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2017-2018 Benjamin Chan, M.D., M.B.A. Associate Dean, Admissions & Idaho Affairs

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© UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH, 2017 CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE • MCAT • GPA • Research • Community/Volunteer Service • Leadership • Physician Shadowing • Patient Exposure

– If you meet our criteria, you are very competitive to other medical schools!!! – Recommend to be minimum in all 7, and be average or above in at least 5. – High MCAT example

We recommend that applicants provide at least 1 ACADEMIC letter.

We recommend that applicants provide at least 1 MENTORING letter.

• Problems: – Wrong name/gender – Applying to law school – Short, impersonal, form letter

• 4227 applications • 125 positions – 85 Utah Residents – 15 Non-Residents who graduated from Utah high school, college, or university – 15 Non-Residents Applications 4227 – 10 Idaho Residents Interviews 568

• Average GPA 3.75 Acceptances • Average MCAT 512 173 Positions 125

*special thanks to Leila Harrison, PhD at Elson. S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University © UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH, 2017 MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEW (MMI)

Developed at McMaster University’s medical school in Canada (2004) • Multi-sampling technique • Can evaluate variety of traits/attributes in quick succession • Structured format helps to reduce bias1 Support • Predictive of performance on clinical skills exam for licensure over personal essay, traditional interview, and GPA2 • Helped in residency selection when assessing interpersonal and community skills = moderate correlation between MMI interpersonal score and OSCE communication score3

• Older age and female both associated with better MMI scores in a multi-institutional study4 • Other studies show no differences between demographic groups and performance

References: 1. Eva, K. W., Rosenfeld, J., Reiter, H. I., & Norman, G. R. (2004). An admissions OSCE: The multiple mini-interview. Medical Education, 38, 314-326. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2923.2004.01776.x 2. Eva, K. W., Reiter, H. I., Trinh, K., Wasi, P., Rosenfeld, J., & Norman, G. R. (2009). Predictive validity of multiple mini-interview for selecting medical trainees. Medical Education, 43, 767-775. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03407.x 3. Oluwasanjo, A., Wasser, T., & Alweis, R. (2015). Correlation between MMI performance and OSCE performance – A pilot study. Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 5(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27808 4. Henderson, M. C., Kelly, C. J., Griffin, E., Hall, T. R., Jerant, A., Peterson, E. M.,… Franks, P. (2017). Medical school applicant characteristics associated with performance in multiple mini-interviews versus traditional interviews: A multi-institutional study. Academic Medicine. Advance online publication. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002041

➢ Leadership: Demonstrated leadership that has inspired others, the capacity to mobilize people toward a goal, and the potential to excel as a leader through actions and activities

➢ Communication: Includes social skills, teamwork, ethical judgment, empathy, compassion, cultural competence, active listening, emotional intelligence and social awareness

➢ Intellectual excellence: Includes capacity for improvement, critical thinking, ability to succeed academically, and independent thinking and reasoning

➢ Ethical responsibility to yourself and others: Includes professionalism, service orientation/altruism, empathy for the underserved

➢ Teamwork/collaboration: Demonstrates effective ability to work with others, intergroup collaborations with diverse individuals, and ability to address conflict in a positive, productive manner

Should refugees be granted the same level of health care Communication (includes empathy, services as the existing citizens of a country? compassion); ethical responsibility to self and others General content Ethical Responsibility to self and It is often stated that “you learn from your mistakes”. others; resilience Reflect on an event in your life where you made a mistake that turned into a useful learning experience.

Interaction-based Communication; teamwork and collaboration Sit back to back with the individual in the room. Build the model provided and describe each step so the other person can build it along with you.

© UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH, 2017 7 min Several short, independent scenario assessments station 7 min 7 min rest scenario • 8 scenario stations station 1 min to station transition; 2 min to read • Timed circuit (7 minutes each) scenario

7 min 7 min • Think through various scenario scenario station 80 minute circuit station perspectives

• Gaining in popularity 7 min 7 min • More and more medical scenario scenario schools adopting this station station 7 min method scenario station WHY UTAH?

• Quaternary Care Center – You are all an “MD stem cell” • Research opportunities – NIH Grant funding • Example: Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) • Combined Degrees – MD/MBA, MD/MS, MD/MPH, MD/PhD • Global Health – Ghana, China, Nepal, India, Brazil, etc. • Community Outreach – 4th Street Clinic, Maliheh, Midvale, etc. • Bio-innovation – Bench-to-Bedside

• Pathways – Value Based Care – Personalized Medicine (genetics) – Alternative Medicine – Population Health • Student life – Outdoors – Wellness – Prom (!) – Roast – Family/Fun/Friends

© UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH, 2017 WHY UTAH CONTINUED? • 99% Match Rate • All 8 of our Idaho students MATCHED • Anesthesiology at New York University in NY, NY • Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN • Internal Medicine at U. of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT • Family Medicine at U. of Montana in Missoula, MT • Family Medicine in Boise, ID • Interventional Radiology at U. of Texas at Houston • Neurosurgery at U. of Utah in Salt Lake City • Ophthalmology at U. of Texas at Houston • Plus, 7 Utah resident students MATCHED into Idaho residency programs (Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine)

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