眼科住院生合法的地理趋势:程序和申请人特征的影响
Samuel A Cohen1, Suzann Pershing1,2,3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017)
|June 30, 2023
概括
大多数眼科医生在他们的医学院附近接受培训,区域匹配因申请人和计划因素而异. 地理位置在竞争性眼科住院比赛中发挥着作用.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 居住地匹配的匹配
背景情况:
- 眼科实习生比赛非常有竞争力.
- 地理位置对匹配结果的影响尚不清楚.
- 之前的研究已经探讨了影响比赛成功的因素,但地理趋势需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估眼科住院匹配的地理趋势.
- 为了确定地理趋势是否根据课程排名,资金或申请人特征 (性别,医学学位) 不同.
- 评估在同一地理区域内或在附属机构 (如医学院) 内的匹配之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 使用了美国医学协会的奖学金和住院电子交互数据库 (FREIDA).
- 通过程序网站和调查收集眼科医生居民 (2021-2023年级) 的人口和地理数据.
- 采用千二测试和多变量逻辑回归来进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 分析了110个项目中的1378名居民.
- 18%的居民在他们的医学院附属计划中匹配,在区域均分布.
- 与南方 (61.2%),中西部 (57.4%) 和东北 (58.4%) 项目相比,西方项目与较少的地区学生 (31.7%) 相匹配.
- 公共资助的医学院就读率与区域匹配的更高几率相关 (OR 1.45).
- 私人资助的医学院就读与更高的机会与排名最高的课程相匹配相关 (OR 1.53).
结论:
- 大多数眼科医生在同一地理区域接受培训,而他们的医学院.
- 几乎20%的住户在他们的医学院附属计划中完成培训.
- 存在地理匹配变化,受居民性别,医学院属性和住院计划位置的影响.
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