Medical Prestige and match prospects: A case study

[Pluto98]

I wanted to determine whether differences in medical prestige make a difference in match lists. Specifically, does a school like Yale, with "lower" medical prestige (as determined by PD reputation score when compared to Penn, Harvard, and Hopkins) have worse match outcomes in plastic surgery and neurosurgery. I used Einstein as a control for a non top 10 program.

Results: T10 match prospects are basically interchangeable, but prestige does matter when comparing different tiers.


Yale match list (neurosurgery)

2019: northwestern, duke, Uwash
2018: UCSF, Barrows, UVA, Dartmouth
2017: UCSF, Harvard (MGH)
2016: Yale, Harvard (MGH)
2015: Barrows, Stanford, Yale,
2014: NYU, Duke

total matches = 16/ 624 = 2.56% of class

Harvard match list (neurosurgery)

2019: Cornell, Harvard (BWH), UCLA, stanford, Harvard (MGH), Barrows, Jackson Memorial, Harvard (MGH),
2018: Harvard (MGH), USF, Yale,
2017: UCLA, Barrows
2016: Harvard (MGH), UCLA,
2015: Harvard (MGH), NYU,
2014: Jackson Memorial, Hopkins, Harvard (MGH), Stanford, Harvard (MGH)

total matches = 22/ 990 = 2.22% of class

Einstein (neurosurgery)

2019: 0
2018: 0
2017: 0
2016: NYU
2015: Sinai
2014: Sinai

3/1098 = 0.27%


Yale match list (plastics)

2019: stanford, Gtwon
2018: Georgetown, Hopkins, NYU, Albert Einstein
2017: yale,
2016: yale, Utexas
2015: UCSF
2014: UCLA, Stanford, Yale, NY-pres
2013: UCSF, UCSF
2012: USC
2011: Yale, Yale, Einstein, Pittsburgh, University of Washington
2010: UCSF, WashU, University of Wisconsin

percentage of class: 2.4%


Penn match list (plastics)

2019: U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
2018: Georgetown, Penn
2017: U Washington Affil Hosps, Penn
2016: Penn
2015: Brown, UCSF, Northwestern, Penn, Sinai, Sinai
2014: Penn

Penn: 1.44% of class matched

Hopkins plastics match list

2019: Duke, Baylor, Penn, UCLA, Stanford
2018: hopkins
2017: hopkins x3
2016: 0
2015: WashU
2014: Duke, Northwestern, UCLA


1.8% of class matched

Harvard plastics match list

2019: mayo
2018: washu, uchicago, wisconsin, USC
2017: jackson memorial
2016: UWash, einstein
2015: hopkins
2014: hopkins, Harvard (BWH),
2013: hopkins, Penn,
2012: USC, WashU, Hopkins,
2011: UCSF, Penn, Brown, Ohio State
2010: USC, Harvard (BWH)

1.33% of class matches plastics on avg

Einstein plastics match list

2019: sinai
2018: 0
2017: 0
2016: penn
2015: 0
2014: einstein
2013: 0
2012: einstein
2011: 0
2010: einstein

0.27% of class matches plastics on avg

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[deleted972488]

Are you going to count this as a publication so you can match into plastics?

 

[Pluto98]

Are you going to count this as a publication so you can match into plastics?

yes

 

[langwang3]

I wanted to determine whether differences in medical prestige make a difference in match lists.

How can you make such a causal conclusion when no other variable is controlled?

 

[Pluto98]

How can you make such a causal conclusion when no other variable is controlled?

Like which variables?

 

[gyngyn]

Closing.