Orthopaedic Surgery·Fresno, CA

University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno

Signal lift3%36%+33 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

236–268

p10 – p90

Sample N

303

applicants this cycle

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.3%

4 of 53 applicants

01Cohort funnelthis cycle

N = 303

Applied

303

100.0%

Invited

17.5%

Class size

1.3%

02Away rotation impactpast cycles

+84pp lift

Non-rotators

16%

47 of 297

Rotators

100%

6 of 6

Interview lift

+84pp

vs not rotating

Of 6 prior-cycle rotators, 100% got an interview vs 15% for the wider applicant pool here. Rotation appears to materially shift interview odds at this program.

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Program Director

Nathan A Hoekzema, MD, BS

Email director

Program Coordinator

Lorena Davis

Email coordinator

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Training sites7 hospitals

1
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Primary
2
UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program
Fresno, CA
Sponsor
3
Valley Children's Hospital
Madera, CA
Participant
4
Community Medical Center (Clovis)
Clovis, CA
Participant
5
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Participant
6
Sierra Pacific Orthopaedic Center
Fresno, CA
Participant
7
Sequoia Surgery Center
Visalia, CA
Participant

Rotator reports7 reports · paraphrased

UCSF-Fresno

21-22Details withheld for this cycle.

U California - SF / Fresno

hands-on

20-21Rotator in 2020/21 described high resident responsibility from intern year, PGY2s doing joint replacements skin-to-skin, expanding faculty, grinding Q4 call with no night float, and concerns about a few demanding trauma attendings.
19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described high OR autonomy for PGY2/3s, heavy trauma volume, strong didactics, intense intern lifestyle with early starts and consult-heavy intern call, and strong trauma and hand subspecialty training.
18-19Rotator in 2018/19 described strong trauma, early OR exposure with interns in cases 2-3 days per week, a family-oriented faculty, and travel required for sports and tumor at UCSF.
17-18Rotator in 2017/18 described a relaxed culture, strong trauma volume as the sole level 1 center between SF and LA, research blocks in PGY2/3, intense intern call, and fellowship placements including UCLA, UW, and Rush.
15-16Rotator in 2015/16 described a newer program graduating its first chief class into fellowships, heavy caseload at the main hospital, no fellows, congenial residents, and rotations at a private group described as more observership-oriented.
14-15Two rotators in 2014/15 described a smaller program with high trauma volume at CRMC, rotations at Kaiser, a private group, a children's hospital, a VA, and tumor at UCSF. Rotators noted limited research output and average reputation with friendly faculty and residents.

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

Score rangesinvited cohort

USMLE Step 2 CK236 – 268

180205230255280

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

US MD

18%

US DO

22%

US IMG

Non-US IMG