Transitional Year·Des Moines, IA

Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist Medical Center)

Signal lift31%48%+17 pp with a signal here

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

Step 2 invited

236–272

p10 – p90

Sample N

309

applicants this cycle

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.3%

4 of 42 applicants

01Cohort funnelthis cycle

N = 309

Applied

309

100.0%

Invited

13.6%

Class size

1.3%

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Program Director

Patrick John Shaeffer, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Gina M Fletcher, MD

Email coordinator

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Training sites3 hospitals · Des Moines

1
Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist/Iowa Lutheran)
Des Moines, IA
Primary
2
Veterans Affairs Central Iowa Health Care System
Des Moines, IA
Participant
3
Broadlawns Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Participant

Score rangesinvited cohort

USMLE Step 2 CK236 – 272

180205230255280

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

US MD

20%

US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

Applicant origin

In-state

48%

Out-of-state

10%

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