Table 3 Influence of Global Health on Residency Selection (N = 707)
From: The impact of global health opportunities on residency selection
N | % | |
When you are selecting your residency program, how important to you is the potential for Global Health opportunities at the institution? | ||
Not important | 260 | 37% |
Slightly important | 215 | 30% |
Moderately important | 161 | 23% |
Very important | 71 | 10% |
How important is it to you that your residency program has an established Global Health curriculum (track, certificate, or group)? | ||
Not important | 298 | 42% |
Slightly important | 225 | 32% |
Moderately important | 151 | 21% |
Very important | 33 | 5% |
I will only consider residencies that offer Global Health opportunities. | ||
Strongly disagree | 385 | 54% |
Somewhat disagree | 163 | 23% |
Neither agree nor disagree | 81 | 12% |
Somewhat agree | 59 | 8% |
Strongly agree | 19 | 3% |
Reasons for desiring global health opportunities in residency – Multiselect Item (N = 447) | ||
Opportunity to work in low-resource settings | 343 | 77% |
Opportunity to learn about new cultures | 282 | 63% |
Opportunity to travel | 276 | 62% |
Interest in working internationally for at least part of my career | 258 | 58% |
Desire to learn about medical diagnoses not common in the U.S. | 219 | 49% |
Opportunity to work on foreign language skills | 193 | 43% |
Sense that a GH experience will improve my compassion and empathy | 182 | 41% |
Research interests abroad | 85 | 19% |
Other reason for desiring GH opportunities | 13 | 3% |
Students who rated Global Health opportunities as a moderately or very important factor when selecting a residency program (N = 707) | ||
Residency Field Applied To | N/Total from Residency Field | % |
Med-Peds | 8/14 | 57% |
Otolaryngology | 8/16 | 50% |
Obstetrics & Gynecology | 26/53 | 49% |
Ophthalmology | 7/16 | 44% |
Dermatology | 6/14 | 43% |
Pediatrics | 26/64 | 41% |
Family Medicine | 24/64 | 38% |
Emergency Medicine | 28/80 | 35% |
Radiation Oncology | 2/6 | 33% |
Surgery | 27/81 | 33% |
Urology | 4/13 | 31% |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 3/10 | 30% |
Anesthesiology | 10/39 | 26% |
Neurology | 5/20 | 25% |
Other | 1/4 | 25% |
Psychiatry | 12/50 | 24% |
Internal Medicine | 28/118 | 24% |
Radiology | 4/21 | 19% |
Orthopedics | 2/14 | 14% |
Pathology | 1/10 | 10% |
Total | 232/707 | 33% |