International medical graduates (IMGs) matching into US orthopaedic surgery residency: a fifteen year analysis of trends in applications and geographical distribution
While IMGs constitute a low percentage of matched MDs in orthopaedic surgery, they show three to five times more publications than MD seniors. IMGs should recognize the importance of higher publication numbers in the matching process as well as states with higher IMG matching rates.
Authors
- Jorge A. Chahla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-1150)
- Natalie M. Kistler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5369-9038)
- Garrett R. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7018-8382)
- Amir Human Hoveidaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-354X)
- Nathanael D. Heckmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1293-1702)
- Dawn M. LaPorte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-2707)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Keck Hospital of USC (US)
- Sinai Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Orthopaedics
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-024-06283-5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.98
Funders
- University of Southern California