Did publications matter for IMGs 2005 in the match..

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Major Disclaimer: The following is a statistical analysis of only one component of the matching process and in way represents if you will or you will not match and certainly having any publication is a good thing even if the statistics say otherwise.

Heh.. bored saturday morning so I busted some analysis of the new characteristics posted by NRMP...

(heh I can write an abstract on this easy....)

So... being an IMG with 0 publications vs 5+ publications... did it really matter in the field you are applying in 2005?

Lets see... Using Fisher's Exact test...

Anesthesiology (nope p = 0.44)

Dermatology (YES! p = 0.005)

Family Practice (Yes but it actually hindered..hehe kinda funny less likely to match statistically. See comments in PMR. p = 0.004)

Emergency Medicine (nope p = 0.63)

Internal Medicine (nope p = 0.77) (WOW!! That was a surprise.)

OBGYN (nope p = 0.76)

Orthopedics (YES! p = 0.02)

Pathology (nope p = 0.58)

Pediatrics (nope p = 0.09)

Physical Medicine and Rehab (Yes but the opposite heheh it was a disadvantage! Kinda funny but i am sure there are other reasons why more were unmatched in 5+ publications vs 0 publications or maybe not. p = 0.02)

Plastic Surgery (YES! p = 0.04)

Psychiatry (nope p = 0.16)

Radiology (nope p = 0.46)

Radio Onc (nope p = 0.26)

General Surgery (YES! p = 0.036)

Int Med - Ped (nope (but I think this is because n was very small) p = 1.0)

Transtional Year - (YES! p = 0.03)


Maybe I'll do the US graduates later....

 

[Matt Laneland]

Research is great way to bulk up an application, however you're right to point out that it is almost essential if you trying to get into very competitive specialities.


But even if you not aiming for the stars so to speak..a little bit of research published or unpublished can go a long way to make someone 'seem' like a better candidate. Maybe not the case at community hospitals, but probably at university centers.


Matt
physicianliving

 

[Apollyon]

General Surgery (YES! p = 0.36)

Is this a typo?

 

[Faebinder]

Is this a typo?

sorry fixed it.. placed the missing zero.