Relative risk of matching to first-choice discipline for each individual discipline (female v. male applicants)
| Discipline | RR (95% CI)* |
|---|---|
| Family medicine | 1.04 (1.03–1.05) |
| Nonsurgical disciplines† | |
| Anatomic pathology | 1.08 (0.99–1.17) |
| Anesthesiology | 1.00 (0.93–1.09) |
| Dermatology | 0.96 (0.79–1.18) |
| Diagnostic radiology | 1.00 (0.93–1.09) |
| Emergency medicine | 1.04 (0.92–1.17) |
| General pathology | 1.02 (0.68–1.52) |
| Hematologic pathology | 0.86 (0.63–1.16) |
| Internal medicine | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) |
| Laboratory medicine | 1.22 (0.93–1.61) |
| Medical genetics (and genomics) | 1.09 (0.92–1.29) |
| Medical microbiology | 1.00 (0.68–1.46) |
| Neurology | 1.08 (0.97–1.20) |
| Neurology – pediatric | 0.99 (0.65–1.49) |
| Neuropathology | 1.00 (1.00–1.00) |
| Nuclear medicine | 1.22 (1.00–1.49) |
| Pediatrics | 1.02 (0.94–1.11) |
| Physical medicine and rehabilitation | 1.03 (0.89–1.19) |
| Psychiatry | 1.06 (1.01–1.11) |
| Public health and preventive medicine | 1.11 (0.88–1.38) |
| Radiation oncology | 0.98 (0.86–1.12) |
| Surgical disciplines† | |
| Cardiac surgery | 0.82 (0.61–1.11) |
| General surgery | 0.99 (0.91–1.08) |
| Neurosurgery | 0.97 (0.76–1.24) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 0.98 (0.86–1.11) |
| Ophthalmology | 1.04 (0.90–1.20) |
| Orthopedic surgery | 0.96 (0.87–1.06) |
| Otolaryngology | 0.89 (0.75–1.06) |
| Plastic surgery | 0.94 (0.75–1.17) |
| Urology | 0.80 (0.66–0.97) |
| Vascular surgery | 0.83 (0.59–1.15) |
| Summary‡ | 1.02 (1.01–1.03) |