Our study reveals that the most important factors in choosing a particular internal medicine residency program are similar for all applicants and reflect the program location and characteristics of the program, such as good house staff morale, academic reputation and variety of clinical experiences provided. Although location characteristics are fixed, our study suggests there are [...]
Of the 2,908 students to whom a survey was sent, 88 surveys were returned for insufficient address, resulting in a total of 2,820 surveys presumably received by students. A total of 1,043 students returned completed questionnaires, for a response rate of 37%. Of these respondents, 38 were IMG and were excluded from all analyses. Another [...]
Participants and Study Design We performed a cross-sectional survey of fourth-year medical students applying during the 1999 National Residency Matching Plan (NRMP) in internal medicine. Potential participants were chosen from the lists of all medical students applying for placement in one or more of four internal medicine residency programs, including the University of California-San Francisco, [...]
INTRODUCTION Selection and recruitment of qualified medical school graduates is a major concern of internal medicine residency directors and faculty at teaching institutions. The process of residency program selection is highly competitive, particularly with regard to top-ranked applicants. Highly qualified underrepresent-ed minority (URM) applicants represent an ever-smaller proportion of candidates for residency programs. This is [...]
