013. 88(4):468-74
The National Resident Matching Program all-in policy: potential consequences and ethical questions
Saultz J, Wright N.
Virtual Mentor. 2012. 14(12):1008-10.
Stability of medical student career interest: a prospective study
Scott I, Gowans M, Wright B, Brenneis F
Academic Medicine. 2012. 87(9):1260-7
Highest Match Rate for U.S. Medical School Seniors in 30 Years - SOAP Replaces the Scramble
NRMP News Item - March 16, 2012
Why do medical graduates choose rural careers?
Henry JA, Edwards BJ, Crotty B
Rural and Remote Medicine. 9(1): 2009, 1083
Trends in career choice by US medical school graduates
Newton DA, Grayson MS
JAMA. 2003. 290(9): 1179-82
A study of medical students' specialty-choice pathways: trying on possible selves
Burack JH, Irby DM, Carline JD, Ambrozy DM, Ellsbury KE, Stritter FT
Academic Medicine
72(6), 1997, pp 534-41