Table 1 Respondent Demographic Information
Residency Program / Residency Program(s) Applied to | Interviewers, N (%) | Applications to each discipline, N (%) | Interviewer Position | Interviewers, N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anatomical pathology | 14 (3.5) | 2 (1.0) | Program Director | 127 (31.8) |
Anesthesiology | 29 (7.2) | 5 (2.4) | Faculty Member | 152 (38.0) |
Cardiac surgery | 4 (1.0) | 5 (2.4) | Resident | 85 (21.3) |
Dermatology | 3 (0.8) | 3 (1.5) | Other – Admin staff or Allied Health | 36 (9) |
Diagnostic Radiology | 15 (3.8) | 4 (2.0) | Applicant Gender | Applicants, N (%) |
Emergency medicine | 18 (4.5) | 12 (5.9) | Man | 45 (35.4) |
Family medicine | 48 (12.0) | 76 (37.1) | Woman | 81 (63.8) |
General Pathology | 3 (0.8) | 2 (1.0) | Non-binary | 1 (0.8) |
General Surgery | 18 (4.5) | 11 (5.4) | Medical School | Applicants, N (%) |
Hematological Pathology | 6 (1.5) | 0 (0) | ||
Internal Medicine | 22 (5.5) | 31 (15.1) | University of British Columbia | 2 (1.6) |
Medical Genetics and Genomics | 8 (2.0) | 2 (1.0) | University of Calgary | 3 (2.4) |
Medical Microbiology | 6 (1.5) | 1 (0.5) | University of Alberta | 10 (7.9) |
Neurology | 12 (3.0) | 1 (0.5) | University of Saskatchewan | 5 (3.9) |
Neuropathology | 5 (1.3) | 0 (0) | University of Manitoba | 5 (3.9) |
Neurosurgery | 12 (3.0) | 0 (0) | Western University | 34 (26.8) |
Nuclear Medicine | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) | McMaster University | 3 (2.4) |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 15 (3.8) | 8 (3.9) | University of Toronto | 3 (2.4) |
Ophthalmology | 17 (4.3) | 1 (0.5) | Northern Ontario School of Medicine | 10 (7.9) |
Orthopedic surgery | 12 (3.0) | 2 (1.0) | Queen’s University | 17 (13.4) |
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery | 10 (2.5) | 2 (1.0) | University of Ottawa | 1 (0.8) |
Pediatrics | 26 (6.5) | 11 (5.4) | McGill University | 6 (4.7) |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation | 11 (2.8) | 2 (1.0) | Université de Montréal | 0 (0) |
Plastic surgery | 5 (1.3) | 5 (2.4) | Université de Sherbrooke | 0 (0) |
Psychiatry | 31 (7.8) | 8 (3.9) | Université Laval | 4 (3.1) |
Public health and preventive medicine | 10 (2.5) | 1 (0.5) | Dalhousie University | 20 (15.7) |
Radiation Oncology | 26 (6.5) | 1 (0.5) | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 0 (0) |
Urology | 8 (2.0) | 4 (2.0) | International medical graduates | 2 (1.6) |
Vascular Surgery | 3 (0.8) | 4 (2.4) | Undisclosed | 2 (1.6) |
Total | 400 (100)a | 205 (100)b | 127 (100)c |