Changes in Gender and Racial/Ethnic Diversity in US Residency Program Applications From 2018 to 2022
Background Residency application patterns by gender and race/ethnicity offer important insights about diversity in residency recruitment. It is unknown how the COVID-19 pandemic and virtual interviewing affected these patterns. Objective We hypothesized that the introduction of virtual interviews caused an increase in applications submitted per applicant and that there may be differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Methods We extracted publicly reported Electronic Residency Application Service application data from 2018 to 2022 for 14 residency specialties with 1000 or more applicants in 2022 by self-reported gender and underrepresented in medicine (UIM) status. We compared patterns before and after virtual interviews were introduced in 2021. Results Among 401 480 residency applicants, the average number of applications submitted per applicant increased for all specialties between 2018 and 2022 across gender and race/ethnicity. Across all years, women applied to more programs than men in 5 specialties (dermatology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery), whereas men applied to more programs than women in 3 (anesthesia, family medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation). Across all years, non-UIM applicants applied to more programs than UIM applicants in all 14 specialties. There were no clear changes in application patterns by gender and race/ethnicity during in-person versus virtual interview years. Conclusions The average number of applications submitted per applicant increased over time across gender and race/ethnicity. In some specialties, women applied to more programs than men, and in others vice-versa, whereas non-UIM applicants applied to more programs than UIM applicants in all specialties. Virtual interviews did not change these patterns.
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Journal of graduate medical education - 16(2024), 1 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 37-40 |
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Date Completed 05.02.2024 Date Revised 05.02.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a Background Residency application patterns by gender and race/ethnicity offer important insights about diversity in residency recruitment. It is unknown how the COVID-19 pandemic and virtual interviewing affected these patterns. Objective We hypothesized that the introduction of virtual interviews caused an increase in applications submitted per applicant and that there may be differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Methods We extracted publicly reported Electronic Residency Application Service application data from 2018 to 2022 for 14 residency specialties with 1000 or more applicants in 2022 by self-reported gender and underrepresented in medicine (UIM) status. We compared patterns before and after virtual interviews were introduced in 2021. Results Among 401 480 residency applicants, the average number of applications submitted per applicant increased for all specialties between 2018 and 2022 across gender and race/ethnicity. Across all years, women applied to more programs than men in 5 specialties (dermatology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery), whereas men applied to more programs than women in 3 (anesthesia, family medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation). Across all years, non-UIM applicants applied to more programs than UIM applicants in all 14 specialties. There were no clear changes in application patterns by gender and race/ethnicity during in-person versus virtual interview years. Conclusions The average number of applications submitted per applicant increased over time across gender and race/ethnicity. In some specialties, women applied to more programs than men, and in others vice-versa, whereas non-UIM applicants applied to more programs than UIM applicants in all specialties. Virtual interviews did not change these patterns | ||
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