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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....
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....