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Charting Outcomes in the Match Characteristics of Applicants who Matched to their Preferred Specialty in the 2005 NRMP Main Residency Match A collaborative project of the National Resident Matching Program and the Association of American Medical Colleges

Paul Jolly, PhD Division of Medical School Services and Studies Association of American Medical Colleges July 2006

Questions about the contents of this publication or the AAMC data collections may be directed to Paul Jolly, Ph.D., Association of American Medical Colleges 202 828 0257 or [email protected]. Questions about the National Resident Matching Program or its data collections should be directed to Mona Signer, Executive Director, National Resident Matching Program 202 828 0629 or [email protected] .

Copyright 2006 Association of American Medical Colleges and National Resident Matching Program

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Charting Success in the NRMP Main Residency Match

Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................... 4

The Transition from Medical School to Residency......................... 5

Match Success ................................................................................. 7

USMLE Step 1 Scores................................................................... 11

Number of Contiguous Ranks ....................................................... 13

AOA Membership ......................................................................... 15

Publications ................................................................................... 16

Research Projects........................................................................... 17

Graphs for Individual Specialties .................................................. 18

Anesthesiology .................................................................. 19

Dermatology...................................................................... 22

Family Medicine................................................................ 25

Emergency Medicine......................................................... 28

Internal Medicine............................................................... 31

Obstetrics and Gynecology ............................................... 34

Orthopaedic Surgery.......................................................... 37

Pathology – Anatomic and Clinical................................... 40

Pediatrics ........................................................................... 43

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ............................... 46

Plastic Surgery................................................................... 49

Psychiatry .......................................................................... 52

Radiology – Diagnostic ..................................................... 55

Radiation Oncology........................................................... 58

Surgery – General.............................................................. 61

Internal Medicine / Pediatrics............................................ 64

Transitional Year ............................................................... 67

Acknowledgements ....................................................................... 70



Introduction An important step in the development of a medical career is the selection of a residency, a pro-gram of clinical training following graduation from medical school and a prerequisite for an unrestricted license to practice medicine. Appointments to the most sought after residencies are often quite competitive, and the process of selection by both applicants and program directors is facilitated by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). For the most competitive spe-cialties, not all applicants can be accommodated, and a graduating student may not be able to obtain training in his or her first-choice specialty. For some time now, students and their advisors have been asking the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for data casting some light on how student qualifications such as performance on Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) affect match success. Other characteristics of interest include membership in the medical student honor society Alpha Omega Alpha, the exis-tence of applicant-authored publications, and research experience. An additional variable, the number of programs ranked by the applicant, is also known to be a factor in match success. Combining data from the NRMP, the database of AAMC’s Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and USMLE scores made available by the National Board of Medical Examin-ers (NBME) and the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), it is possible to provide information on these five variables. NBME and ECFMG have given permis-sion to use USMLE scores, and the National Resident Matching Program and the Association of American Medical Colleges have collaborated to produce this report. In the following sections, we summarize the process of medical education after graduation from medical school, called graduate medical education or GME, and we compare characteristics of applicants for each of the major specialties on each of the five variables. The remainder of the document consists of separate graphic displays for each of the seventeen specialties included in the report.



The Transition from Medical School to Residency In order to practice medicine in the United States, one must not only graduate from a recog-nized medical school, but one also must pass a series of licensure examinations and complete a program of graduate medical education — a residency. The residency provides additional su-pervised clinical training, usually focusing on one medical, surgical or support specialty. Suc-cessful completion of a residency is one of the requirements for licensure and prepares the phy-sician to practice in that specialty. The residency is thus an extremely important step in the preparation of a physician, and students place great importance on securing a position in the specialty of their choice and in a program within that specialty that will meet their needs. Applicants for residencies include not only graduating seniors from U.S. allopathic medical schools, but also graduating students and graduates of foreign medical schools and of schools of osteopathy. Physicians who graduated in prior years but are seeking a new residency experi-ence also are included. As can be seen in Table 1, the majority of applicants are U.S. senior medical students, but 30 percent are graduates of foreign medical schools. Graduates of schools of osteopathy use the NRMP when they are seeking residencies in programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Residency applicants choose a preferred specialty and select programs within that specialty that are attractive to them with the aid of advisors at their schools, various publicly available data-bases, and online planning resources such as the AAMC Careers in Medicine Program. In the discussion and graphs that follow, applicants who are U.S. allopathic senior medical students are labeled “US Seniors”, and applicants who are not U.S. allopathic senior medical students are grouped together and are labeled “All Others”. Applicants apply to the programs of their choice, most often using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) of the AAMC. Program directors and their selection committees review the applications and select some of the applicants for interviews. Then, based on the interviews and the application materials, program directors decide which applicants they would like to have in their programs, and applicants decide which programs they would like to pursue.

