Utilizing Post-Clerkship Surveys to Optimize Emergency Medicine Program Outcomes in the Match

Brian Kendall,1 Kade M Ancell,2 Ke Tom Xu,1,3 James Morris1 1Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, USA; 2Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX, USA; 3Department of Family & Community Medicine, TTUHSC SOM, Lubbock, TX, USACorrespondence: Brian Kendall, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 3601 4th St, MS 6211, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA, Tel +1 806-761-0559, Email Brian.kendall@ttuhsc.eduPurpose: The Match for Emergency Medicine residency has presented new challenges over the past 2 years (2022– 2023). Use of a post-clerkship survey given to clerkship students could improve outcomes in The Match by helping the program identify its different strengths and weaknesses.Methods: A post-clerkship survey, sent after The Match, was sent to Emergency Medicine bound students who completed our Emergency Medicine clerkship. This data was then collected and analyzed and, in collaboration with our faculty and residents, changes were made to the clerkship and residency program with the intention that these changes would improve our program and therefore our competitiveness in the upcoming cycle of The Match. These changes were analyzed in the subsequent post-clerkship survey. The survey included questions that asked students to reflect on their experiences with various aspects of the program and how these experiences influenced their personal ranking of our program compared to other emergency medicine residency programs they might have interacted with.Results: Results from the initial post-clerkship survey revealed that students found our faculty and residents (55% ranked higher), County hospital (55% ranked higher), and SLOE transparency (64% ranked higher) as the main aspects of our program that led them to rank the program higher. Living in Lubbock, TX was found to be the biggest drawback for students, with 55% ranking our program lower. The 2023 post-clerkship surv