Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-06-24T06:16:42 RDF description of What do program directors look for in an applicant? - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn16435 Journal of Emergency Medicine 24974 public 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.01.010 5 Education, Medical 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Emergency Medicine 15197 <p>Program directors (PDs) are faced with an increasing number of applicants to emergency medicine (EM) and a limited number of positions. This article will provide candidates with insight to what PDs look for in an applicant. We will elaborate on the performance in the emergency medicine clerkship, interview, clinical rotations (apart from EM), board scores, Alpha Omega Alpha membership, letters of recommendation, Medical Student Performance Evaluation or dean's letter, extracurricular activities, Gold Humanism Society membership, medical school attended, research and scholarly projects, personal statement, and commitment to EM. We stress the National Resident Matching Program process and how, ultimately, selection of a residency is equally dependent on an applicant's selection process.<p> document-rn16435 What do program directors look for in an applicant? 56