Source: NRMP Data Warehouse

Number PercentU. S. Allopathic Seniors (U.S. Seniors) 14,719 58.1Canadian Students and Graduates 85 0.3U.S. Allopathic Physicians 1,279 5.0Osteopathic Seniors and Graduates 1,524 6.0Fifth Pathway 96 0.4U.S. Citizen Students and Graduates of Foreign Schools 2,091 8.2Non-U.S. Citizen Students and Graduates of Foreign Schools 5,554 21.9Total 25,348 100.0

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Some specialties have more positions available than candidates seeking entry, while others have fewer. Figure 1 shows the ratio of U.S. senior applicants and of total applicants to each spe-cialty. All specialties except Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Dermatology, Orthopaedic Sur-gery and Radiation Oncology have enough positions to accommodate all U.S. seniors who pre-fer that specialty. Some positions will be filled by well qualified international medical gradu-ates and others, but most programs prefer to fill their positions with graduates of U. S. medical schools, if possible. Only Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine and Transitional Year have enough places for all applicants who prefer those specialties, including both U.S. Seniors and All Others.

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) provides a mechanism for determining the best outcome for both programs and applicants. Most applicants and most programs participate in the NRMP. Each applicant provides a rank-ordered list of desired programs, and each pro-gram provides a rank-ordered list of applicants. The matching algorithm assigns each applicant to his or her highest ranked program that also ranked the applicant and has not filled all of the available positions with applicants preferred by that program.1 Figure 1


1 For details of the matching algorithm, see http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/about_res/algorithms.html.

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The data on Plastic Surgery do not take into account those applicants who first complete a general surgery residency.

Match Success For the purposes of this report, we define match success as a match to the specialty of the appli-cant’s first-ranked program, because that is assumed to be the specialty of choice. Lack of suc-cess includes matching to some other specialty as well as failure to match at all. For the competitive specialties, some applicants are necessarily disappointed. No applicant is guaranteed success, but those with superior qualifications are very likely to gain entry to their preferred specialty, if not to their preferred program within that specialty. Figures 2 and 3 show


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In general, applicants who are not U.S. seniors, labeled “All Others” in this work, are less suc-cessful in matching to their preferred specialty than are U.S. seniors. They are most successful in matching to Internal Medicine/Pediatrics. Readers should bear in mind that there also are thousands in the All Others category who are excluded from the tabulations because they did not certify a rank order list. In some cases this may be because they were unsuccessful in gaining serious consideration and an interview from any program. In other cases, the applicant may have accepted an out-of-match appointment prior to the match, an option not available to U.S. seniors.




. Applicants to residency programs and their advisors are anxious to have any available informa-tion bearing on their probability of matching so that they can tailor their applications and their NRMP rank order lists appropriately. Program directors base their selections on medical school transcripts, particularly clerkship grades, the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) or dean’s letter, letters of recommendation, research experience, publications, and the personal statement from the ERAS application. They also take into account membership in the medical student honor society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and the interview experience. The only quantitative data program directors can use to compare applicants across schools are scores on the licensure examination, the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE), Step 1 and in some cases Step 2. Arguably, the licensure examinations and especially Step 1, the basic science examination, are inappropriate for resident selection, but program directors continue to use them because they are quantitative and nationally standardized measures. Program directors might like to have available quantitative and nationally standardized measures of integrity, honesty, sensitivity, cultural competence and other aspects of professionalism, and AAMC is piloting new ap-proaches to quantifying these measures as a part of the Medical Student Performance Evalua-tion. Since these data do not now exist, however, program directors try to discern these quali-ties from the non-quantitative information at their disposal. The seventeen specialties selected for inclusion in this report are those participating in the NRMP Main Residency Match and available to medical school graduates either immediately after graduation or with one preliminary year in a general specialty like Internal Medicine or Pediatrics, or in a Transitional Year program. Only those specialties with a substantial number of positions were included. The NRMP categorizes residency programs as either Categorical, Preliminary or Advanced. Categorical programs lead to initial certification in a specialty and are available to medical school graduates with no prior graduate medical education. Advanced programs in the Main Match require a preliminary year of general training and are selecting residents to begin a year and a half after the match takes place. Preliminary programs are generally of one-year duration and are intended to satisfy the prerequisites of advanced programs. Some specialties have pro-grams of more than one type. For this work, preliminary programs in all specialties were ex-cluded, except for Transitional Year, where all programs are preliminary programs. No distinc-tion was made between categorical and advanced programs. For example, in Diagnostic Radi-ology in the 2005 Main Match there were 134 positions in categorical programs and 864 posi-tions in advanced programs. If the applicant’s first choice was either type of program, that ap-plicant was taken to have preferred the specialty of Diagnostic Radiology. If the applicant matched to either type of Diagnostic Radiology program, the applicant was judged to have been successful. Only applicants who certified a rank order list are considered to be active and are included in the tabulations. All programs included in an applicant’s certified rank order list were included, even if one or more of these programs did not certify a rank order list.



