Anesthesiology

Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Rank

• Interpersonal skills: 90% (4.8)
• Interactions with faculty during interview and visit: 85% (4.9)
• Interactions with house staff during interview and visit: 74% (4.7)
• Feedback from current residents: 69% (4.6)
• Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 67% (4.3)
• Class ranking/quartile: 59% (4.1)
• Grades in required clerkships: 49% (4.3)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 49% (3.8)
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 41% (3.9)
• Consistency of grades: 33% (4.2)
• Other post-interview contact: 31% (3.5)
• Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 28% (4.1)
• Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 23% (3.7)
• Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 23% (3.7)
• Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 21% (4.4)
• Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 18% (4.0)
• Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 15% (4.0)
• Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 15% (4.2)
• Applicant facility with meeting platform technology: 13% (3.8)
• Second interview/visit: 8% (3.7)
• Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 8% (3.0)
• How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 3% (4.0)

¹Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).

% of Programs Interviewing IMGs:

• US IMG: Often 26%, Seldom 49%, Never 26%
• Non-US IMG: Often 10%, Seldom 54%, Never 36%

% of Programs Ranking IMGs:

• US IMG: Often 24%, Seldom 47%, Never 29%
• Non-US IMG: Often 15%, Seldom 51%, Never 36%

% of Programs Using USMLE to Select IMG Applicants for Interview:

• Step 1: Requires pass only 100%
• Step 2 CK: Does not consider 0%, Requires pass only 7%, Prefers but does not require target score 17%, Requires target score 57%
• Step 3: Does not consider 55%, Requires pass only 13%, Prefers but does not require target score 28%, Requires target score 10%