Understanding How General Surgery Applicants Use the “Impactful Experiences” Field in Their Residency Applications
Less than half of applicants capitalize on the opportunity provided by the impactful experiences question. Amongst those who did, many duplicated information from their PS. Additional research is needed to understand why many applicants chose not to submit IES despite having relevant experiences to disclose.
Authors
- Danyi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0820-7037)
- Paul E. Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3798-7913)
- Lillee Izadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5543-7061)
- Jung Hwan Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-6810)
- Jennifer Yee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4082-2239)
- Jorge Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6790-7729)
- Christa M. Donald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6909-2849)
- Sydney Czako (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5185-5666)
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of surgical education
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103733
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00