Can you fail rotations?

If you failed a specific rotation you would need to retake that particular rotation. The rotation itself consisted of going to clinics and seeing patients, being on call, and usually taking a didactic exam.

What happens to people who don’t match into residency?

If you do not match, then you should participate in the Post-Match Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program ®(SOAP). SOAP is an opportunity for eligible residency candidates who go unmatched during the main residency match to apply to residency programs with unfilled positions.

What happens if I fail a clerkship?

If a student receives a grade of (Fail) in a third or fourth year clerkship, based on failure of the end of clerkship NBME shelf examination, the student will have the opportunity to remediate the failing grade by reexamination. The student will be required to repeat the entire clerkship, including the NBME shelf exam.

What happens if you fail a shelf exam in medical school?

If your medical school allows retakes, if you fail a Shelf exam, it is advisable to retake it within 90 days of your first attempt. This is because initial Shelf scores can be completely expunged and replaced with the retake score if the retake occurs within 90 days after the original exam.

What happens if you fail a shelf exam twice?

If the student fails the second shelf exam, the student will receive an F in the clerkship and will be required to retake the entire rotation before being allowed to retake the shelf exam.

How bad is it to fail a shelf exam?

What happens if you fail a Shelf exam? Because medical schools often use the Shelf exams to measure their students’ proficiency from clinical rotations, failure of a Shelf exam can risk failure of the rotation for the corresponding clinical subject.

Do residencies see your shelf scores?

They aren’t part of our residency applications, and programs don’t ever see them. That said, a strong showing on the shelf will certainly help your surgery clerkship grade, and programs rightly consider the clerkship grade to be an integral part of the application.