Age ≤ 50 years | Age > 50 years | P value | Male | Female | P value | Caucasian | Non-Caucasian | P value | ||
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Ethnicity of Candidate | Ext/very important | 33/291 (11.3,7.7–15.0) | 17/269 (6.3,3.4–9.2) | 0.04 | 21/325 (6.5,3.8–9.1) | 30/229 (13.1,8.7–17.5) | 0.008 | 38/422 (9.0,6.3–11.7) | 13/143 (9.1,4.4–13.8) | 0.98 |
Not at all/slight important | 258/291 (88.7,85.0–92.3) | 252/269 (93.7,90.8–96.6) | 304/325 (93.5,90.8–96.2) | 199/229 (86.9,82.5–91.3) | 384/422 (91.0,88.3–93.7) | 130/143 (90.9,86.2–95.6) | ||||
Proximity hometown to program | Ext/very important | 38/270 (14.1,9.9–18.2) | 44/249 (17.7,12.9–22.4) | 0.26 | 48/289 (16.6,12.3–20.9) | 31/220 (14.1,9.5–18.7) | 0.44 | 53/398 (13.3,9.9–16,7) | 29/124 (23.4,15.9–30.9 | 0.007 |
Not at all/slight important | 232/291 (85.9,81.8–90.1) | 205/249 (82.3,77.6–87.1) | 241/289 (83.4,79.1–87.7) | 189/220 (85.9,81.3–90.5) | 345/398 (86.7,83.3–90.0) | 95/124 (76.6,69.1–84.1) | ||||
Class Rank | Ext/very important | 75/262 (28.6,23.1–34.1) | 60/191 (31.4,24.8–38.0) | 0.52 | 91/250 (36.4,30.4–42.4) | 43/199 (21.6,15.9–27.3) | 0.0007 | 97/340 (28.5,23.7–33.3) | 39/116 (33.6,25.0–42.2) | 0.30 |
Not at all/slight important | 187/262 (71.4,65.9–76.9) | 131/191 (68.6,62.0–75.2) | 159/250 (63.6,57.6–69.6) | 156/199 (78.4,72.6–84.1) | 243/340 (71.5,66.7–76.2) | 77/116 (66.4,57.7–75.0) | ||||
Dean’s letter | Ext/very important | 111/220 (50.5,43.8–57.1) | 79/166 (47.6,40.0–55.2) | 0.58 | 103/231 (44.6,38.1–51.0) | 86/152 (56.6,48.7–64.5) | 0.02 | 126/285 (44.2,38.4–50.0) | 66/104 (63.5,54.2–72.7) | 0.0008 |
Not at all/slight important | 109/220 (49.5,42.9–56.2) | 87/166 (52.4,44.8–60.0) | 128/231 (55.4,49.0–61.8) | 66/152 (43.4,35.5–51.3) | 159/285 (55.8,50.0–61.6) | 38/104 (36.5,27.2–45.8) | ||||
Letters of recommendations | Ext/very important | 146/197 (74.1,68.0–80.3) | 100/157 (63.7,56.1–71.3) | 0.03 | 131/194 (67.5,60.9–74.1) | 115/158 (72.8,65.8–79.7) | 0.28 | 173/269 (64.3,58.6–70.1) | 74/87 (85.1,77.5–92.6) | 0.0003 |
Not at all/slight important | 51/197 (25.9,19.7–32.0) | 57/157 (36.3,28.7–43.9) | 63/194 (32.5,25.8–39.1) | 43/158 (27.2,20.2–34.2) | 96/269 (35.7,29.9–41.4) | 13/87 (14.9,7.4–22.5) | ||||
Personal statement | Ext/very important | 119/202 (58.9,52.1–65.7) | 130/186 (69.9,63.3–76.5) | 0.02 | 132/221 (59.7,53.2–66.2) | 115/162 (71.0,64.0–78.0) | 0.02 | 181/295 (61.4,55.8–66.9) | 70/96 (72.9,64.0–81.8) | 0.04 |
Not at all/slight important | 83/202 (41.1,34.3–47.9) | 56/186 (30.1,23.5–36.7) | 89/221 (40.3,33.8–46.8) | 47/162 (29.0,22.0–36.0) | 114/295 (38.6,33.1–44.2) | 26/96 (27.1,18.2–36.0) | ||||
