Number and proportion of applicants who matched to their first-choice discipline according to study factors, for the overall cohort and stratified by 3-category discipline
| Factor | Discipline category; no. (%) of applicants* | p value§ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All disciplines | Family medicine | Nonsurgical disciplines† | Surgical disciplines‡ | ||
| Applicants matched to first-choice discipline | 16 766 (83.7) | 6881 (96.3) | 7404 (79.6) | 2481 (69.1) | |
| Gender | Overall: p < 0.001 | ||||
| Female | 9406 (84.9) | 4349 (97.6) | 3813 (79.9) | 1244 (67.3) | Female v. male: pFamily < 0.001 pNonsurgical = 0.6 pSurgical = 0.02 |
| Male | 7360 (82.2) | 2532 (94.2) | 3591 (79.4) | 1237 (71.0) | |
| Year | Overall: p < 0.001 | ||||
| 2013 | 2333 (86.6) | 948 (96.8) | 994 (85.2) | 391 (71.2) | 2013–2019: pFamily = 0.8 pNonsurgical < 0.001 pSurgical < 0.001 |
| 2014 | 2461 (86.4) | 1038 (95.5) | 1059 (83.1) | 364 (75.1) | |
| 2015 | 2454 (85.7) | 1060 (96.3) | 1040 (80.6) | 354 (75.2) | |
| 2016 | 2428 (83.6) | 1013 (96.5) | 1066 (78.4) | 349 (70.5) | |
| 2017 | 2364 (81.7) | 950 (96.6) | 1073 (76.7) | 341 (66.7) | |
| 2018 | 2341 (80.4) | 935 (96.4) | 1070 (78.0) | 336 (58.8) | |
| 2019 | 2385 (81.7) | 937 (96.2) | 1102 (76.7) | 346 (68.0) | |
↵* The denominators for calculating percentages in this table are the values in the corresponding cells of Table 1.
↵† Anatomic pathology, anesthesiology, dermatology, diagnostic radiology, emergency medicine, general pathology, hematologic pathology, internal medicine, laboratory medicine, medical genetics, medical microbiology, neurology, neurology – pediatric, neuropathology, nuclear medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, public health and preventive medicine, and radiation oncology.
↵‡ Cardiac surgery, general surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, urology and vascular surgery.
↵§ The p values are based on the χ2 test.