Bryant Stewart A, Jardaly Achraf H, Ponce Brent A, Guthrie S Trent, Slone Harris, Bruce Jeremy R
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
JB JS Open Access. 2023 Aug 22;8(3). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.22.00044. eCollection 2023 Jul-Sep.
Few evidence-based suggestions are available to help applicants and mentors improve reapplication outcomes. We sought to provide program directors' (PDs) perspectives on actionable steps to improve reapplicants' chances for a match.
The PDs were asked to rank positions unmatched applicants can pursue, steps these applicants can take for the next application cycle, and reasons why reapplicants do not match.
Responses from 66 of 123 PDs were received (53.6% response rate). Obtaining new recommendation letters and rotating with orthopaedics were the highest 20 ranked steps unmatched applicants can take. No curriculum vitae (CV) improvement, poor interview, and poor letters of recommendation were the most important reasons hindering applicants from matching when reapplying.
Steps reapplicants could prioritize include obtaining new recommendation letters, rotating in orthopaedics, and producing new research items. CV strengthening and improving interview skills address the 2 main reasons why unmatched applicants failed in subsequent attempts.
Level IV.
几乎没有基于证据的建议可帮助申请人和导师提高重新申请的结果。我们试图提供项目主任（PDs）对于可采取行动步骤的观点，以提高重新申请人匹配成功的几率。
要求PDs对未匹配申请人可采取的职位、这些申请人在下一个申请周期可采取的步骤以及重新申请人未匹配成功的原因进行排序。
收到了123名PDs中66人的回复（回复率为53.6%）。获得新的推荐信和参与骨科轮转是未匹配申请人可采取的排名前20的步骤。简历没有改进、面试表现差和推荐信质量不佳是重新申请时阻碍申请人匹配成功的最重要原因。
重新申请人可优先考虑的步骤包括获得新的推荐信、参与骨科轮转以及产出新的研究项目。加强简历和提高面试技巧可解决未匹配申请人在后续尝试中失败的两个主要原因。
四级。
