By Guest on Wednesday, 10 October 2012
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What are people's opinions on having your advocates (attendings who have written LORs on your behalf and genuinely want you to match) contact your top choice residency programs.

Is it only helpful if they contact the chair/residency program director? Or are other members of the faculty that they may know also helpful.

Should the contact be via e-mail or phone? A phone call can be intrusive but may be more effective.

When is the best time to email/call?

Thanks and I appreciate anybody's opinions, whether they have insight into the resident selection process or not.
If someone is going to talk on your behalf, its going to be however they want it to be, whenever they want it to be, to whoever they feel comfortable with in the department, in whatever method (phone vs email) they want. Trust faculty to make the correct decision for you as an applicant and be grateful no matter what.

Several surveys/studies of residency selection have shown that applicants dramatically over-value 'the phone call', whereas program directors say they aren't really very important in the grand scheme of things. It is worth a shot, but don't think it will have a huge effect.
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