Tsou Brittany C, Aguwa Ugochi T, Arsiwala Lubaina T, Burton Eleanor, Mishra Kapil, Zafar Sidra, Woreta Fasika
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
J Acad Ophthalmol (2017). 2022 Sep 23;14(2):e216-e223. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1756199. eCollection 2022 Jul.
We investigate trends in cornea fellowship positions filled over time and applicant characteristics associated with matching into cornea fellowship. Characteristics of cornea fellowship applicants were assessed using deidentified 2010 to 2017 San Francisco (SF) Match data. Publicly available SF Match cornea fellowship data including the number of participating programs, number of positions offered, number of positions filled, percentage of positions filled, and number of vacancies from 2014 to 2019 were also analyzed as data from 2010 to 2013 were unavailable. From 2014 to 2019, the number of cornea fellowship programs increased by 11.3% (mean 2.3% per year, = 0.006) and the number of positions offered increased by 7.7% (mean 1.4% per year, = 0.065). Of 1,390 applicants from 2010 to 2017, 589 (42.4%) matched into cornea. After controlling for potential covariates, graduation from a U.S residency program (odds ratio [OR]: 6.15, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.05-9.35, < 0.001) and a greater number of interviews completed (OR: 1.35, 95% CI: 1.29-1.42, < 0.001) were associated with increased odds of cornea fellowship match. A greater number of applied programs (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.95-0.98, < 0.001) was associated with decreased odds of matching into cornea fellowship. The proportion of applicants matching into cornea fellowship increased until 30 applications. The number of cornea fellowship programs and positions increased from 2014 to 2019. Graduation from a U.S residency program and a greater number of interviews completed were associated with an increased likelihood of cornea fellowship match. Unlike applying to any ophthalmology subspecialty fellowship, applying to greater than 30 cornea fellowship programs was associated with decreased odds of matching.
我们研究了随着时间推移角膜专科住院医师职位的填补趋势以及与匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位相关的申请人特征。
使用2010年至2017年旧金山（SF）配对匿名数据评估角膜专科住院医师申请人的特征。由于2010年至2013年的数据不可用，因此还分析了公开可用的SF配对角膜专科住院医师数据，包括参与项目的数量、提供的职位数量、填补的职位数量、填补职位的百分比以及2014年至2019年的空缺数量。
2014年至2019年，角膜专科住院医师项目数量增加了11.3%（平均每年2.3%，P = 0.006），提供的职位数量增加了7.7%（平均每年1.4%，P = 0.065）。在2010年至2017年的1390名申请人中，589人（42.4%）匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位。在控制了潜在的协变量后，毕业于美国住院医师项目（优势比[OR]：6.15，95%置信区间[CI]：4.05 - 9.35，P < 0.001）以及完成更多的面试（OR：1.35，95%CI：1.29 - 1.42，P < 0.001）与匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位的几率增加相关。申请项目数量更多（OR：0.97，95%CI：0.95 - 0.98，P < 0.001）与匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位的几率降低相关。在申请30个项目之前，匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位的申请人比例有所增加。
2014年至2019年，角膜专科住院医师项目和职位数量增加。毕业于美国住院医师项目以及完成更多的面试与匹配到角膜专科住院医师职位的可能性增加相关。与申请任何眼科亚专科住院医师职位不同，申请超过30个角膜专科住院医师项目与匹配几率降低相关。
