ReviewJB & JS open access
Characteristics of US Medical Schools That Produce the Highest Percentage of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents: Analysis of the 2019 to 2023 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Cohort.
Review in JB & JS open access. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Navigating Failure to Match in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Guide for Mentors.JB & JS open accessReview
- Where Should I Signal? A Program-Level Analysis of Preference Signaling in the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Match.JB & JS open accessReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: The inherent difficulties of matching into an orthopaedic surgery residency have led to the analysis of factors that influence this outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate which US medical schools produced the most orthopaedic surgery residents and the characteristics of these schools contributing to higher match rates. Methods: Demographic and bibliometric data were collected for 4,376 residents from 208 US-based Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited orthopaedic surgery programs. This cohort spanned 2019 to 2023. Collected variables included medical school, gender, year of graduation, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership, and research productivity. A list of US medical schools matching the greatest number of residents into orthopaedic surgery was created and analyzed for correlative and predictive factors. Statistical analysis included Pearson correlation coefficient and univariable and multivariable linear regression. Results: Among 4,376 residents, 21.4% were female, 12.6% held DO degrees, and 25.4% were AOA members. Residents averaged 3.4 published articles and a pre-residency h-index of 1.4. Georgetown University matched the highest number of students (n = 68), while New York University matched the highest percentage of their graduating class (7.7%). 59.6% of residents matched in the same region as their medical school. Factors significantly associated with matching were having a home orthopaedic surgery residency (p < 0.05) and National Institute of Health (NIH) funding (p < 0.05). Conclusion: As objective data, such as United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1 scores change, understanding factors that influence match success becomes critical. The presence of a home orthopaedic surgery program and NIH funding were significant predictors, underscoring the role of research productivity in match success. Level of Evidence: Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.