Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Geographic Residency Placement Relative to Medical School Location.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2020-2021 residency application cycle was altered to reduce COVID-19 transmission, with moves to all virtual interviews and no away rotations for medical students. These changes may have affected how students ranked residency programs, such as choosing programs near their medical schools.

Objective

To determine if a larger percentage of medical students matched to residency programs in the same state as their medical schools in 2021 vs 2018-2020.

Methods

We searched the webpages or emailed student affairs deans of the 155 Liaison Committee on Medical Education accredited MD programs to attain medical school match lists. Differences in the percentage of students matching to residency programs in the same US state as their medical schools in 2021 vs 2018-

SUBMITTER: Cotner CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848873 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature