Internal Medicine

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

• Interpersonal skills: 88% (4.8)
• Interactions with faculty during interview and visit: 84% (4.8)
• Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 75% (4.3)
• Interactions with house staff during interview and visit: 66% (4.6)
• Feedback from current residents: 63% (4.4)
• Class ranking/quartile: 60% (4.4)
• Grades in required clerkships: 49% (4.1)
• Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 38% (3.9)
• Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 36% (4.3)
• Consistency of grades: 32% (3.9)
• Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 30% (3.7)
• Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 30% (3.9)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 29% (4.0)
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 26% (3.8)
• Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 26% (4.1)
• Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 25% (3.7)
• Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 16% (3.9)
• Other post-interview contact: 14% (3.7)
• Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 11% (3.5)
• Second interview/visit: 10% (4.0)
• Applicant facility with meeting platform technology: 9% (3.8)
• How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 4% (4.0)

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

% of Programs Interviewing IMGs:

• US IMG: Often 60%, Seldom 39%, Never 1%
• Non-US IMG: Often 47%, Seldom 42%, Never 11%

% of Programs Ranking IMGs:

• US IMG: Often 60%, Seldom 38%, Never 2%
• Non-US IMG: Often 50%, Seldom 41%, Never 10%

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

• Step 1: Does not consider 1%, Requires pass only 9%, Prefers but does not require target score 0%, Requires target score 0%
• Step 2 CK: Does not consider 3%, Requires pass only 3%, Prefers but does not require target score 14%, Requires target score 51%
• Step 3: Does not consider 49%, Requires pass only 5%, Prefers but does not require target score 37%, Requires target score 8%