Oh, the Places You Will Go? Exploring the Geographic Program Distribution and Use of Geographic Preferences in the Radiation Oncology Residency Application Cycle
There is great interest in improving the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) application process for residency selection in the United States (US). Over the past decade, the average number of applications per applicant has climbed across all participating medical specialties, even doubling in many fields.1 This phenomenon is known as “application inflation” and “application fever,” where applicants intentionally submit an increasing number of applications as a presumed strategy to maximize interview offers and matching outcomes.
Authors
- Jie Jane Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-4825)
- Stephanie E. Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2365-4296)
- Anthony Alanis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-7580)
- Mary T Mahoney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1857-9423)
- Laura Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-5713)
- Jeremy Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-098X)
- Jillian R Gunther
- Drew T Bergman
- Joshua Y Qian
Institutions
- Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Newton Wellesley Hospital (US)
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2025.101746
- Primary Topic
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- National Institutes of Health
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- National Cancer Institute
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute