Objectives: Residency programs must gather and track data on the diversity of their applicants, interviewees, and matched residents as part of the process of checking for bias in the interview and rank process. As such, the aims of this study were (1) to provide data from a large, regional network of family medicine residencies on who is applying, interviewing, and matching into our programs as a baseline for the family medicine residency community; and (2) to assess potential differences in the gender and racial diversity of the eligible applicants to programs across settings, including in rural and underserved communities.
Methods: Survey of programs in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming about their applicant pool in the 2020-2021 interview season.
Results: Programs received a median of 100 applications per position, 57 of which were considered eligible. Programs offered 17 interviews per position and 15 of these were completed. Programs in rural and underserved communities did not have fewer eligible applicants per position, nor was there less diversity within that pool of applicants. Most programs are working to increase their program's diversity.
Conclusion: On average, the racial and gender diversity of eligible applicants to programs in rural and underserved settings is no different than other programs. What is important in terms of diversity varies across programs, based on community needs and program mission, but having a mechanism to extract and review data and to then be able to assess progress is a place to start.
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