In the sections that follow, graphs are presented comparing seventeen specialties on each of the five dimensions: USMLE Step 1 performance, number of contiguous ranks in the desired spe-cialty, membership in AOA, applicant authored publications and participation in research. The remainder of the report consists of a section for each specialty, displaying the distributions of each of the five variables for successful and unsuccessful applicants, U.S. Seniors and All Oth-ers.



USMLE Step 1 Scores USMLE Step 1 scores are a measure of a student’s understanding of important basic science concepts and the ability to apply that knowledge to the practice of medicine. Although such knowledge is only one facet of applicant qualifications considered by program directors in their selection process, it is the only one that is comparable across applicants and educational insti-tutions and the only quantitative measure commonly available during the interview season and prior to the NRMP’s ranking deadline. Since it is well known that many program directors require and make use of these scores in their selection process, the NRMP and AAMC were asked by program directors, student affairs officers and applicants to make available information on the range of USMLE scores for matched applicants in each specialty.

Figure 4 provides the median and interquartile range for each preferred specialty for U.S. Sen-iors. On this graph, the horizontal bars mark the median value for successful applicants while the vertical lines show the interquartile range, the range of scores for applicants excluding the top and bottom quarters of the distribution. It should not be surprising that scores are generally higher for the more competitive specialties, but it also is clear that there is substantial overlap when specialties are compared. All of these scores are well above the USMLE Step 1 minimum passing score of 182.

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Source: NRMP Data Warehouse and AAMC Data Warehouse. USMLE scores by permission of NBME.

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Source: NRMP Data Warehouse and AAMC Data Warehouse. USMLE scores by permission of NBME and ECFMG.



Number of Contiguous Ranks In general, applicants are more likely to be successful if they rank more programs in their de-sired specialty. To quantify this aspect of applicant behavior, we tallied the number of pro-grams ranked in the first-choice specialty before a program in another specialty appears in the applicant’s rank order list. It is quite common for an applicant to include ranks for programs in second- and even third-choice specialties along with ranks for different programs in the first choice specialty. Usually, all of the ranks for programs in the preferred specialty precede those for programs in other spe-cialties, but occasionally an applicant will intersperse ranks for programs in the first-choice spe-cialty with ranks for programs in other specialties. For example, for those preferring Anesthesi-ology, 736 applicants ranked only Anesthesiology programs, 207 ranked programs in other spe-cialties only after ranking all desired Anesthesiology programs, and 71 ranked other programs interspersed with Anesthesiology programs. These distributions are different for other special-ties. For the purpose of the tabulations in this report, we consider only the number of contiguous ranks in the first choice specialty.1 The mean number of contiguous ranks is compared by spe-cialty for U.S. seniors in Figure 6.

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1 When tabulating number of contiguous ranks in rank order lists, the appearance of a preliminary program in the list is considered to end the set of contiguous ranks, even if the preliminary program is in the same specialty as the program ranked first.

