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Milan Oxspring1, Riley Barnes, Molly Klanderman
1From the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona (MO); University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, Arizona (RB); Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona (MK); and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona (MY).
Abstract:
Despite the growing popularity of physical medicine and rehabilitation as a specialty among medical students, meaningful experiences and mentorship can be challenging to obtain and may significantly vary depending on opportunities available to interact with physiatrists. This study explores the association between the geographic proximity of physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs to medical schools and the match rate of medical students into physical medicine and rehabilitation from 2019 to 2021. Data on US medical schools, graduates, and physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs were collected from publicly available sources, and a sample of 1193 physical medicine and rehabilitation residents from US medical schools was analyzed using a one-sample proportion test. The proportion of physical medicine and rehabilitation residents originating from medical schools with physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs in the same metropolitan area was significantly greater than the corresponding proportion of expected residents based on medical school graduates, even when controlling for medical school affiliations with physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs. These findings suggest that exposure and opportunities provided by physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs may influence nearby medical students and that expanding residency programs into geographic regions without existing physical medicine and rehabilitation programs may foster interest and promote growth in the field of physiatry.
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