EM Match Advice 46 | Program Directors Share Match Season Insights

About this episode

Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak and Dr. Melissa Parsons discuss insights into the match process for medical students.

As interview season wraps up, medical students across the country are preparing their rank lists for the upcoming Match. EM Match Advice podcast host, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM Program Director) recently sat down with Dr. Melissa Parsons (University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville EM Program Director), to discuss the match process from both program and applicant perspectives. https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-46-program-directors-share-match-season-insights/ Podcast sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Krzyzaniak, Kaitlin Bowers

Guest: Dr. Melissa Parsons

Topics covered

• medical education
• match process
• emergency medicine
• interview preparation
• rank lists

Keywords

• match season
• program directors
• applicant perspectives
• interview season
• rank lists

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