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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Match*
(*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Or, the World According to JoMo, the Program Director
Jon B. Morris, M.D.Associate Dean for Student AffairsProfessor of Surgery
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The Process (April-Nov. 2013)
April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
JoMo Meetings – Reality Therapy
Letters of Recommendation
Class Meeting #1
MSPE Released
Oct. 1
Class Meeting #2
Interview Workshop
Class Meeting
MSPE Crafted by OSA
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The Process (Nov. – March 2014)
October November
December January February March
Advocacy Call Interviews
Rank List Deadline(Applicants &
Programs) Match Day
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Rank Order List Strategy: Getting to the Top
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
• Assume a program takes 10 categorical residents.• Assume the program interviews 100 applicants.• The advocacy call has its greatest impact on the bubble group.
Take Group(3 cycles)
Bubble DNR
Ranked to Match
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Anatomy of the MSPE
• Identifying Information• Unique Characteristics (Two 125 word paragraphs)• Academic History (matriculation, graduation, combined degree, repeat/remediate,
adverse actions, gaps, leaves of absence)• Academic Progress (the “cut and paste”)
• Preclinical Basic Science• Core Clinical • Electives
• Combined Degree Summary • MD/PhD Summary• Masters Degree Summary
• Summary Paragraph • Bottom Line
• Appendices (Module 2 and Module 4 bar graph)
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Appendix A: Basic Science Performance – 2010 Appendix B: Clerkship Performance – 2011
Appendices
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MSPE Bottom Line Distribution
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Class of 2012
Class of 2013
Top of the Class 3% 4% 6% 5%
Outstanding 27% 29% 31% 38%
Excellent-Outstanding 19% 25% 33% 22%
Excellent 46% 37% 27% 32%
Very Good to Excellent 5% 3% 3% 3%
Very Good - 2% 0 0
Good - - - -
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2013 Match Emerg Med Fam Med Medicine Neurology OBGYN Pediatrics Psychiatry Surgery
Mod 2
Top of Class H 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
HP
P
Outstanding H 80% 59% 76% 95% 75% 85% 80% 93% 68%
HP 20% 41% 24% 5% 25% 15% 20% 7%
P 32%Excellent to Outstanding H 59% 53% 38% 71% 59% 35% 50% 71% 51%
HP 41% 47% 59% 29% 38% 65% 50% 29%
P 3% 3% 49%
Excellent H 28% 24% 4% 46% 24% 12% 30% 32% 26%
HP 72% 72% 90% 54% 74% 82% 70% 68%
P 4% 6% 2% 6% 74%Very Good to Excellent H 25 25% 25% 25% 22%
HP 50% 50% 75% 50% 100% 100% 75%
P 25% 75% 50% 50% 78%
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2013 Match # Applying Step 1 Avg TOC O E to O E VG to E % Matching
Medicine +5% 39 249 10% 45% 15% 30% 100%
Pediatrics (-3%) 16 241 44% 25% 31% 100%
Emergency Medicine +2% 12 238 8% 25% 42% 17% 8% 100%
Psychiatry +1% 9 232 10% 10% 30% 50% 100%
Surgery (-3%) 9 247 22% 11% 56% 11% 89%
Anesthesia (-2%) 8 239 25% 38% 25% 13% 100%
Orthopaedic Surgery +2% 8 245 25% 25% 50% 100%
Dermatology nc 7 254 29% 43% 14% 14% 100%
Family Practice nc 5 221 80% 20% 100%
OBGYN +1% 5 221 40% 40% 20% 100%
Pathology +2% 5 246 40% 40% 20% 100%
Ophthalmology nc 4 249 50% 25% 25% 100%
Radiology (-1%) 4 250 25% 25% 25% 25% 100%
Neurology (-1%) 3 245 100% 100%
Neurosurgery nc 3 256 100% 100%
Otorhinolaryngology (-2%) 3 257 67% 33% 100%
Pediatric Neurology ---- 3 248 33% 67% 100%
Plastic Surgery +1% 3 241 33% 33% 33% 100%
MED/PEDS (-1%) 2 235 50% 50% 100%
Radiation Oncology (-4%) 2 251 50% 50% 100%
Urology nc 2 237 50% 50% 100%
Medicine/Dermatology nc 1 100%
Peds/Psych/Child Psych ---- 1 100%
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Penn Med Residency Match Data
2012 2013Total graduates 139 160Total residency placements
137 157
Matching at University Program
137/139 = 99% 149/157 = 94%
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Matching at Penn, 2013Number of Students
% of Students Matching
Total 41 26% ( 8%) 2013 vs. 2012
HUP 29 18%
CHOP 10 6%
Scheie 1 1%
Penn Hospital 1 1%
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Matches at Other Premier Institutions: Class of 2013Institution Number of Students Matched
Harvard Brigham and Women’s Children’s Hospital Boston Massachusetts Eye & Ear Massachusetts General Beth Israel Deaconess
25 total(10)(2)(1)(11)(1)
NYU 11University of California San Francisco 7University of California Los Angeles 6Johns Hopkins 5Barnes Jewish/Washington University 4NYP Hospital Weill Cornell 4
Stanford 4Temple University 4
Duke 3Northwestern 3
University of Washington 3
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Matches at Other Premier Institutions for the Class of 2013
Institution Number of Students Matched
Yale 3
Columbia 2
University of Michigan 2University of Pittsburgh 2
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Specialty Trends2010 2011 2012 2013
Primary Care (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Medicine/Pediatrics)
41.5% 31.5% 37% 39%
Surgical(General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, OMF, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastics, Urology)
22.5% 21% 21% 21%
Competitive Subspecialties (Dermatology, Ophthalmology,Radiation Oncology, Radiology) 14.3% 28% 17% 11%
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SOAP 2013Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program• 3 participated in SOAP in 2013:
• 2 students matched• 1 student deferred
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Why Some Don’t Match
• Applied to inadequate number of programs• Disconnect between academic record and career choice• Interview Performance• Bad luck
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