Table 4.
Average score* of criteria that may affect the acceptance of an applicant to Pediatrics and Medical residency programs in Kuwait, 2011
|
Criteria |
Dermatology |
Emergency Medicine |
Internal Medicine |
Pediatrics |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
Primary Health Care |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 3 | N = 4 | N = 8 | N = 6 | N = 3 | N = 4 | |
| Positive factors | ||||||
| Gender |
2.66 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
1.33 |
1.66 |
3.00 |
| Nationality |
4.33 |
3.25 |
3.62 |
3.66 |
4.33 |
3.00 |
| Grade Point Average (GPA) |
4.33 |
1.75 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
3.66 |
3.25 |
| Honors during medical school |
4.00 |
2.25 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.25 |
| Rank on class during medical school |
4.00 |
1.50 |
3.25 |
2.83 |
3.33 |
2.00 |
| Grades in required clerkships |
4.66 |
1.75 |
3.62 |
3.33 |
3.66 |
2.25 |
| Grades in clinical courses |
4.33 |
1.75 |
3.25 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
2.25 |
| Grades in pre-clinical courses |
3.66 |
1.50 |
2.62 |
3.16 |
3.66 |
2.25 |
| Electives in required clerkships |
3.33 |
2.50 |
3.25 |
3.16 |
3.66 |
1.75 |
| Research experience |
3.66 |
2.75 |
3.50 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
2.50 |
| Publications in indexed journals |
3.66 |
2.25 |
3.87 |
3.16 |
3.33 |
2.25 |
| Recommendation letters |
4.00 |
2.50 |
3.37 |
3.66 |
3.66 |
3.50 |
| Attending scientific conferences during medical school |
4.00 |
1.75 |
3.50 |
3.83 |
3.33 |
2.00 |
| Medical school reputation |
3.66 |
1.75 |
3.75 |
3.50 |
3.33 |
3.50 |
| Meaningful involvement in extracurricular activities during medical school |
3.00 |
2.00 |
2.87 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
2.25 |
| Interview performance |
5.00 |
4.75 |
4.25 |
4.66 |
4.66 |
4.50 |
| Negative factors | ||||||
| Received disciplinary action in medical school |
4.66 |
2.50 |
4.25 |
2.83 |
4.00 |
3.25 |
| Received failure in a required clerkship |
4.66 |
2.75 |
3.37 |
3.50 |
3.66 |
2.75 |
| Took extended time to graduate for academic reasons |
4.33 |
2.25 |
3.87 |
2.33 |
2.66 |
3.50 |
| Graduated in the lower third of class |
4.00 |
1.50 |
3.12 |
2.33 |
2.66 |
2.50 |
| Received a failure in a preclinical course |
3.66 |
1.50 |
2.87 |
2.66 |
2.66 |
2.75 |
| Had family responsibilities |
2.33 |
2.50 |
1.87 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
3.25 |
| Spent a long period after internship to apply for a residency program |
2.66 |
3.25 |
3.37 |
2.50 |
2.66 |
2.75 |
| Did not participate in extracurricular activities during medical school | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.75 | 2.16 | 1.66 | 1.50 |
*Scoring scale (positive factors):
5 = critical; if present usually guarantee selecting the applicant; 4 = important; if present is very useful in selecting the applicant; 3 = not very important, but useful if present; 2 = rarely considered when selecting residents; 1 = not important at all when selecting residents.
Scoring scale (negative factors):
5 = critically concerning; if present usually guarantee rejecting the applicant; 4 = very concerning; if present is likely used to reject the applicant; 3 = not very concerning; may be considered to reject applicants if there is a strong competition between applicants; 2 = rarely considered as concerning; rarely used to reject applicants; 1 = not a concern; not used at all in rejecting applicants.