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The principal message of this graph is that applicants with longer rank order lists are more suc-cessful than those with shorter ones. The NRMP has been recommending longer lists for many years, but many applicants apparently do not heed the advice. Others may have shorter lists because they found only a few programs willing to entertain their applications or because they could not afford a large number of interview trips. Figure 7 shows the number of contiguous ranks in the preferred specialty for All Others. As for U.S. Seniors, All Others with longer rank order lists are more successful . The results for Plas-tic Surgery may be anomalous because less than half of Plastic Surgery programs are in the

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AOA Membership Membership in Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national honor medical society, is an honor reserved for excellent students. Clearly, it is a credential valued by program directors as an in-dication of diligence and learning. AOA membership is limited to students in medical schools that sponsor an AOA chapter. Most but not all allopathic schools in the U.S. and Canada participate, and there is one foreign chap-ter in Beirut. Among the applicants reported as All Others, only graduate U.S. physicians, Ca-nadians and a small number of others could legitimately claim membership. For that reason, AOA status for each specialty is reported in Figure 8 only for U.S. seniors.

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Data on AOA membership are self-reported on the ERAS application. Even for U.S. seniors, however, an analysis of its effect on success in the Match is limited by the relatively small num-ber of applicants who are members, by the fact that some schools do not have AOA chapters, and by the fact that other schools elect AOA members too late in the academic year for it to be considered in the application process. As for the other dimensions, the most competitive specialties are able to attract the greatest number of AOA members. For Dermatology, the fraction with reported AOA membership ap-proaches 50 percent. All specialties attract some AOA applicants, but for most specialties AOA members account for fewer than one in four successful applicants. As will be seen in the graphs for individual specialties, AOA members are usually successful in matching to a pro-gram in their preferred specialty.



Publications The ERAS application permits applicants to list their publications. These are self-reported data and may include abstracts, poster sessions and invited national or regional presentations. It is likely that the publications vary widely in quality and significance. Some residency programs may independently verify and even review publications for applicants in whom they have an interest, but most probably do not. Many applicants report publications, sometimes dozens or even hundreds. In the individual specialty sections, we distinguish between no publications, 1-5 publications, and more than five publications. For Figure 9, we report the percent of applicants preferring each specialty who report at least one publication.

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Applicants in the All Others category are about as likely to report publications as U.S. Seniors. As one would expect, the percentages are higher for the more competitive specialties.

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The same specialties continue to stand out with the highest proportion of applicants with this added qualification. High proportions of applicants in both the U.S. Seniors and All Others category report participation in research projects.


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Graphs for Individual Specialties In the following sections data are presented for each of the seventeen specialties included in this report. Tables and graphs show statistics and distributions on each of five dimensions: USMLE Step 1 scores, length of contiguous rank order list for the preferred specialty, AOA member-ship, publications and participation in research projects. Some general observations apply to the graphs for all of the individual specialties. The distributions of USMLE Step 1 scores show clearly that program directors are looking at other qualifications in addition to scores on that examination. A high score is not a guarantee of success. Even in the most competitive specialties there are a few individuals with the most im-pressive scores who are not successful. Neither is a mediocre score a bar to success. Appli-cants with scores lower than 190 — barely passing — often do not match in the most competi-tive specialties, but some do. In the less competitive specialties, U.S. Seniors with barely pass-ing scores usually match to their preferred specialties. It may be surmised that many of those who prefer a competitive specialty and fail to match in that specialty nevertheless match in their second choice of specialty. These data also are reassuring because they indicate that at least some programs do not employ an arbitrary cutoff or refuse to consider applicants with less than excellent test performance. The data on length of rank order list validate the long-standing advice of the NRMP to appli-cants to rank a substantial number of programs. Of course, success depends on how many of the programs on the list are highly competitive, but other things being equal, a longer list is more likely to produce a successful match. The information on AOA status, publications, and participation in research projects, not surprisingly, show an association with success in match-ing to the preferred specialty. The advice one should give to an applicant is straightforward.

Rank all of the programs you really want, without regard to your estimate of your chances with those programs.

Include all of the programs on your list where the program has expressed a interest in you and where you would accept a position.

Have a Plan B. If you are applying to a competitive specialty, and if you would want to have some residency position in the event you are unsuccessful in gaining accep-tance to a program in your preferred specialty, rank also your most preferred programs in an alternate specialty.

Include all of your qualifications in your application, but know that you do not have to be AOA, to have the highest USMLE score, to have publications, and to have partici-pated in research projects to successfully match.

