Report on Residents
- 2023 Report on Residents Executive Summary
- Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2023 Graduation Questionnaire
- Table B1. Experiences of First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B2. First-Attempt Pass Rates on USMLE and COMLEX Examinations for First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B3. Number of Active Residents, by Type of Medical School, GME Specialty, and Gender
- Table B4. MD-PhD Residents, by GME Specialty
- Table B5. Number of Active MD Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table B6. Number of Active DO Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table C1. Number of Graduates of U.S. MD-Granting and DO-Granting Schools, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C4. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C5. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty and Gender
- Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State
- Table C7. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty
- Table C8. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank
- 2022 Report on Residents Executive Summary
- Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2022 Graduation Questionnaire
- Table B1. Experiences of First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B2. First-Attempt Pass Rates on USMLE and COMLEX Examinations for First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B3. Number of Active Residents, by Type of Medical School, GME Specialty, and Gender
- Table B4. MD-PhD Residents, by GME Specialty
- Table B5. Number of Active MD Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table B6. Number of Active DO Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table C1. Number of Graduates of U.S. MD-Granting and DO-Granting Schools, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C2. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C3. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by State
- Table C4. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C5. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty and Gender
- Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State
- Table C7. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty
- Table C8. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank
- 2021 Report on Residents Executive Summary
- Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2021 Graduation Questionnaire
- Table B1. Test Scores and Experiences of First-Year Residents, by Specialty
- Table B2. USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Scores of First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B3. Number of Active Residents, by Type of Medical School, GME Specialty, and Sex
- Table B4. MD-PhD Residents, by GME Specialty
- Table B5. Number of Active MD Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table B6. Number of Active DO Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table C1. Number of Graduates of U.S. MD-Granting and DO-Granting Schools, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C2. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C3. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by State
- Table C4. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C5. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty and Sex
- Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State
- Table C7. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty
- Table C8. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank
- 2020 Report on Residents Executive Summary
- Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2020 Graduation Questionnaire
- Table B1. Test Scores and Experiences of First-Year Residents, by Specialty
- Table B2. USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Scores of First-Year Residents by Specialty
- Table B3. Number of Active Residents, by Type of Medical School, GME Specialty, and Sex
- Table B4. MD-PhD Residents, by GME Specialty
- Table B5. Number of Active MD Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table B6. Number of Active DO Residents, by Race/Ethnicity (Alone or In Combination) and GME Specialty
- Table C1. Number of Graduates of U.S. MD-Granting and DO-Granting Schools, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C2. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C3. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by State
- Table C4. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C5. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty and Sex
- Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State
- Table C7. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty
- Table C8. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank
- 2019 Report on Residents Executive Summary
- Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2019 Graduation Questionnaire
- Table B1. Test Scores and Experiences of First-Year Residents, by Specialty
- Table B2. USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Scores of First-Year Residents, by Specialty
- Table B3. Number of Active Residents, by Type of Medical School, GME Specialty, and Sex
- Table B4. MD-PhD Residents, by GME Specialty
- Table C1. Number of Medical School Graduates, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C2. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C3. Number of Individuals Who Completed Residency and Are Practicing in Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas, by State
- Table C4. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty
- Table C5. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by Last Completed GME Specialty and Sex
- Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State
- Table C7. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty
- Table C8. Full-Time Faculty-Appointment Status at U.S. Medical Schools for Residents Who Completed Residencies, by Specialty and Rank
Table A1. Continuity of Specialty Preference on the Matriculating Student Questionnaire and the 2019 Graduation Questionnaire
The table below displays the number and percentage of U.S. MD students who provided a specialty preference on the 2019 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) and also participated in the Matriculating Student Questionnaire (MSQ), which matriculants are invited to complete during the summer before the first year of medical school. Data include 2019 GQ responses for those who indicated their specialty preferences compared with their previous responses on the MSQ. For example, 9.3% of those who indicated a specialty preference of anesthesiology on the 2019 GQ had selected the same specialty on the MSQ when they started medical school; 60.9% had selected a different specialty on the MSQ; 19.1% were undecided; and 10.7% had not responded to the question on the MSQ. Please contact residentreport@aamc.org with any comments or questions.
Selected Finding: Over the course of medical school, most medical students change their intended area of practice. Specifically, just over a quarter (25.6%) of 2019 respondents to the GQ indicated the same specialty preference as they had indicated was their intended area of practice on the MSQ.
| Same Specialty Reported on MSQ | Different Specialty Reported on MSQ | Reported Undecided Specialty on MSQ |
No MSQ Response1 |
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1. "No MSQ Response" includes counts for those who participated in the GQ and the MSQ but did not answer the specialty preference question on the MSQ.
Note: N/A indicates the response option was not available on the MSQ. Counts of individuals who responded "Undecided" on both the GQ and MSQ are displayed in the "Reported Undecided Specialty on MSQ" column. The "Different Specialty Reported on MSQ" column includes those who indicated "Allergy and Immunology" or "Colon and Rectal Surgery" on the MSQ because the response options do not correspond with the 2019 GQ specialty preference options displayed. The MSQ typically receives a response rate between 65% and 72% (e.g., 71.4% in 2018). The 2019 GQ had a response rate of 83.6%.
Source: 2019 GQ as of Aug. 20, 2019, and matching MSQ data from various survey years.