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Below is a list of suggestions on applying and ways to increase your chances of admission. Please feel free to respond and I will cut and paste your responses in my list:
[1] FIRST apply early JULY!!!!
AACOM:www.aacom.org osteopathic (DO)
AMCAS: www.aamc.org/students/amcas allopathic (MD)
[2] Get honors on your OB rotation and plan on doing a sub-I in OB reproductive endocrinology, perinatology, gyn/oncology, urology.. To get honors make sure to come early and stay late help out the residents, volunteer to come in on weekends to do cases or stay late to help out. Get to rounding early and get all the labs and write notes before the residents. Ask who will be writing your evaluations and make a point to meet with this physician and let them know your interest in OB and ask if it is possible to meet with them in 2 weeks to see if you can improve your chances of getting honors. Volunteer to present a case or topic
[3] Personal statement Do this early
Make it personal, start with a story. Get the assistant Dean or Dean of your medical school plus an influential Obstetrician to review it.
[4] Get letters of recommendation early one from OB one from sub-I OB and one from a surgical subspecialty or ICU.. Give writers a resume and any additional information that can help them. I gave my writers a page from Eriksons guide to getting into residency on buzzwords to include in a personal statement. For example is detailed information gather, applied laboratory analysis sufficiently.
[5] Interviews
Take a month off to interview Dec/Jan are favorites. The later you apply the better, as recall is better for the panelist that is chosen to rank you. Always ask if you can observe a night call or watch a surgery. This will give you insight into how residents work and help your decision-making. If you really enjoyed your interview let them know and write a letter to every program thanking them for the opportunity to see the program. Ask for second-look (a time you get to come back and re-meet as well as shadow)
[6] Prior to the Interview:
Figure out who you will be meeting with and research them on www.pubmed.org by placing doctor name and school name. Or just school name and obstetrics or gynecology or gynecological oncology. Also read an up to date topic and use it as one of your questions to the interviewer to see what their opinion is. Favorites: One layer or two layer uterine closure, closing the peritoneum, use of amnioinfusion for meconium, role of fetal lung maturity in premature rupture of membranes between 32-34 weeks, delivery method of non vertex second twin (providing it is smaller), use of tocolysis methods indocin versus procardia versus magnesium.
[7] Good luck feel free to email me personally with questions
 Diane
[1] FIRST apply early JULY!!!!
AACOM:www.aacom.org osteopathic (DO)
AMCAS: www.aamc.org/students/amcas allopathic (MD)
[2] Get honors on your OB rotation and plan on doing a sub-I in OB reproductive endocrinology, perinatology, gyn/oncology, urology.. To get honors make sure to come early and stay late help out the residents, volunteer to come in on weekends to do cases or stay late to help out. Get to rounding early and get all the labs and write notes before the residents. Ask who will be writing your evaluations and make a point to meet with this physician and let them know your interest in OB and ask if it is possible to meet with them in 2 weeks to see if you can improve your chances of getting honors. Volunteer to present a case or topic
[3] Personal statement Do this early
Make it personal, start with a story. Get the assistant Dean or Dean of your medical school plus an influential Obstetrician to review it.
[4] Get letters of recommendation early one from OB one from sub-I OB and one from a surgical subspecialty or ICU.. Give writers a resume and any additional information that can help them. I gave my writers a page from Eriksons guide to getting into residency on buzzwords to include in a personal statement. For example is detailed information gather, applied laboratory analysis sufficiently.
[5] Interviews
Take a month off to interview Dec/Jan are favorites. The later you apply the better, as recall is better for the panelist that is chosen to rank you. Always ask if you can observe a night call or watch a surgery. This will give you insight into how residents work and help your decision-making. If you really enjoyed your interview let them know and write a letter to every program thanking them for the opportunity to see the program. Ask for second-look (a time you get to come back and re-meet as well as shadow)
[6] Prior to the Interview:
Figure out who you will be meeting with and research them on www.pubmed.org by placing doctor name and school name. Or just school name and obstetrics or gynecology or gynecological oncology. Also read an up to date topic and use it as one of your questions to the interviewer to see what their opinion is. Favorites: One layer or two layer uterine closure, closing the peritoneum, use of amnioinfusion for meconium, role of fetal lung maturity in premature rupture of membranes between 32-34 weeks, delivery method of non vertex second twin (providing it is smaller), use of tocolysis methods indocin versus procardia versus magnesium.
[7] Good luck feel free to email me personally with questions
 Diane