The role research gap years play in a successful dermatology match
The role research gap years play in a successful dermatology match
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DOI：
10.1111/ijd.15964
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发表时间：
2021-10-31
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3.6
通讯作者：
Ochoa, Shari A.
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作者：
Costello, Collin M.;Harvey, Jamison A.;Ochoa, Shari A.
背景：一种新的趋势包括从医学院抽出一年的时间来完成研究奖学金。关于间隔年的好处的数据很少。我们的目标是确定间隔年是否会使皮肤科申请者在匹配中更成功。方法对2018-2019年申请亚利桑那州梅奥诊所和2019-2020年申请亚利桑那州罗切斯特和佛罗里达州梅奥诊所的皮肤科申请者进行调查。结果共有291名皮肤科申请者完成了初步调查，236人完成了后续调查。90名申请者参加了间隔年，198名申请者没有参加。两组的匹配率没有显著差异。当比较顶级皮肤科住院医师项目的匹配率时，40.6%的空档年申请者与这些实习项目匹配，而没有空档年申请者的匹配率为19.0%(P<；0.01)。结论申请者在追求研究间隔年之前应该权衡机会成本，因为它们可能并不是普遍有用的。想要在顶级皮肤科项目中匹配的申请者可能会受益于研究空档年。这些数据在美国以外的地区的推广能力可能有限。
Background A new trend includes taking a dedicated year away from medical school to complete a research fellowship. There is minimal data on the benefit of a gap year. We aimed to identify if a gap year makes a dermatology applicant more successful in The Match. Methods Dermatology applicants who applied to Mayo Clinic Arizona for the 2018-2019 application cycle and Mayo Clinic Rochester, Arizona, and Florida for the 2019-2020 application cycle were surveyed. Results In total, 291 dermatology applicants completed the initial survey, and 236 completed the follow-up survey. Ninety applicants took a gap year, 198 applicants did not. There was no significant difference in match rates. When comparing match rates at top dermatology residency programs, 40.6% of gap-year applicants matched to these residencies versus 19.0% of no gap-year applicants (P < 0.01). Conclusion Applicants should weigh the opportunity costs before pursuing research gap years as they may not be universally helpful. Applicants who want to match at a top dermatology program may benefit from a research gap year. This data may have limited generalizability outside of the United States.