Post Match Reporting. 2016/2017 Match Cohort* Data. Specialty: Anesthesiology N= 17 (5.2% match cohort)

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1 Graduation year Item Post Match Reporting 216/217 Match Cohort* Data Specialty: Anesthesiology N= 17 (.2% match cohort) N % of specialty cohort Mean Standard Deviation % 47.1% Three digit Step 1 score MSPE Adjective: Outstanding Superior Excellent Very Good Good % 2.9%.%.% AOA elected % Applied to preliminary or transitional programs: 1 8.8% Other specialties applied to: Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics and Gynecology Surgery Number of categorical programs applied to Honors Received: Anesthesia FCM Internal Medicine Neurology Obstetrics/Gynecology Pediatrics Psychiatry Surgery % 41.2% 3.3% 47.1% 23.% 23.% *Match Cohort includes applicants who matched into this specialty via the regular match process.

2 Post Match Reporting 216/217 Survey Respondent Cohort Data Specialty: Anesthesiology N= 11 (4.% survey respondents) Item For your specialty of choice, how many programs did you rank? How many programs invited you to interview? How many interviews did you accept? Where did the program you matched fall on your rank list? Did you review your application with a career advisor before applying? Before ranking programs, did you review your rank list with a career advisor? Total Spent on Interviews $-$ $1-$1 $11-$2 $21-$3 $31-$4 >$4 Did you complete a Pathway project? Did you complete a research project in the field you matched? Did you have a publication during medical school? N % of specialty cohort % % % 18.2% 4.% 27.3%.% 4.% % 4.% % Mean Standard Deviation Min Max

3 The field project was in: Acute pain; regional anesthesia Anesthesia ketamine Obstetric Anesthesia QI/QA Describe any publications: clinical research in urologic oncology tumor grading, staging, and patient outcomes During my PhD, several basic science papers, a review article, a book chapter, a patent, and a couple other middle-author papers. Non-medical (linguistics) One from college research in basic science; another from summer research between 1st and 2nd year, in totally unrelated field of geriatrics. Profession of conduction abnormalities in patients with ARVC/D Related to research I did prior to medical school, and one project during medical school. Research in Medical Education Year-long experiential training course in implementation science for first year medical students in which students collaborated with the Cardiology Clinic at Mission Bay to design and test new care delivery system strategies with the goal of reducing cost Who was your most effective career advisor in field matched? (number of multiple mentions) Kristina Sullivan Mark Rollins (1) What were your most useful career resources? Career advisors are particularly useful, and here at UCSF students should feel more free to be able to have candid discussions with them even while applying into their residency programs. Marty Bogetz, Adam Collins, and Doximity to learn more about both the specialty and specific programs. Most of my career advising came from the attendings and residents I have worked with. As part of every rotation, you should be constantly evaluating your fit within a particular specialty with regards to intellectual stimulation, the types of day-to-day s

4 Office of Career and Professional Development for going over CV and mock interview past post match reports / doximity / Dr. Rollins was extremely helpful in helping me figure out how competitive I was as an applicant and how to navigate the interview process. Post match reports Talk to applicants who matched last year, SDN was useful only for knowing interview dates, department advisors are phenomenal and should talk to them early, often, and repeatedly throughout the process Talk to your career advisor early in the application process. Ask to get an honest assessment of your qualifications and how many programs you should be applying to (both in your specialty and prelim if applying to prelim programs). If you had to do anything differently in the residency matching process, what would it be? -Apply to fewer schools. I didn't realize that many schools screened by geographic location. I would have looked at online resources and asked students from the year prior which schools sent out invites to UCSF students and which schools did not-apply to Cancel interviews earlier. -Don't panic! Even if you are late at deciding to go into anesthesia, things will come together! / / -Use airbnb instead of hotels / Interview at fewer places. Though I enjoyed the trips and used them mostly to see friends, interviewing at 2 total spots (between anesthesia and prelims) was way too much. Interview at fewer programs (given my specific application attributes) Interview at less places, ideally 9-1 instead of 11 and used more AirBnb for housing Interview at less programs - many were good, I wasn't so worried about getting and and wanted to make sure I saw different places, but in the end that wasn't as valuable as I'd imagined Nothing. I'm very happy that I was selective of where I interviewed. I felt compelled to go to many more interviews than I did, but am extremely glad I did not. Saved a lot of time, money, and energy that way. I'm also glad that during my interviews I asked to meet with specific people at the institution who could be potential mentors for me. As for prelim year, I did not expect to get so few interviews in the bay area for prelim medicine programs. During prelim interviews it felt like I had to fight against some sort of assumption and stereotype that MD/PhDs don't love medicine. Is there any other information helpful to UCSF students who will apply to your specialty choice in the future? -Anesthesiology interviews are by far the most conversational interviews relative to other specialties according to conversations with my peers. Be your outgoing self, know your application well, and have fun along the interview trail As much as I didn't want it to, for me it all came down to geography. Be realistic about your willingness to go places before applying to places and certainly before accepting interviews.

5 Be honest with yourself about where you want to be/live and whether or not programs in that area are attainable. This is in part based on your advisors thoughts and suggestions but for example, if you want to stay in California you can still apply and schedule east coast interviews. But if you get to the point where you feel you are obtaining enough California interviews don't be afraid to save yourself some money and cancel interviews at places you really don't think you would want to live. Having said that, you may still want to go to interviews at places you don't see yourself living (particularly if the programs are well regarded in that specialty) so that you can get a sense of what makes a program good. It can help you to sort out what you might be looking for in a program closer to where you want to be. Ultimately, it is a trade off between the two I mentioned above that comes down to how much you want to spend/save and how much time you have to travel. Categorical programs are becoming more common in Anesthesia (and other specialties), so although there must still be some focus on preliminary medicine applications and interviews, there should be less need to spend extensive time and money on that process if categorical programs are an option. Don't hesitate in ing programs that you are very interested in and haven't heard from early in the process (mid November). General advice: schedule east coast interviews earlier if possible to avoid bad weather (i.e. before December). Try not to have flight connections through Chicago O'Hare. / / Anesthesia advice: of course, you should practice your responses to generic interview questions, and most anesthesia interviewers do not stray far from those. interviews are generally super laid back, and the more fun you have, the better it is for everyone! as everyone says, be able to elaborate on every project or title you've written on your CV, some PDs purposely choose interviewers based on your past expertise. Interview and apply only at places you can really see yourself being happy in order to save some money. For the anesthesia letters, the ICU rotation was invaluable in getting to know multiple faculty for a longer period of time and the rotation was well-received by programs.