Medical Student Handbook

Alpha Omega Alpha and Dean's Letter Rankings

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AOA Selection and Dean's Letter Rankings (Class of 2001)

The MSPRB's role in the AOA selection process is to identify as many as twenty-five (25) students eligible for AOA consideration. The AOA Selection Committee will make the final decision regarding the students selected (should not exceed one sixth of the graduating class).

Factors taken into consideration for the rankings

• All required clerkships completed by August 31, will be included in the rankings for AOA and the Dean's Letters. The specific clerkships to be included in the formula are: OB-GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, family medicine, medicine, emergency medicine, all externships, neurology and the surgical specialties
• Note: a total of 12 weeks will be included in the formula for the Medicine Clerkship

Formula to determine rankings

• A division by the average grade in the clerkship for the class year
• The actual number of weeks of each clerkship
• A final division by the total number of clerkship weeks taken/included

The formula will be used for the initial rankings for the Dean's Letters and to identify the candidates eligible for AOA. After calculating the top 25 students (using the above formula), the AOA Selection Committee will consider first and second year letters of commendation (for classes up to 2002 only) and community service/leadership (outlined in the Dean's Letter) in selecting the approximately 16 students for induction into AOA.

Letters of commendation (for classes up to 2002 only) will also be used to potentially move students who fall at boundary points up to a higher Dean's Letter ranking. The following descriptors will be used for the Dean's Letter rankings: Outstanding (20%), Excellent (20%), Very Good (55%) and Good (5%).

Listed below are the target dates for completing the steps for finalizing the Dean's Letter rankings and the AOA selection process.

• Eligible AOA candidates and Dean's Letter rankings approved at the September MSPRB meeting
• Required information forwarded to AOA Selection Committee by September 15th
• AOA selection not later than October 1
• List of inductees posted not later than October 15