Emergency Medicine·Chicago, IL

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Signal lift51%76%+25 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here22-26 pooled · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

478

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

4.8%

23 of 478 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 478

Applied

478

100.0%

Invited

265

55.4%

Matched

4.8%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (91% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

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Program Director

Abra Leigh Fant, MD, MS

Email director

Program Coordinator

Kelsey Bachtell, MD

Email coordinator

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Training sites6 hospitals · Chicago

1
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Primary
2
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Sponsor
3
Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Chicago, IL
Participant
4
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Participant
5
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Lake Forest, IL
Participant
6
Methodist Hospitals-Northlake
Gary, IN
Participant

Score rangesinvited cohort

Step 2 CK data not available

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

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Interview prepEmergency Medicine

clinicalDescribe a time you had to make a critical decision quickly.★ common

clinicalHow do you handle uncertainty in diagnosis?★ common

behavioralWhat's your approach to a busy ED with multiple patients waiting?

programCommunity vs academic EM — what's your preference?

behavioralHow do you handle difficult patients or families?

personalTell me about yourself.★ common

specialtyWhy did you choose this specialty?★ common

programWhy are you interested in our program?★ common

behavioralWhat are your strengths and weaknesses?★ common

personalWhere do you see yourself in 5-10 years?★ common

Community resourcesEmergency Medicine · 25-26

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