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Table 1 Intended residency training program of the DACA sample

From: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) medical students – an examination of their journey and experiences as medical students in limbo

Residency

Number of Responses (Percent)

Percentage Change in the number of first-year residents and fellows by specialty (2010–2015)a

Anesthesiology

2 (6.1)

−14.4

Emergency Medicine

5 (15.2)

7.8

Family Medicine

3 (9.1)

0.9

General Surgery

2 (6.1)

5.1

Internal Medicine

9 (27.3)

2.5

Neurological Surgery

1 (3.0)

1.0

Obstetrician-gynecologist

1 (3.0)

−3.6

Plastic Surgery

1 (3.0)

21.7

Pathology

1 (3.0)

−7.0

Pediatrics

2 (6.1)

0.2

Psychiatry

1 (3.0)

5.3

Undecided

4 (12.1)

Urology

1 (3.0)

0.7

Total

33 (100.0)

20.2

  1. a Percentage Change in the number of first-year residents and fellows by specialty was sourced from GME Track [12]