How Does Geographic Region Affect the Total and Individual Costs for Medical Students Applying to the Competitive Surgical Residencies?
J Surg Educ
; 79(1): 147-156, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Studies have individually assessed the expenses for medical students desiring a surgical residency in neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and urology. A detailed comparison of expenses by geographic region have not been reported. The aim was to geographically compare the expenses of United States medical students applying to the 5 most competitive surgical residencies. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:
Anonymous nationwide survey of plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, urology, and neurological surgery residency applicants.DESIGN:
A cross sectional, retrospective analysis of the 2019-2020 Texas STAR Dashboard database, an online tool generated from a nationwide survey of students. Individual (application, away rotation, interview) and total costs for medical school seniors were recorded in addition to applicant characteristics. Mean and median costs were reported for each specialty with percentile distributions and geographic comparisons. A Kruskal-Wallis H test was performed to compare differences in costs between surgical specialties and medical school region.RESULTS:
In total, 1136 applicants to surgical residency were included. The number of applicants to orthopaedic surgery (OS) (nâ¯=â¯459), neurological surgery (NS) (nâ¯=â¯121), urology (UR) (nâ¯=â¯191), plastic surgery (PS) (nâ¯=â¯117), and otolaryngology (OTO) (nâ¯=â¯248) were reported. Mean total costs were (OS; $8,205), (NS; $11,882), (UR; $8,207), (PS; $10,845), and (OTO; $7,516) (p ≤ 0.029). Application fees were only significantly different in the northeast and southern applicants between the different specialties, notably orthopaedic surgery applicants spent the most. In all geographic regions excluding the west, neurosurgery and plastic surgery applicants spent significantly more than other specialties for interview costs and away rotation costs. In all geographic regions neurosurgery and plastic surgery applicants spent significantly more than other specialties in total costs.CONCLUSIONS:
Orthopaedic surgery applicants spend the most on application fees in select geographic regions. Neurosurgery and plastic surgery applicants spend more on interviews, away rotations, and total costs in nearly all geographic regions.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
Problema de salud:
1_financiamento_saude
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Internado y Residencia
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Neurocirugia
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Surg Educ
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article