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Criteria for selection to anesthesia residency programs: a survey of Canadian anesthesia program directors
Introduction: Applicants to specialty programs lack guidance on knowing what exactly is desired by selection committees and program directors. Anesthesia is especially opaque, given its failure to provide transparency reports nationally. This study was developed to survey Canadian anesthesia program directors about the aspects of the application package desired in an anesthesia applicant. The primary objective is to identify the preferred attributes of anesthesia applications by those mandating the selection committees.Methods: Survey was developed via Google Surveys, and sent online over a period of two months in June and July 2020. All program directors were sent requests for filling in the survey. STATA was used for all statistical analyses. Two analyses, Mann-Whitney and ANOVA tests, were performed for comparison groups. A p < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: Fourteen of seventeen (83%) Canadian anesthesia program directors completed the survey. Having done an anesthesia elective, good performance in it, and excellence of preclinical academic performance were considered among the most important aspects of the application package with the highest ranking important and smallest standard deviation. Any form of red flag was also considered an important criterion, again with little variation among program directors. The reference letters selected by the applicants were also important, with a personal relationship and well written reference being identified as most important (p < 0.05).Conclusions: An applicant who has good academic performance, having anesthesia elective experience, personal, well-written reference letters, and general activity and interests that are not necessarily anesthesia-focused would be favoured by Canadian anesthesia programs.Introduction : Les candidats aux programmes de spĂ©cialitĂ© sont mal informĂ©s quant aux attentes des comitĂ©s de sĂ©lection et des directeurs de programmes. Dans la mesure oĂč les directions de programmes en anesthĂ©siologie nâont pas publiĂ© de rapports de transparence Ă lâĂ©chelle nationale, les attentes de ces programmes-lĂ sont particuliĂšrement indĂ©chiffrables. La prĂ©sente Ă©tude a Ă©tĂ© Ă©laborĂ©e pour sonder les directeurs de programmes dâanesthĂ©siologie au Canada sur les aspects privilĂ©giĂ©s dans les dossiers de candidature. Lâobjectif principal Ă©tait de dĂ©gager les Ă©lĂ©ments que ceux qui formulent les mandats des comitĂ©s de sĂ©lection valorisent dans les dossiers des candidats.MĂ©thodes : Au cours dâune pĂ©riode de deux mois, juin et juillet 2020, un sondage en ligne, Ă©laborĂ© par le biais de Google Surveys, a Ă©tĂ© envoyĂ© Ă tous les directeurs de programmes. STATA a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ© pour toutes les analyses statistiques. Deux analyses, les tests de Mann-Whitney et dâANOVA, ont Ă©tĂ© effectuĂ©es pour les groupes de comparaison. Un p<0,05 a Ă©tĂ© considĂ©rĂ© comme significatif.RĂ©sultats : Quatorze des dix-sept (83 %) directeurs de programmes dâanesthĂ©sie au Canada ont rĂ©pondu au sondage. Le fait dâavoir effectuĂ© un stage en anesthĂ©siologie, la bonne performance dans ce stage et lâexcellence de la performance acadĂ©mique au prĂ©-externat sont considĂ©rĂ©s comme les aspects les plus importants du dossier de candidature, avec les cotes les plus importantes et lâĂ©cart-type est le plus Ă©troit. La prĂ©sence dâun signal dâalerte se dĂ©gage Ă©galement comme un critĂšre important, lĂ encore avec peu de variation entre les directeurs de programme. Les lettres de recommandation fournies, oĂč la qualitĂ© de la rĂ©daction et le fait de laisser transparaĂźtre une relation personnelle avec le candidat, sont Ă©galement dĂ©terminantes (p<0,05).Conclusions : Les programmes dâanesthĂ©sie au Canada favoriseraient les candidats qui ont un bon rendement acadĂ©mique, une expĂ©rience de stage en anesthĂ©sie, des lettres de recommandation bien rĂ©digĂ©es dont lâauteur connaĂźt le candidat de façon personnelle, et les candidats qui ont des activitĂ©s et des intĂ©rĂȘts gĂ©nĂ©raux sans lien avec lâanesthĂ©siologie
Les critĂšres de sĂ©lection des candidats aux programmes de rĂ©sidence en anesthĂ©siologie: un sondage auprĂšs des directeurs de programmes dâ anesthĂ©siologie au Canada
Introduction: Applicants to specialty programs lack guidance on knowing what exactly is desired by selection committees and program directors. Anesthesia is especially opaque, given its failure to provide transparency reports nationally. This study was developed to survey Canadian anesthesia program directors about the aspects of the application package desired in an anesthesia applicant. The primary objective is to identify the preferred attributes of anesthesia applications by those mandating the selection committees.
