A Nationwide Survey of Dermatology Faculty and Mentors on Their Advice for the Dermatology Match Process

While strong relationships with mentors and advisers are critical to navigating the dermatology match process, the advice around the match process that medical students receive from different individuals can be contradictory. In this study, we sought to examine the advice that mentors provide to medical students applying to dermatology residency programs via a 14-question anonymous survey covering topics such as research years, away rotations, dual applying, couples matching, program signaling, PGY-1 year, geographic signaling, interviewing, and volunteering in medical school.