Do audition electives impact match success?

Figures & data

Table 1 Percentage of students who matched in Audition Elective Survey Results 2013: percentage of students who auditioned in each specialty

90–100%	50–75%	<50%
Dermatology^a	General surgery	Anesthesia^a
Emergency medicine^a	Neurology	Family medicine
Neurosurgery	OB/GYN	Internal medicine^a
Otolaryngology	Pathology	Med/peds
Ophthalmology	Pediatrics	Psychiatry
Orthopedics^a	Radiology
Plastic surgery^a	PM&R (83%)
Radiation oncology
Urology^a

^aIndicates significantly higher or lower percentage of audition rotations (p<0.001).

Table 2 Audition Elective Survey Results 2013: specialty-specific data regarding an audition and the match

	Applied in specialty	Auditioned in specialty	% matched at audition (n)
Radiation oncology	5	5	80 (4)
PM&R	6	5	60 (3)
Orthopedics	33	31	58 (18)
Plastic surgery	7	7	57 (4)
Pediatrics	120	65	49 (32)
Psychiatry	35	16	44 (7)
Anesthesia	47	17	41 (7)
Med/peds	12	5	40 (2)
Internal medicine	150	69	39 (27)
Neurosurgery	6	6	33 (2)
Urology	11	11	36 (4)
Emergency medicine	59	56	32 (18)
Ophthalmology	19	17	35 (6)
Otolaryngology	14	12	33 (4)
Neurology	15	10	30 (3)
Family medicine	50	24	29 (7)
Radiology	46	28	28 (8)
OB/GYN	41	30	23 (7)
Dermatology	20	18	17 (3)
General surgery	44	33	3 (1)
Pathology	9	5	0
Prelim medicine only	3	0	0