How To Match Into RADIOLOGY - Everything You Need To Know

👋🏻 How to match into diagnostic radiology residency - everything you need to know. I broke down this video into things that you do during your first two years of med school and then things to do in third and fourth year. Just start out med school by studying hard, acing the USMLE, joining some radiology interest groups and societies, and doing some research. Then finish third and fourth year up with acing your rotations, doing a rads rotation, getting your letters in line, writing a good personal statement, applying broadly, and interviewing well and you should be good to go! Below you will find more reading that should be helpful too. Best of luck and while you’re reading this don’t forget to leave a comment and smash the like and subscribe buttons ;)

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Timestamps:
Intro 00:00 - 00:19
1st and 2nd year 00:19 - 02:28
3rd and 4th year 02:28 - 05:01
A word on internships 05:01 - 05:49
Take-home points 05:49 - 06:47

What to look for in a radiology program:    • What You Should You Look For In A RAD...  
Tips on doing research:    • How and Why To Do RESEARCH  
Tips for letters of recommendation:    • How To Get Strong LETTERS of RECOMMEN...  
Personal statement tips:    • Writing The PERSONAL STATEMENT - Tips...  
Tips to crush your interviews:    • 7 Tips To Nail Your Interviews For ME...  

NRMP = National Resident Matching Program (this is used to create your rank list in January-February)
ERAS = Electronic Residency Application Service (this is used to apply to programs in early fourth year)
VSAS = Visiting Student Application Service (this is used to apply for away rotations)
USMLE = United States Medical Licensing Exam (aka “boards”)

In case it wasn’t clear in my explanation about applying to internships, when you apply to radiology residency you also have to secure a first-year residency position - AKA an “internship.”

“PGY” = post graduate year 1, 2, 3, etc.
“Internship” = first year of residency i.e. PGY1
“Categorical” = means that a program includes a PGY1 internship
“Preliminary” = the program is only for a one year PGY1 internship i.e. internal medicine, surgery, transitional year
“Advanced” = program starts in PGY2 year and does not include a PGY1 internship i.e. most radiology programs

This is a great blog post (Ben White, MD): https://www.benwhite.com/medicine/app...

Match outcomes for MD students (diagnostic radiology is at page 45): https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploa...

Match outcomes for DO students (diagnostic radiology is at page 48): https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploa...

State by state match data: https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploa...

Away rotations are a mixed bag (page 201 for Diagnostic Radiology Program Director Survey from the NRMP):
https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploa...

Apply for away rotations here (VSAS/VSLO): https://students-residents.aamc.org/s...

AMSER guide to applying to diagnostic radiology:
https://www.aur.org/uploadedFiles/All...

AMSER guide to applying to interventional radiology:
https://www.aur.org/uploadedFiles/All...

Hopkins Team Rads Guide (“Apps of Steel” blog post):
http://teamrads.com/index.php/resourc...

The Successful Match: Getting Into Radiology:
​​https://www.studentdoctor.net/2010/10...

Consider joining these radiology societies -
American College of Radiology (ACR)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
Association of University Radiologists and the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology (AUR/AMSER)
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)

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