Relationship between individual and country-level socio-economic background, USMLE step scores, and demographics of international medical graduates and residency match results.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Twenty five percent of practicing physicians in the US are International Medical Graduates (IMGs) - physicians who completed their medical school training outside of the United States and Canada. There are multiple studies demonstrating higher socio-economic background is associated with medical school matriculation in the US. However, despite a substantial prevalence of IMGs in the American healthcare system, studies of the association between demographics, socio-economic background, and securing a residency position in the match are lacking.

Methods

We created a survey with questions on residency match-related data and information on personal socio-economic background. An invitation to participate in the study was sent to all IMGs that applied to the included resid

SUBMITTER: Hunter DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10835816 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature