Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US Anesthesiology Residency Matching
Authors' conclusion
From 2011 to 2022, women had lower odds of applying to anesthesiology residency than men yet had similar odds of matching. Racial and ethnic minoritized groups had significantly lower odds of matching compared to White applicants despite similar odds of applying.
Study context
- Population
- US residency applicants in Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) 2011–2022; Accreditation Counsel of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) trainee demographics as surrogate for matched applicantsof 546,298 residency applicants
- Participants
- 47,117 applicants
- Exposure
- Odds of applying to and matching into anesthesiology by gender, race and ethnicity
- Outcome
- Odds of applying to and matching into anesthesiology
Methodological detailsregistry data (ERAS, ACGME Data Resource Books), 4-year epochs
- Registry data (ERAS, ACGME Data Resource Books)
- 4-year epochs
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Applying to and matching into anesthesiology
Odds ratio (95% CI)P value
Women vs Menapplying; lower in each epoch
0.55(0.54–0.56)
P < 0.0001Women vs Menmatching; authors: similar odds
1.10(1.06–1.14)
P < 0.0001Asian and NH-PI vs Whitematching
0.66(0.63–0.70)
P < 0.0001Black vs Whitematching
0.49(0.45–0.53)
P < 0.0001Hispanic or Latino vs Whitematching
0.50(0.46–0.54)
P < 0.0001AI-AN vs Whitematching
0.20(0.15–0.28)
P < 0.0001Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Matching among minoritized applicants, ACGME 2022 to 2023 report year
- Odds of matching among some minoritized applicants increased
Original publication
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US Anesthesiology Residency Matching. Anesth Analg. Published 19 August 2024. doi:10.
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