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ArticleHeliyon2024

The impact of surgical elective exposure during medical school upon residency match rates.

Umer A Qureshi, Alice Yau, Kristof S Gutowski, Taylor G Hallman, Marina A Lentskevich, Narainsai K Reddy, Angie Aguilar, Arun K Gosain

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Umer A QureshiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Alice YauDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Kristof S GutowskiDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Taylor G HallmanDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Marina A LentskevichDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Narainsai K ReddyDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Angie AguilarDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Arun K GosainDivision of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.

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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate potential differences in surgical subspecialty match rates between medical schools with and without elective rotations in the respective surgical subspecialties. Design: Data on duration of surgical rotations were retrieved from each school's public website. Fisher exact tests were performed to identify any statistically significant differences in surgical specialty match rates by allopathic versus osteopathic and elective clinical exposure. A linear regression was performed to determine the correlation between number of surgical electives offered and proportion of students matching in any surgical subspecialty. Results: The number of surgical electives offered by allopathic medical schools positively correlated with the proportion of students matching in any surgical specialty (R Conclusion: There are significant differences in match distribution between allopathic and osteopathic medical schools for surgical subspecialties. This may be due to differences in clinical exposure to these specialties offered to students at their respective medical schools. Medical schools can support students' successful match into competitive surgical subspecialties by increasing students' exposure through elective rotations.

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Clerkship rotationsClinical exposureMatch rateMedical schoolResidencySurgical specialty

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PMCPMC11076645

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