You Did Not Match

In this Match Day episode, I speak with Justin Brandler, MD, first-year gastroenterology fellow at University of Michigan, about failure, the GI match and cultural shifts in the fellowship process.

Intro :10
Good luck and congrats to everyone :32
The history of Match Day :43
The match process today 5:55
A hidden curriculum to fellowship interviewing 8:37
Tell us about your Match Day experience 11:45
What happened after you found out you didn’t match? 14:11
Where did you direct the blame? 16:58
Why do you think it happened? 18:24
For some reason it’s not OK to be honest 19:30
There’s a strategy for interviewing 22:00
Can you talk about the mental toll this takes on us as physicians? 25:41
What type of failure are you writing about when you talk about our patients’ failures? 30:33
It’s difficult to discuss failure 36:30
What advice do you have for applicants who didn’t match or aren’t happy? 38:28
Thanks for listening 41:43

Justin Brandler, MD, is a first-year GI fellow at University of Michigan.

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Disclosures: Berry and Brandler report no relevant financial disclosures.

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