Are you Competitive for Orthopaedic Surgery?
To ensure the highest chance of Matching, you want as many interviews as possible. The magic number of interviews ensuring 90% or higher chance of Matching is between 12-14. This means interviews you actually go on and subsequently rank. Not just interview offers.
So how do you get to that threshold number of interviews?
Step 2 is now the objective measuring stick. Step 1 is now pass/fail. Irrelevant. All the focus is on Step 2.
How do you crush Step 2?
Should you still spend time studying for Step 1?
What’s a consistent step-by-step action plan?
LORs can be huge. Ortho is a relatively small community and a lot of people know one another.
How do you position yourself to ensure strong LORs?
How do you build relationships early…even as an MS1…so they pay dividends later?
How do you tactfully ask for a strong LOR?
Research involvement for Ortho is far above the average for other specialties.
But how do you get research to pad your CV?
How do you start projects early?
How do you ensure to join projects with a high likelihood of success…actionable results for your CV…rather than wasted time and effort?
Away rotations are the final measuring tool. They are critical and essentially mandatory for Ortho.
How do you pick the right Aways?
How do you ensure you get the Aways you want?
When should you apply?
How do you succeed on your Aways?
