Trends in US Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic vs Previous Years

Laura A Huppert; Lekshmi Santhosh; Jennifer M Babik

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8199

Trends in US Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic vs Previous Years

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e218199. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8199.

Authors

Laura A Huppert¹, Lekshmi Santhosh², Jennifer M Babik³

Affiliations

¹ Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the number of applicants and number of applications submitted per applicant to internal medicine residency and subspecialty fellowships for 2021 compared with 5 prior application cycles.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fellowships and Scholarships*
Humans
Internal Medicine* / trends
Internship and Residency*
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2
United States

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001872/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States