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Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard?
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the incidence of a research gap year (RGY) in orthopaedic residency applicants at a single institution over a seven-year span; (2) compare applicant characteristics between applicants who did a RGY with those who did not, and (3) report va...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34779792 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-21-00247 |
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author | Cotter, Eric J. Polce, Evan M. Lee, Eric Williams, Kathryn L. Spiker, Andrea M. Grogan, Brian F. Lang, Gerald J. |
author_facet | Cotter, Eric J. Polce, Evan M. Lee, Eric Williams, Kathryn L. Spiker, Andrea M. Grogan, Brian F. Lang, Gerald J. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the incidence of a research gap year (RGY) in orthopaedic residency applicants at a single institution over a seven-year span; (2) compare applicant characteristics between applicants who did a RGY with those who did not, and (3) report variables associated with match success for RGY applicants. METHODS: Applicants who reported taking a year out from medical school to pursue research on their Electronic Residency Application Service to a single institution from 2014 to 2015 through 2020 to 2021 were reviewed. RESULTS: A strong positive correlation was noted between the percentage of applicants who participated in a RGY and time (Pearson correlation: r = 0.945 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.6660.992], P = 0.001). Over the study period, 11% of applicants had done a RGY, most commonly after their third year of medical school (82.7%). Most RGY applicants matched orthopaedics (72.8%) and 19.4% matched at the same institution they did their RGY. CONCLUSION: The percentage of RGY applicants to the study institution nearly doubled between 2014 to 2015 and 2020 to 2021. RGY applicants had a higher match rate than nationally published match rates. Further study is needed on a national level. |
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spelling | pubmed-85946582021-11-17 Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? Cotter, Eric J. Polce, Evan M. Lee, Eric Williams, Kathryn L. Spiker, Andrea M. Grogan, Brian F. Lang, Gerald J. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev Research Article INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the incidence of a research gap year (RGY) in orthopaedic residency applicants at a single institution over a seven-year span; (2) compare applicant characteristics between applicants who did a RGY with those who did not, and (3) report variables associated with match success for RGY applicants. METHODS: Applicants who reported taking a year out from medical school to pursue research on their Electronic Residency Application Service to a single institution from 2014 to 2015 through 2020 to 2021 were reviewed. RESULTS: A strong positive correlation was noted between the percentage of applicants who participated in a RGY and time (Pearson correlation: r = 0.945 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.6660.992], P = 0.001). Over the study period, 11% of applicants had done a RGY, most commonly after their third year of medical school (82.7%). Most RGY applicants matched orthopaedics (72.8%) and 19.4% matched at the same institution they did their RGY. CONCLUSION: The percentage of RGY applicants to the study institution nearly doubled between 2014 to 2015 and 2020 to 2021. RGY applicants had a higher match rate than nationally published match rates. Further study is needed on a national level. Wolters Kluwer 2021-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8594658/ /pubmed/34779792 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-21-00247 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Cotter, Eric J. Polce, Evan M. Lee, Eric Williams, Kathryn L. Spiker, Andrea M. Grogan, Brian F. Lang, Gerald J. Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title | Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title_full | Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title_fullStr | Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title_short | Incidence of Research Gap Years in Orthopaedic Residency Applicants: The New Standard? |
title_sort | incidence of research gap years in orthopaedic residency applicants: the new standard? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34779792 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-21-00247 |
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