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General Residency, Advanced Year, and Fellowship Programs Criteria for Applicant Evaluation:
Eligible applicants are reviewed, offered interviews, ranked, and accepted based on the Program Director's and Residency Advisory Committee's assessment of the following criteria:
- General preparedness for residency, advanced specialty, or fellowship training.
- Breadth and depth of medical knowledge, as it relates to the current practice of medicine.
- Understanding of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, as a specialty.
- Feedback and insight from in-person faculty interviews.
- Aptitude for successful post-graduate medical education.
- Ability to safely perform the spectrum of patient care duties required for completion of the training program.
- Effectiveness of professional and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstration of integrity, motivation, ethic, and dedication to scholarly pursuit of medical knowledge.
- Performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination(s).
- Letters of recommendation and evaluations.
- Compatibility with the Program's goals, objectives, and structure.
- Compatibility with current Program trainees.
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