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Medical Student Makeover: Using simulation to fortify medical student performance in the residency interview!
The Residency Match is becoming more competitive each year. The National Board of
Medical Examiners data from the 2016 Residency Match rates the importance of certain factors in
ranking applicants. The top 3 factors are all determined during the interview and include; interactions
with faculty, interpersonal skills, and interactions with house staff. Given the importance of the
residency interview in the ranking and matching of medical students to their top program choices, it is
important to teach students in this skill.
Our objectives for this session are to discuss the importance of the interview, identify the different
components of the interview, and to create a curriculum to teach medical students the knowledge,
skills, and behaviors necessary for optimal interview performance.
Large group: Workshop facilitators will begin by briefly presenting the NBME data and the curricula
used to teach residency interview skills at their programs. Attendees will share how they teach
interviewing at their institution. (20 minutes)
Small groups: Each table will be assigned a component of the interview, i.e. professional image, to
develop curricular content. Each small group will report out to the larger group. Next, attendees will role
play an interview with 1 attendee as the student, 1 as the faculty, 1 filming with a mobile phone, and 1-2
evaluating the interaction. (45 minutes)
The large group will reconvene to achieve consensus regarding the optimal curriculum. Attendees will
leave with a curriculum and the skills to teach medical students residency interviewing to maximize their
match performance. (15 minutes)
Topics:
Faculty Development Seminar, 2018, Student, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Osteopathic Faculty, Residency Director, Residency Coordinator, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, GME, UME, Simulation,