Program directors and applicants will find graphs for the specialty of their particular interest in the pages that follow.



Anesthesiology - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0

50

113

156177

197

108

68

227 0 0 0 4 7 10 13 8 15 5 3 1 00 0

22

21

11

70

1

2

00

0 0 215 15 12 10

7 21 0 0 00

50

100

150

200

250

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Source: NRMP Data Warehouse and AAMC USMLE Data Warehouse. USMLE scores by permission of NBME and ECFMG.

Anesthesiology

U.S. Seniors All Others

Number of Applicants 965 544

Applicants per position 0.75 0.42

Mean USMLE Step 1 Score 216 213

Mean Contiguous Ranks 9.6 6.6

Percent AOA 6 1

Percent with publications 47 41

Percent with research projects 81 72

Number of Positions in Main Match 1283



Anesthesiology - Length of Contiguous Rank-order List

23 3021

45 51

72 71 78

59

7961

53 5543

73 69

30 3322

3527 21 20 14 20 15 9 7 5 8 12 11

1410

8

87

2 40

0

2

12 0

0

11

89

39

2814

11

3 8

24

6

0 0 1 15 1

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors All Others

Source: NRMP Data Warehouse Data Warehouse


Anesthesiology - Membership in AOA

683

16157

231

682

56

8

0

211

24

30

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1. Not In 2. Not Availableor Not Decided

3. In 1. Not In 2. Not Availableor Not Decided

3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Anesthesiology - Publications

475

361

65

177

10123

39

25

0

143

71

240

100

200

300

400

500

600

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5

Number of Publications

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Anesthesiology - Participation in Research Projects

173

703

2584

207

10

14

50

0

67

166

50

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5

Number of Research Projects

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Dermatology - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0 1 312 10

32

69 63

37

120 0 0 1 7 5 5

12 13 9 6 2 00 08

1511 14

20

31

15

10

2

0 0 08

149 15

10 126

40 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

U.S. Seniors All OthersNumber of Applicants 366 180Applicants per position 1.16 0.57Mean USMLE Step 1 Score 233 222Mean Contiguous Ranks 9.0 3.9Percent AOA 49 38Percent with publications 80 80Percent with research projects 95 92Number of Positions in Main Match

Dermatology

316




Dermatology - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

713 12 13 14 17 21 20 18 17

11 13 11 10 8

2517

10 12 8 5 6 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0

3027

16 12 12 54 2 3 1

11

0 20

2

52

21 13

7

14 5

2 04 1 0 0 0 1 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Dermatology - Membership in AOA

60 62

117

37

526

70

32

24

88

11

14

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US SeniorsAll Others





Dermatology - Publications

30

126

83

726 35

43

64

19

29

51 33

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Dermatology - Participation in Research Projects

7

196

363

59

611

102

13

12

87

140

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Family Medicine - USMLE Step 1 Scores

2 1

175198 200 197

148

95

4522

2 0 0 13

5526 28

13 14 6 4 1 0 00 0

10

6 5 1

0

0

0

0

0 0 1

36

103

4018

10 30 0 0 0 00

50

100

150

200

250

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched




Family Medicine

2761



Family Medicine - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

72 65

106141 141

114 11797

63 5233 16 8 9 14 6

179

12092 97

70 5939 28 19 17 9 11 3 4 5 1

4 8

1

3 3

1 1

0

10

00

0 0 00

293

99

38 25

2312

101 6 15

2 11 2 9

00

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Family Medicine - Membership in AOA

889

131 64

840

68 5

21

10

589

4140

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600



3. In

AOA Membership

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Family Medicine - Publications

690

348

46

631

234

48

10

12

0

403

175

560

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched


Family Medicine - Participation in Research Projects

357

713

14

386512

15

6

15

1

210

413

110

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

All OthersUS Seniors





Emergency Medicine - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0

56

120151

228195

144113

338 0 0 1 7 13 12 17 17 11 5 2 1 00 0

19

21

15

12

9

7

1

2

0 0 0 410 13 6 11 7

0 3 1 1 00

50

100

150

200

250

300

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Emergency Medicine

1332



Emergency Medicine - Membership in AOA

758

192102

16544 11

79

6

1

147

2220

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Emergency Medicine - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

