Carrie L Nacht, Nora Jacobson, Olayinka Shiyanbola, Catherine Arnott Smith, Peter L T Hoonakker, Ryan J Coller, Shannon M Dean, Daniel J Sklansky, Windy Smith, Carley M Sprackling, Michelle M Kelly
Perception of Physicians' Notes Among Parents of Different Health Literacy Levels
Hospital pediatrics
context medical students graduates apply postgraduate yearone positions every year single accreditation system sas national residency match program nrmp new opportunities arisen osteopathic graduates transition single match paucity information evaluating effects single match osteopathic allopathic md candidates relation match rates competitive surgical subspecialties neurosurgery thoracic surgery vascular surgery otolaryngology ent plastic surgery orthopedic surgery general surgery objectives paper utilizes published data accomplish three tasks firstly investigates effects sas md match rates surgical subspecialties neurosurgery thoracic surgery vascular surgery ent plastic surgery orthopedic surgery general surgery secondly investigates whether program director credentials impressions correlate match rates md candidates specialties finally discusses solutions addressing ways improve match outcomes candidates methods previously published nrmp national matching services accreditation council graduate medical education websites queried number md senior applicants position match success rates program director impressions program director credentials years 20182023 match success rates defined ratio number candidates applied number successfully matched data analyzed using descriptive statistics chisquared testing student ttests linear regression appropriate pvalue less 005 considered significant results 20202023 increasing proportion residents applied selected surgical subspecialties increasing 599 applicants 2020 743 candidates 2023 overall match rates dos remain significantly lower md match rates specialties well overall pvalues 005 summative match rates 5289 dos compared 7361 mds 2023 selected surgical subspecialties 2020 2023 match rates 3088 dos compared 7482 mds neurosurgery 1667 versus 4645 vs md thoracic surgery 417 vs 6884 vs md plastic surgery 5762 vs 7318 vs md general surgery 2321 vs 7418 vs md vascular surgery 5310 vs 7257 vs md ent 5692 vs 7251 vs md orthopedics statistically significant correlation proportion program directors rate dos matching associated specialty p0012 conclusion significantly lower rates candidates compared md candidates matching selected surgical subspecialties neurosurgery thoracic surgery vascular surgery ent plastic surgery orthopedic surgery general surgery may addressed increasing advocacy local national levels improving mentorship increasing medical student exposure surgical subspecialties ensuring increasing selected surgical subspecialty involvement teaching diverse applicants order strengthen medicine continue address predicted growing physician shortages