This section provides information about selecting, interviewing, and writing personal statements for residency positions.
Choosing a residency program, writing personal statements for residency program applications, and interviewing for residency positions will take up much of the third and fourth years of medical school. This section provides information about selecting, interviewing, and writing personal statements for residency positions, and gives links to information about the application and match processes.
How to select a residency program by Tom Gadacz, MD, FACS
How to interview for a residency position by L.D. Britt, MD, FACS
In addition, preparing an effective personal statement is a vital part of the process of getting into the residency program that is best for you. Following are tips that you should keep in mind when considering the direction of your personal statement.
Medical students worry, sweat, and fret over their personal statements. What should I say? Where should I start? You should first consider your audience. The first challenge of the personal statement is that the audience who is reading your personal statement is varied. Some program directors and others who review candidate files read the personal statement word for word. Others totally ignore it. Some essential points to remember:
Your advisor can be a big help in contributing suggestions for your personal statement, as can best friends. Mothers, in general, although a great resource for many things, are not the best contributors when seeking suggestions for your personal statement.
Using these links, you can access Web sites providing information about the match program, finding residency positions, and applying for those positions.