14 11 13

3044

71

87

134127

142

8882

47 4638 32

50

15 20 2518 15

821

14 145 5 4 1 5 0

1614 10

7

11

4

6

6

2

1

01

0 0

00

73

40

13 711

4

2

5

0 4

2 1 0 11

10

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Emergency Medicine - Publications

522453

77124

8412

49

34

3

97

67

70

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Emergency Medicine - Participation in Research Projects

176

853

23 60151

9

18

62

654

116

10

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Internal Medicine - USMLE Step 1 Scores

1 1

176

333

449 436476

405

290

139

372 0 10 36 36 42 46 52 31 23 13 1 00 0

19

21

8 51

0

2

1

20 2

34

9557 53 43 25

7 5 4 0 00

100

200

300

400

500

600

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Stetp 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Internal Medicine

5058



Internal Medicine - Membership in AOA

1,858

496 401

1,704

21413

51

53

1,329

126

20

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Internal Medicine - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

93 77123

159209

276336 336

234275

184140

67 70 8034

155 146 159 169 151 173 157125

87 9558 40 40 29

56 41

178

11

3

5

2

3 1

3

0

1

0

0 0 0

0

518

237

13061

6040

21

22

1331

135 2 7

203

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Internal Medicine - Participation in Research Projects

431

2,235

89

602

1,286

43

9

49

1

537

885

350

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched




Internal Medicine - Publications

1,261 1,194

300

1,168

585

178

3119

9

919

392

146

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched




Obstetrics and Gynecology - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 1

76

141 141 148128

79

46

100 0 0 1 10 11 14 6 5 5 2 0 1 00 0

13

9 6 2

2

2

0

00 0 0 6

21 10 83 5 2 1 1 1 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Obstetrics and Gynecology

1144



Obstetrics and Gynecology - Membership in AOA

553

127 90

241

494

31

40

208

24

30

100

200

300

400

500

600

700



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched




Obstetrics and Gynecology - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

2310

3045

66

90107

90 97

67

43 3520 17 17

5

3526 26 29 31 35

21 17 13 8 6 123 3 5 2

2

5

3

7

4

1

2

42

2

01

0 0 0

0

94

33 26 12 8 6

83

1 40

01 0

800

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Obstetrics and Gynecology - Publications

383327

60

162106

26

19

15

1

139

71

25

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Obstetrics and Gynecology - Participation in Research Projects

160

592

1882

204

8

12

23

0

82

145

80

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Orthopaedic Surgery - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0 7 1733

54

94

129141

60

191 0 1 2 2 4 6 6 5 2 1 0 00 0

11

21

29

22

30

1710

3

0

0 0 011 14 10 10 7 9

1 4 0 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Orthopaedic Surgery

610



Orthopaedic Surgery - Length of ContiguousRank Order List

312 15

21 23 2332 33

48 44 43 46 4348

69

51

105 8 4 3 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0

21

19 1716 16

10

5 7

7

2 2 0 32

4

2

48

19 15

73 3

1 0 2 3 21 2 10

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Orthopaedic Surgery - Membership in AOA

207172 180

356 3

107

32 6

91

14 20

50

100

150

200

250

300

350



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Orthopaedic Surgery - Publications

194

294

71

10 17 17

71

65

9

3455

18

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Orthpaedic Surgery - Participation in Research Projects

34

496

29 2 35 712

127

617

77

130

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 1

18

31

4555 55

4742

22

70 0 1

6 7 10 9 613

83 0 00 0

5

6

7

2 3

00

1

0

0 06

1810

12 10

3

6

3

10 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical

526



Pathology-Anatomical and Clinical - Length ofContiguous Rank Order List

15 1120 19

3341

53

33 36

20 1712

2 4 60

19 18 2114 14 17

7 92

103 0 1 0

5 1

43

2 2

1

4

2

11

01

1

0 0 01

66

2711

138 3

4 1

0

5

22 0 2

8

20

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical - Membership in AOA

210

6648

125

13 7

22

30

144

1520

50

100

150

200

250

300



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched






Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical - Publications

120

143

61 54 46 45

14

9

2

68

45 48

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched


Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical - Participation in Research Projects

