Orthopaedic Surgery·Charleston, SC

Medical University of South Carolina

Signal lift4%30%+26 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

417

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.0%

4 of 417 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 417

Applied

417

100.0%

Invited

21.1%

Matched

Steepest cliff: invite → match (95% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impactpast cycles

+87pp lift

Non-rotators

13%

specialty avg.

Rotators

100%

13 of 13

Interview lift

+87pp

vs not rotating

Of 13 prior-cycle rotators, 100% got an interview vs 13% for the average non-rotator across this specialty. Rotating here outpaces the typical specialty-wide pattern.

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Program Director

Harris S Slone, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Joan M Graesch, MS, MA

Email coordinator

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Training sites6 hospitals · Charleston

1
MUSC Medical Center
Charleston, SC
Primary
2
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Charleston, SC
Sponsor
3
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston)
Charleston, SC
Participant
4
MUSC Health East Cooper
Mount Pleasant, SC
Participant
5
MUSC Specialty Care North
North Charleston, SC
Participant
6
MUSC Specialty Care West Ashley
Charleston, SC
Participant

Rotator reports7 reports · paraphrased

MUSC

hands-on

23-24Rotator in 2023/24 described strong didactics, weekly rotator teaching sessions, and substantial operative autonomy with PGY2 independent nailing and PGY3 complex hand cases. Residents were described as dedicated, with a generally manageable workload aside from long spine and trauma days.
21-22Rotator in 2021/22 described happy residents, engaged chair and program director, and a manageable trauma service. Call coverage splits between adult and peds hospitals; interns do not take call. Charleston was described as a desirable city.

Med Univ of South Carolina

mixed hands-on

18-19Rotator in 2018/19 described a centralized campus in Charleston with good subspecialty volume relative to class size. Rotator noted weaker sports and joints training, with hands-on attendings on those services.

South Carolina - Palmetto Health

hands-on

19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described strong OR exposure for interns and a supportive program director. Variable attending willingness to hand off cases, similar to other programs.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described a close resident group, engaged spine leadership, strong trauma catchment, and a well-balanced privi-demic operative experience. PGY3s rotate to Charleston for oncology exposure. All specialties except tumor represented on site. Plans noted for a class expansion and a dedicated ortho surgery center.
16-17Rotator in 2016/17 described a small community program (2 per year) in Columbia focused on generalist training, with limited subspecialty faculty and on an upswing trajectory.

Paraphrased from rotator survey responses. Names and identifying details removed.

Score rangesinvited cohort

Step 2 CK data not available

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

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US DO

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Non-US IMG

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