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Current Editors: Jane Onyemachi and Madelyn Schmidt

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Past Editors: Fareen Momin, Andrea Francis, Renat Ahatov, Michael Phan, Elise Weisert, Michael Ryan, Keith Wagner, Tim Allen, Kristyna Gleghorn, Dung Mac, Alex Acosta, William Tausend, Sheila Jalalat, Rebecca Philips, Chelsea Altinger, Lindsey Hunter, Alison Wiesenthal, Leslie Scroggins, Mara Dacso, Ashley Group, Fadi Constantine, Emily Fridlington, Joslyn Witherspoon, Tasneem Poonawalla.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

March 2019 JAAD Research Letter on Dermatology Residency Match Trends from 2007-2018

These author provide a detailed historical analysis of 12 years of dermatology match data (JAAD 2019;80:788-790). Interesting findings were that although matched applicants with PhD degrees is diminishing (11.6% to 8%), those with other graduate degrees are increasing (6.8% to 12.8%). Matched US allopathic MS4s increased from 61.7% before plateauing at 82.7% in 2012. For matching US MS4 allopathic applicants from 2007 to 2016, mean step 1 scores increased from 238 to 249,  step 2 CK scores increased from 242 to 257, and AOA membership increased from 47% to 52.8%.