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Table 4 How often respondents interviewed applicants with red flags in the past 3 years

From: Advising special population emergency medicine residency applicants: a survey of emergency medicine advisors and residency program leadership

Red flag type

Percent of respondents interviewing applicants with red flags

[95% confidence interval]

n = 101

Never + Rarely

(< 3 applicants/yr)

Sometimes

(3–5 applicants/yr)

Frequently

(> 5 applicants/yr)

Preclinical course failure

71.3 [62.5–80.1]

26.7 [18.1–35.3]

1 [0–2.9]

Clerkship failure

94.1 [89.5–98.7]

5 [0.7–9.3]

1 [0–2.9]

Criminal record

72 [63.2–80.8]

25 [16.5–33.5]

3 [0–6.3]

Unexplained gap in education

74 [65.4–82.6]

22 [13.9–30.1]

4 [0.2–7.8]

Academic misconduct

100

0

0