Characteristics of anesthesia program that graduating medical students find important: A cross-sectional survey.

Background: Applying to residency programs and constructing a rank order list is a challenging process and is a vital task that fourth year medical students must undergo each year. The aim of our study was to identify common themes in what residency applicants are considering when applying to an anesthesiology program and compare them between male and female applicants.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to all 1447 medical students who applied to the Brown University Anesthesiology residency program for the 2022 National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).