TOA’s 2025 Medical School Breakout
Saturday, March 29 | 8:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort

23808 Resort Pkwy | San Antonio, TX 78261

Agenda

• The Holistic Application Review: Don’t Leave Money on the Table
• Signaling in the USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Era
• Interview Dos and Don’ts: Virtual vs. In-Person
• How to Honor Your Clinical Rotations
• Letters of Recommendation: Myths That Medical School Students Believe vs. the Reality of
• What Program Directors Want
• The Fine Line Between Self-Advocacy vs. the Nuisance
• Program Director Round Table: Moderated by a Medical School Student
• The Resident Perspective Perspective on a Med Student: Sub-Is, Research, Communication & More

Audience & Registration

The Saturday morning medical school breakout session is open to Texas MS-2s and MS-3s.

Click here to register by March 20.

Program Faculty

• Kathryn Canavan, MD – Resident Moderator
• AJ Johnson, MD – Program Chair
• William McGarvey, MD
• Rajiv Rajani, MD
• J. Speight Grimes, MD
• Steven Gibbons, MD
• Dustin Lybeck, MD
• Chris Perkins, MD