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. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2229243.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.29243.

Rates of Medical Student Placement Into Graduate Medical Education by Sex, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status, 2018-2021

Mytien Nguyen  1 , Sarwat I Chaudhry  2 , Mayur M Desai  3 , Alexandra M Hajduk  4 , William A McDade  5 , Tonya L Fancher  6 , Dowin Boatright  7
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Rates of Medical Student Placement Into Graduate Medical Education by Sex, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status, 2018-2021

Mytien Nguyen et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether different rates of medical student placement into graduate medical education exist by sex, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status from 2018 to 2021.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Fancher reported receiving grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (grant No. UH1HP29965) during the conduct of the study. Dr Boatright reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health (grant No. R01GM137411) during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Rates and Adjusted Odd Ratios (aORs) of Being Unplaced in Graduate Medical Education (GME)
AIAN/HNPI indicates American Indian or Alaska Native and Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander; Black/AA, Black or African American; LI, low income; URIM, underrepresented in medicine (includes students who self-identify as Black or African American, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander alone or in conjunction with other ethnoracial identity); USMLE, US Medical Licensing Examination.
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