50

261

13 32

105

8

6

18

1

28

126

70

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched






Pediatrics - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 1

161

258289 291 276

203

132

5512 1 0 1 16 12 14 11 6 1 5 1 0 00 1

19

11

9 33

2

0

2

00 1 8

34 27 9 5 1 2 1 0 0 00

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Pediatrics

2356



Pediatrics - Membership in AOA

1,185

284203

461

69 3

48

22

296

2820

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Pediatrics - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

76

4156

102

148

179 186

223

169150

109

81

3931

41

13

66

3653 47

5847 41 41

28 2716 14 6 5 6 0

7

2

6

3

10

52

3

3

0

1

1

00

0

0

160

3916

148

94 1

2 5

0 11 0 5

00

50

100

150

200

250

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Pediatrics - Publications

937

623

112

314188

31

31

17

4

198

97

310

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Pediatrics - Participation in Research Projects

342

1,290

40166

358

9

12

36

4

106

213

70

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0

23

41 39 36

2213

6 3 0 0 0 0 29

18

2 0 0 1 0 00 0

9

75

2

0

1

00

0 0 0 1

6

9

8

5

21 1 0 0 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

356



Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

17 5 7

1115 18

26 24 21

115 6 7 6 5

1218

9 1017

11 14 1510 9 6

2 1 2 0 34

21

40

22

11

2

1

1 1 0 0 0

36 21

9 8

4

43 1

20

1

0 3 0 11

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Membership in AOA

153

23 8

119

18 5

22

11

96

920

50

100

150

200

250



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched




Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Participation in Research Projects

45

138

1

48

94

0

5

17

2

36

69

20

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched




Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Publications

103

72

9

92

42

8

14

9

1

63

28

16

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Plastic Surgery - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0 0 04

7 6

1622

11

40 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 00 0 1

116

1119

213

6

0

0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 12 1

0 00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Plastic Surgery

82



Plastic Surgery - Membership in AOA

2126 23

5 2 1

37 27

14

15

200

10

20

30

40

50

60

70



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Plastic Surgery - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

2 2 2 3 42

4 3 2 31 0 1 1 2

02 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18

11

23

4

2

22

01

00 1 0

0

0 00

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00

5

10

15

20

25

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Plastic Surgery - Publications

9

37

24

0 17

28

35

15

6 5

6

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Plastic Surgery - Participation in Research Projects

2

62

6 0 6 24

67

74

12

10

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Psychiatry - USMLE Step 1 Scores

1 0

90

121 128108

96

57

3311

1 0 0 321 16 13 15

2 5 0 1 1 00 0

11

59

5

1

1

1

00 0 1

21

56

34

15 5

4 10 0 0 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Psychiatry

1032



Psychiatry - Membership in AOA

529

7936

241

476

32

10

252

26

00

100

200

300

400

500

600

700



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched




Psychiatry - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

33 37 38

67 67 6571

5850 54

3322

9 13 104

34 28 25 26 2437

2821

9 9 4 2 3 2 7 3

9 4 1

8 40

2

0

10

0

0

00 1

0

135

39

2414

8

5

26

0 30 0 0 0

710

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Psychiatry - Publications

339

234

71

169

97

28

17

16

0

159

101

18

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched


Psychiatry - Participation in Research Projects

129

499

1667

216

11

7

24

2

77

194

70

100

200

300

400

500

600

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Radiology-Diagnostic - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0 4 16

47

82

169181

163

91

211 0 0 2 8 10 15 19 27

6 4 1 00 010

6

17

9

106

1

0

0

0 0 214

16 16 11 1210

9 3 1 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Radiology-Diagnostic

1018



Radiology-Diagnostic - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

7 10 15 17 1424 25

36 44 49 52 57 58 55

97

192

29 3521

10 9 14 14 7 7 6 3 6 1 2 4 715 11

11 6 63 0

20

1 10 0 0

1

0

93

30

22

9 6 3 15 1 3

0 10 0

8 00

50

100

150

200

250

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Radiology-Diagnostic - Membership in AOA

334

239205

138

31 10

48

10

2 153

236

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched






Radiology-Diagnostic - Publications

271

389

11874 70

35

31

23

6 77 76

29

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Radiology-Diagnostic - Participation in Research Projects

72

649

57 29

140

10

8

49

3 33

135

140

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Radiation Oncology - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 02

