Table 1 Resident demographic and pre-residency characteristics
From: Characteristics of internal medicine residents who successfully match into cardiology fellowships
|
Eligible (N = 360)* |
Excluded (N = 21)* |
Included (N = 339)* | p-value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | > 0.99 | |||
| Male | 211 (58.6%) | 12 (57.1%) | 199 (58.7%) | |
| Female | 149 (41.4%) | 9 (42.9%) | 140 (41.3%) | |
| Medical school type | 0.09 | |||
| U.S. public | 208 (57.8%) | 9 (42.9%) | 199 (58.7%) | |
| U.S. private | 117 (32.5%) | 7 (33.3%) | 110 (32.5%) | |
| International, except Canadian | 27 (7.5%) | 4 (19.1%) | 23 (6.8%) | |
| Canadian | 4 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.2%) | |
| Osteopathic | 4 (1.1%) | 1 (4.8%) | 3 (0.9%) | |
| Age (years) | 27.3 (2.9) | 29.0 (3.5) | 27.18 (2.9) | 0.03 |
| Declared CV career intent | 0.15 | |||
| No | 322 (89.4%) | 21 (100%) | 301 (88.8%) | |
| Yes | 38 (10.6%) | 0 (0%) | 38 (11.2%) | |
| Top 50 medical school | 0.63 | |||
| No | 242 (67.2%) | 13 (61.9%) | 229 (67.6%) | |
| Yes | 118 (32.8%) | 8 (38.1%) | 110 (32.5%) | |
| AOA member | 0.14 | |||
| No | 253 (70.3%) | 18 (85.7%) | 235 (69.3%) | |
| Yes | 107 (29.7%) | 3 (14.3%) | 104 (30.7%) | |
| Research publication, any | > 0.99 | |||
| No | 250 (69.4%) | 15 (71.4%) | 235 (69.3%) | |
| Yes | 110 (30.6%) | 6 (28.6%) | 104 (30.7%) | |
| Research publication, 1st author | > 0.99 | |||
| No | 309 (85.8%) | 18 (85.7%) | 291 (85.8%) | |
| Yes | 51 (14.2%) | 3 (14.3%) | 48 (14.2%) | |
| USMLE score | ||||
| Step 1 | 235.1 (15.9) | 232.8 (17.4) | 235.3 (15.9) | 0.53 |
| Step 2 Clinical Knowledge | 246.0 (15.3) | 240.6 (13.4) | 246.3 (15.4) | 0.07 |