Methods: Survey was developed via Google Surveys, and sent online over a period of two months in June and July 2020. All program directors were sent requests for filling in the survey. STATA was used for all statistical analyses. Two analyses, Mann-Whitney and ANOVA tests, were performed for comparison groups. A p < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Fourteen of seventeen (83%) Canadian anesthesia program directors completed the survey. Having done an anesthesia elective, good performance in it, and excellence of preclinical academic performance were considered among the most important aspects of the application package with the highest ranking important and smallest standard deviation. Any form of red flag was also considered an important criterion, again with little variation among program directors. The reference letters selected by the applicants were also important, with a personal relationship and well written reference being identified as most important (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: An applicant who has good academic performance, having anesthesia elective experience, personal, well-written reference letters, and general activity and interests that are not necessarily anesthesia-focused would be favoured by Canadian anesthesia programs.Résumé
Introduction : Les candidats aux programmes de spĂ©cialitĂ© sont mal informĂ©s quant aux attentes des comitĂ©s de sĂ©lection et des directeurs de programmes. Dans la mesure oĂč les directions de programmes en anesthĂ©siologie nâont pas publiĂ© de rapports de transparence Ă lâĂ©chelle nationale, les attentes de ces programmes-lĂ sont particuliĂšrement indĂ©chiffrables. La prĂ©sente Ă©tude a Ă©tĂ© Ă©laborĂ©e pour sonder les directeurs de programmes dâanesthĂ©siologie au Canada sur les aspects privilĂ©giĂ©s dans les dossiers de candidature. Lâobjectif principal Ă©tait de dĂ©gager les Ă©lĂ©ments que ceux qui formulent les mandats des comitĂ©s de sĂ©lection valorisent dans les dossiers des candidats.
MĂ©thodes : Au cours dâune pĂ©riode de deux mois, juin et juillet 2020, un sondage en ligne, Ă©laborĂ© par le biais de Google Surveys, a Ă©tĂ© envoyĂ© Ă tous les directeurs de programmes. STATA a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ© pour toutes les analyses statistiques. Deux analyses, les tests de Mann-Whitney et dâANOVA, ont Ă©tĂ© effectuĂ©es pour les groupes de comparaison. Un p<0,05 a Ă©tĂ© considĂ©rĂ© comme significatif.
RĂ©sultats : Quatorze des dix-sept (83 %) directeurs de programmes dâanesthĂ©sie au Canada ont rĂ©pondu au sondage. Le fait dâavoir effectuĂ© un stage en anesthĂ©siologie, la bonne performance dans ce stage et lâexcellence de la performance acadĂ©mique au prĂ©-externat sont considĂ©rĂ©s comme les aspects les plus importants du dossier de candidature, avec les cotes les plus importantes et lâĂ©cart-type est le plus Ă©troit. La prĂ©sence dâun signal dâalerte se dĂ©gage Ă©galement comme un critĂšre important, lĂ encore avec peu de variation entre les directeurs de programme. Les lettres de recommandation fournies, oĂč la qualitĂ© de la rĂ©daction et le fait de laisser transparaĂźtre une relation personnelle avec le candidat, sont Ă©galement dĂ©terminantes (p<0,05).
Conclusions : Les programmes dâanesthĂ©sie au Canada favoriseraient les candidats qui ont un bon rendement acadĂ©mique, une expĂ©rience de stage en anesthĂ©sie, des lettres de recommandation bien rĂ©digĂ©es dont lâauteur connaĂźt le candidat de façon personnelle, et les candidats qui ont des activitĂ©s et des intĂ©rĂȘts gĂ©nĂ©raux sans lien avec lâanesthĂ©siologie
Discovery-based science education: functional genomic dissection in Drosophila by undergraduate researchers.
How can you combine professional-quality research with discovery-based undergraduate education? The UCLA Undergraduate Consortium for Functional Genomics provides the answe
Example of the Type of Data Available from the Online Database (http://www.bruinfly.ucla.edu)
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Discovery-Based Science Education: Functional Genomic Dissection in Drosophila by Undergraduate Researchers
Discovery-Based Science Education: Functional Genomic Dissection in Drosophila by Undergraduate Researcher
Representative Pictures from the Laboratory Section of the Course
<p>Representative Pictures from the Laboratory Section of the Course</p
Genomewide Clonal Analysis of Lethal Mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster Eye: Comparison of the X Chromosome and Autosomes
Using a large consortium of undergraduate students in an organized program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), we have undertaken a functional genomic screen in the Drosophila eye. In addition to the educational value of discovery-based learning, this article presents the first comprehensive genomewide analysis of essential genes involved in eye development. The data reveal the surprising result that the X chromosome has almost twice the frequency of essential genes involved in eye development as that found on the autosomes