4

1014

19

2623

13

40 0 0 1 1 2 1 2

40 0 0 00 0

2

8

7

4

5

15

1

0

0 0 02

4 3 6 32

1 0 0 00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Radiation Oncology

137



Radiation Oncology - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

1 2

8 8

13

6 79

710

8 73 3

812

6

1 1 03

0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 02

9 7

2 1

0

1

4 00

1

00

02

1

0

20

11

32

0

1 00

0 00 0 0

02

00

5

10

15

20

25

30

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Radiation Oncology - Membership in AOA

55

37

2414

2 1

25

4

430

610

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90



3. In

AOA Membership

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Radiation Oncology - Participation in Research Projects

1

98

171

11 54

25

4

4

29

40

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Radiation Oncology - Publications

18

58

40

3 6 8

15

14

4

1116 10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Surgery-General - USMLE Step 1 Scores

1 0

49

85

125146

133 129

96

34

7 0 1 016 21 15 20 13 3 7 4 0 02 0

41

42

38

24

171

0

1

10 0 3

35 3022 22 26

9 8 51 00

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Surgery-General

1051



Surgery-General - Membership in AOA

508

173 127220

594

148

20

0

352

64

50

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched




Surgery-General - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

13 718 23 19

3650 58

8092

6784

4839

71

4626 19 18 21 19 11 9 12 4 8 4 8 5 1 5 3

1715

1319

16

2713

11

178

5

5

13

3

3

177

8064

3626

1811 7

25

3 2 0 110

00

50

100

150

200

250

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched




Surgery-General - Publications

326389

93121 111

51

90

62

16

200170

51

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Surgery-General - Participation in Research Projects

105

662

41 57

213

13

34

129

5

105

303

130

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 0

1826

5243 46

42

23

125

0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 00 0

2

5

4

32

4

1

0

0

0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 00 0 0 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

390



Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

13

5

1317

2428

35

2623

29

10 8

1 1 2 0

17

6 5 4 26

2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

5

1

0

1

50

0

0

0

0

00

0 0 00

20

31

01

0

0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 00

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - Membership in AOA

185

46 3454

4 0

17

31

23

5 00

50

100

150

200

250



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - Publications

135115

15

3617

5

9

10

2

14

13

10

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - Participation in Research Projects

60

197

824 32

2

3

18

0

721

00

50

100

150

200

250

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Transitional Year - USMLE Step 1 Scores

0 08 8

1522

32

4944

22

1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 00 0

82

6

7

12

11

8

3

0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 02

1 0 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

<=17

0

<=18

0

<=19

0

<=20

0

<=21

0

<=22

0

<=23

0

<=24

0

<=25

0

<=26

0

<=27

0

>270

USMLE Step 1

NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others



Transitional Year

1017



Transitional Year - Length of Contiguous Rank Order List

36

1120 16

10 104 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

18

3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

55

13

25

16

11 10

4 31 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

50

4 20

40 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >15

Contiguous Ranks

NNot Matched

Matched


Transitional Year - Membership in AOA

78 73

52

24

1 1

33

16

8

39

8 20

20

40

60

80

100

120



3. In

AOA Membership

N Not Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Transitional Year - Publications

71

107

2515 10

1

24

21

1217 21

110

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others

Transitional Year - Participation in Research Projects

8

188

7 8 17 14

48

5 8

40

10

50

100

150

200

250

300

0 1-5 >5 0 1-5 >5


NNot Matched

Matched

US Seniors

All Others





Acknowledgements The conception of this report owes a debt to the Board of Directors of the NRMP and especially its research committee. Also contributing ideas and impetus for the work were the Administra-tive Board of the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives, Administrative Board of the Council of Deans, and Steering Committee of the Group on Student Affairs. The author gratefully acknowledges technical support from AAMC research associate Collins Mikesell, whose skill with data manipulation and presentation and familiarity with the data-bases used in this work made the process much easier than it otherwise would have been. Critical reviews of the product by NRMP Executive Director Mona Signer, AAMC Senior As-sociate Vice Presidents Robert Jones, and AAMC Associate Vice President Robert Sabalis were very helpful. The author would particularly like to thank NRMP Research Committee Chair Henry Schultz, MD, whose careful reading of the draft manuscript lead to a substantially im-proved document. The report was designed and prepared by AAMC Senior Associate Vice President Paul Jolly, PhD.

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