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Table 1 Survey Responses

From: The prevalence and cost of medical student visiting rotations

 

Number

Fraction of n that did VR

Mean number of VRa

% matching at places where auditionedb

Anesthesiology

118

60.2 %

1.7

37 %

Dermatology

45

88.9 %

2.3

47 %

Emergency Medicine

148

93.2 %

2.0

43 %

Family Medicine

148

58.8 %

2.4

47 %

Internal Medicine

255

43.5 %

2.0

29 %

Neurological Surgery

27

100.0 %

2.4

30 %

Neurology

36

50.0 %

2.2

26 %

Obstetrics and Gynecology

115

61.7 %

2.0

33 %

Ophthalmology

37

73.0 %

1.9

32 %

Orthopaedic Surgery

80

98.8 %

2.4

56 %

OTHER/Specialty not reported

1277

70.6 %

2.1

37 %

Otolaryngology

42

92.9 %

1.8

36 %

Pediatrics

203

55.7 %

2.3

29 %

PM&R

28

71.4 %

2.1

29 %

Plastic Surgery

18

100.0 %

2.4

44 %

Psychiatry

65

47.7 %

1.8

32 %

Radiation Oncology

13

84.6 %

2.4

46 %

Radiology-Diagnostic

58

48.3 %

2.0

25 %

Surgery

104

65.4 %

2.0

25 %

Total

2817

67.4 %

2.2

36 %

  1. Abbreviations: VR visiting rotation, PM&R physical medicine and rehabilitation
  2. aAmong those applicants who performed a VR
  3. bVR location or home