Inv. in research pert. to specialty | Ext/very important | 59/273 (21.6,16.7–26.5) | 34/210 (16.2,11.2–21.2) | 0.13 | 56/258 (21.7, 16.6–26.7) | 35/218 (16.1,11.2–20.9) | 0.12 | 61/380 (16.1,12.3–19.7) | 33/107 (30.8,22.1–39.6) | 0.0006 |
Not at all/slight important | 214/273 (78.4,73.5–83.3) | 176/210 (83.8,78.8–88.8) | 202/258 (78.3,73.2–83.3) | 183/218 (83.9,79.1–88.8) | 319/380 (83.9,80.2–87.6) | 74/107 (69.2,60.4–77.9) | ||||
Presenting research at a reg/nat scientific assembly | Ext/very important | 34/305 (11.2,7.6–14.7) | 23/240 (9.6,5.8–13.3) | 0.55 | 34/299 (11.4,7.8–15.0) | 23/237 (9.7,5.9–13.5) | 0.53 | 35/416 (8.4,5.7–11.1) | 22/132 (16.7,10.3–23.0) | 0.007 |
Not at all/slight important | 271/305 (88.8,85.3–92.4) | 217/240 (90.4,86.7–94.2) | 265/299 (88.6,85.0–92.2) | 214/237 (90.3,86.5–94.1) | 381/416 (91.6,88.9–94.3) | 110/132 (83.3,77.0–89.7) | ||||
Publishing research in a peer-rev. journal | Ext/very important | 44/315 (14.0,10.1–17.8) | 40/239 (16.7,12.0-21.5) | 0.37 | 52/295 (17.6,13.3–22.0) | 31/249 (12.5,8.3–16.6) | 0.09 | 56/425 (13.2,9.9–16.4) | 28/132 (21.2,14.2–28.2) | 0.02 |
Not at all/slight important | 271/315 (86.0,82.2–89.9) | 199/239 (83.3,78.5–88.0) | 243/295 (82.4,78.0–86.7) | 218/249 (87.5,83.4–91.7) | 369/425 (86.8,83.6–90.0) | 104/132 (78.8,71.8–85.8) | ||||
Previous inv. in collegiate sports | Ext/very important | 23/348 (6.6,4.0–9.2) | 20/274 (7.3,4.2–10.4) | 0.74 | 26/342 (7.6,4.8–10.4) | 17/273 (6.2,3.4–9.1) | 0.51 | 38/468 (8.1,5.6–10.6) | 5/159 (3.1,0.4–5.9) | 0.03 |
Not at all/slight important | 325/348 (93.4,90.8–96.0) | 254/274 (92.7,89.6–95.8) | 316/342 (92.4,89.6–95.2) | 256/273 (93.8,90.9–96.6) | 430/468 (91.9,89.4–94.4) | 154/159 (96.9,94.1–99.6) | ||||
Previous inv. in global health | Ext/very important | 13/359 (3.6,1.7–5.6) | 14/285 (4.9,2.4–7.4) | 0.42 | 15/358 (4.2,2.1–6.3) | 12/275 (4.4,1.9–6.8) | 0.91 | 13/483 (2.7,1.2–4.1) | 14/165 (8.5,4.2–12.7) | 0.001 |
Not at all/slight important | 346/359 (96.4,94.4–98.3) | 271/285 (95.1,92.6–97.6) | 343/358 (95.8,93.7–97.9) | 263/275 (95.6,93.2–98.0) | 470/483 (97.3,95.9–98.8) | 151/165 (91.5,87.3–95.8) | ||||
Comm. service inv. | Ext/very important | 89/223 (39.9,33.5–46.4) | 81/190 (42.6,2 = 33.5–46.4) | 0.58 | 83/236 (35.2,29.1–41.3) | 83/169 (49.1,41.5–56.7) | 0.005 | 131/318 (41.2,35.8–46.6) | 39/97 (40.2,30.4–50.0) | 0.86 |
Not at all/slight important | 134/223 (60.1,53.6–66.5) | 109/190 (57.4,53.6–66.5) | 153/236 (64.8,58.7–70.9) | 86/169 (51.9,43.3–58.5) | 187/318 (58.8,53.4–64.2) | 58/97 (59.8,50.0–64.2) |