Orthopaedic Surgery·Gainesville, FL

University of Florida

Signal lift7%41%+34 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

—

p10 – p90

Sample N

341

applicant rows

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

2.6%

9 of 341 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 341

Applied

341

100.0%

Invited

27.3%

Matched

2.6%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (90% 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%

5 of 5

Interview lift

+87pp

vs not rotating

Of 5 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

Robert Courtney Decker, MD, BA

Email director

Program Coordinator

Kendra Gordon

Email coordinator

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Training sites3 hospitals · Gainesville

1
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Primary
2
Shands Hospital at the University of Florida-Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
Participant
3
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Gainesville, FL
Participant

Rotator reports3 reports · paraphrased

hands-on

19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described a well-rounded program with a nationally recognized tumor service, 3 full-time trauma attendings, day/night float as PGY2, strong joints volume, and approachable faculty invested in teaching. Research infrastructure supported motivated residents. Gainesville was described as family-friendly with low cost of living.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 described approachable faculty, a Level 1 trauma center with manageable volume, strong joints and oncology services, and tight-knit residents. Rotators noted a thin spine service with one pure spine faculty and reported mixed impressions of the chair. Rotation was 2 weeks on 2 services with roughly 5 co-rotators.

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

US MD

US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

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