EM Match Advice 50: Making Your Rank List | Program Directors Share Their Best Advice

About this episode

Program directors share insights on making your rank list after interview season.

With interview season complete, it's time to make your rank list. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford) welcomes New York program directors Dr. Elaine Rabin (Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Program) and Dr. Miriam Kulkarni (St. John's Riverside Hospital) to share what factors should drive your decisions, common pitfalls to avoid, and practical steps you can take right now. Plus: do letters of intent actually matter? The answer might surprise you. Sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers (Campbell University)

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Krzyzaniak, Kaitlin Bowers

Guests: Dr. Elaine Rabin, Dr. Miriam Kulkarni

Topics covered

• medical education
• rank list
• interview advice
• program directors
• letters of intent

Keywords

• rank list
• interview season
• common pitfalls
• practical steps
• letters of intent

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Places: New York

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