Matchmaker: understanding the characteristics of internal medicine residents matching into pulmonary critical care medicine fellowships

SESSION TITLE: Education, Research, and Quality Improvement Posters 9 SESSION TYPE: Original Investigation Posters PRESENTED ON: 10/11/2023 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm PURPOSE: It is unknown how successful applicants into a pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) fellowship differ from their internal medicine (IM) peers. This provides trainees, mentors, and IM programs little guidance with applications to PCCM. METHODS: We performed an analysis of 12 graduating classes of IM residents at Mayo Clinic Rochester from 2010-2021. This included data from residency applications (USNWR medical school ranking, AOA membership, USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores, total and first author publications, career intent), experiences (selecting a PCCM elective prior to fellowship application, timing of first PCCM rotation), performance (PGY-2 ITE total test and PCCM percentiles, total PubMed indexed publications during training) and matching into a PCCM fellowship within 1 year of graduation. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to adjust for all covariates simultaneously, with significance level set at α=.01. RESULTS: Overall, 54 (10%) of 522 eligible residents matched to a PCCM fellowship. Completion of a pulmonary elective was significantly associated with matching into PCCM (OR=7.85; p