Orthopaedic Surgery·Sacramento, CA

University of California Davis Health

Signal lift1%35%+34 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here25-26 cycle · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

246–271

p10 – p90

Sample N

391

applicants this cycle

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.3%

5 of 53 applicants

01Cohort funnelthis cycle

N = 391

Applied

391

100.0%

Invited

13.6%

Class size

1.3%

02Away rotation impact2024-25 cycle

+37pp lift

Non-rotators

33 of 640

Rotators

43%

17 of 40

Interview lift

+37pp

vs not rotating

Rotators got interviewed at 42%, vs 5% for everyone else. If you can secure a rotation here, you've effectively secured the interview.

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Program Director

Gillian Lane Soles, MD

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Program Coordinator

Gillian Lane Soles, MD

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Training sites5 hospitals · Sacramento

1
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento, CA
Primary
2
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Sacramento)
Sacramento, CA
Participant
3
University of California (Davis) Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Participant
4
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Participant
5
VA Northern California Health Care System-Sacramento VA Medical Center
Mather, CA
Participant

Interview invites

Rotator reports9 reports · paraphrased

UC Davis

hands-on

21-22Details withheld for this cycle.

U California - Davis

mixed hands-on

19-20Two rotators in 2019/20 described busy trauma, spine, and peds services with engaged residents, a newer chair focused on resident education, and 3-7 call shifts with post-call days typically given. Rotators noted strong learning and variable rotator outcomes (~2 of 6 in one cohort received interviews), with concerns about rotation-to-interview yield.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described 7 co-rotators, a hard-working resident group, and a program where residents run the show on call with 10+ overnight consults. Rotators noted frequent multi-level scrubs (PGY1/2/3/chief/fellow) that limited hands-on OR exposure, and an interview day that felt somewhat disorganized but faculty were personable.
15-16Rotator in 2015/16 described a centrally located program (5/year) with all specialties represented, strong trauma, heavy second-year workload, and strong operative exposure per rotators. Rotators noted recent leadership and faculty turnover and a notable fellow presence.
14-15Two rotators in 2014/15 described a well-rounded blue-collar program with strong facilities, trauma-heavy training, expanding hand and F/A, and a Shriners rotation. Rotators noted a unique alternating call structure, fellow presence across services, strong research infrastructure, and affordable Sacramento with access to Tahoe and the Bay Area.

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

Score rangesinvited cohort

USMLE Step 2 CK246 – 271

180205230255280

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

US MD

16%

US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

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