Preparing Your

Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Application 2024-2025

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Panelists

Erika Banks, MD

CREOG Chair & Chair of OBGYN

Helen Kang Morgan, MD

Program Evaluation Lead

Maya Hammoud MD, MBA

Principle Investigator

Prior APGO President

Carrie Champine, DO

Associate Dean of OMS IV and Graduate Medical Education

Karen George, MD

Associate Dean of Students

John L. Dalrymple, MD

APGO President

David Marzano, MD

Clinical Professor

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Panelists

Vanessa Haizel, MD

Rising OBGYN PGY 2

Trinity Health Ann Arbor

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Hadrian Kinnear, MD

Incoming OBGYN PGY 1

University of Michigan

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Bukky Akingbola, DO

Rising PGY4 OBGYN

University of Minnesota

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Simone Martin, MD

Rising OBGYN PGY2

George Washington University Hospital

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Savita Potarazu, MD MPH

Incoming PGY1 George Washington University

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Linda Zambrano Guevara, MD

Rising OBGYN PGY2

NYU Langone

Agenda

• Recommend approaches to the OBGYN Residency Application

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• Introduce the CAS application and review the 2024-2025 timeline

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• Review resources for SLOE and program signaling

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• Share OBGYN resident perspectives

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• Review 2024 OBGYN Match data

How to Approach Your Residency Application

How to Approach Your Residency Application

• Difference between Medical School and Residency Applications
• Education vs. Employment/Training
• Tell your story/ What is your personal brand/narrative?
• Who YOU are, what makes you unique
• Why YOU are a great fit for the specialty you are applying for
• How have you developed the competencies essential in successful resident?
• Integrity, reliability, resilience, motivation, initiative, teamwork, compassion
• What is your passion and how you have “walked the walk”
• Future goals, how do you plan to contribute
• Explain any red flags, breaks, challenges you have had to face

Residency Application Tips

• General Guideline: Communicate succinctly to respect PD’s time
• 1-2 bullets per activity to describe “what it is,” “your role,” and “what you learned”
• “Led new initiative..”, “Organized monthly meetings…”
• Include hours/wk if able, and reason for leaving if applicable
• Hobbies are great to include- often are conversation starters in interview (keep professional)
• Research experience describes the project and PI, outcomes go in publications section

Residency Application Tips

• What to include?
• Medical school AND major college/gap year activities, research, and awards
• Common mistakes
• Too verbose, padding, unable to speak to activity/research, poor grammar, negativity, me vs. others (what I want vs. how I hope to contribute to the program/specialty)
• Be truthful, take responsibility for difficulties and describe what you learned from it

Where to start?

Personal Statement

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• One page that describes your motivation, qualifications, expectations, and what you would contribute as a resident in Ob/Gyn
• Why Ob/Gyn is right for you and why you are right for their training program/specialty
• NOT what the specialty is (we know that)

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Personal Statement

• Make the first paragraph interesting, memorable
• Be humble yet confident–interesting, not “weird” most importantly authentic
• Only disclose information you’re comfortable talking about
• Ask your specialty advisor to review (once)
• Grammar and spelling MUST be flawless
• Concise and clear, but show your personality
• Get a trusted family member or friend to review for authenticity
• Explain any gaps or red flags after discussion with your student affairs dean or specialty advisor

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Components of your Residency Application

Residency CAS application including personal statement

Medical school transcript

USMLE or COMLEX-USA Transcript

ECFMG report - if IMG applicant

Medical School Performance Evaluation

Letters of Recommendation including SLOE

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Program Signals (3 gold, 15 silver)

Interviews offered to:

Banks et.al., Obstet Gynecol Feb 2024

Components of your residency application

Medical School Transcript

USMLE or COMLEX-USA Transcript

ECFMG report if international graduate

Medical School Performance Evaluation

Letters of Recommendation and SLOE

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Personal Statement

Experiences/Employment

Hobbies

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Important to submit application with all supporting documents by date available to program directors

Program Signaling

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Mission & Values

(Yours and the Residency Programs)

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Geography

(Your desired training location)

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Personal & Professional Goals

(Your fellowship or practice aspirations)

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Student Affairs

Clerkship Directors

Career Advisors

Department Chairs

Program Directors

Faculty Mentors

WHERE TO APPLY & PROGRAM SIGNAL

APPLICANT

Program Search Tools

• FREIDA
• Alignment check index for OBGYN
• Texas Star
• NRMP Charting Outcomes in the Match
• Residency Websites
• Social Media Sites
• Residency Explorer

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Results: List & Map View

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West' orth Central IA, KS, MN, IMO, D, NE, SD)

South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA,

Apprcation Type

Program Type

Special Tracks

ChllclCare Provided

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VISAS ACCEPTED WHAT IS THIS?

IH-1B J-1

HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine Program

Summerville, SC

0 STETR.ICS A 0 GYN COlOGY

ID: 2204500001

ACI SCORE: 93

University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare (Pensacola) Program

Accepllng app !cations

'24-'25

Commumty•based

university affiliated

Will e accepting apphcat1ons '25•'26

3. first year positions
4. years length

Pensacola, FL

ID: 2201100082

Accepting applications

'24-'25

Commumty•based university af lliated

Will be acceptJng a.pphcat1ons '25-'26

311rst year positions

4 years len th

TOTAL POSITIONS

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0 200

TOTAL FIRST YEAR POSITIONS

Access members-only features: save programs,

take notes

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compare programs

side-by-side

OBST TRICS A 0 GYN CO OGY

ACI SCORE: 93

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80

% USMD

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Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Program

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100%

% MG

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Boston, MA

10: 2202411125

Accepting app icalions

'24-'25

U iversity-based

Win a accepting applications '25-'26

1 irs year posilioos

4 yearslen th

• Grassroots initiative to increase transparency in the application and match process.
• GOAL: Allow students transparency in which programs similar applicants have received interviews/matched.
• Survey sent to 4^th year students in Texas Schools in 2017
• Expanded nationally to 69 schools in US in 2018, 112 schools in 2019, 115 in 2020, 123 in 2021, 136 in 2022, 146 in 2023, 160 in 2024
• Students share all application statistics and where they applied, received interviews, and ultimately matched
• Dashboards available to students and advisors in all participating schools free of charge

NRMP Charting Outcomes in the Match

Residency Websites/Social media

Data from 2020

What information can social media add as an applicant?

• Glimpse into everyday life at a program through the resident perspective
• curated view of what programs think is important about themselves
• Up to date information about the program
• Highlights more unique aspects that may not be on a website

Standards for the OBGYN Application and Interview Process

Some FAQs

1. Special considerations for couples matching?
1. Determine priority (same program, city, location over specialty?)
2. Apply broadly
3. Advocate for the other half of your couple

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2. Advice for DO applicants?

• If you do not have a home Ob/Gyn department please reach out
• Look for places your alumni have matched, have osteopathic residents or faculty and signal!
• SLOE considerations- obtain from person who knows you best; this may be your third year ob/gyn preceptor
• Ensure your preceptor familiar with the SLOE vs LOR

FAQs

3. Should I send a signal to my home institution?

–YES!

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4. Should I send a signal to an away rotation institution?

–YES

–An Away (audition or sub-I) does not guarantee an interview

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LOR/SLOE

Resident Perspectives

1. How did your approach your personal statement?

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• Advice for IMG applicants�

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• How did you choose where to send your program signals?�

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Questions?