Data in Brief

March 2026

Data in Brief - Which internal medicine training programs are interviewing the most first-year resident candidates, and where?

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This month’s Data in Brief compares the number of PGY-1 candidates interviewed to the number of available first-year positions for training programs accredited as of academic year 2024-25. University-based programs conducted slightly fewer interviews to available positions (median of 10.2), compared to all other program types (median of 11.9; p<0.001). Finally, interviews to positions varied noticeably by geographic location, where ratios were highest among programs in the Pacific and New England census divisions (p<0.001).

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Mar. 2026 Data-in-Brief

Source: Study database, 2025 APDIM Annual Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors
Program type, number of interviews, and number of positions obtained from American Medical Association (AMA) Residency & Fellowship Database®. Census divisions (slide 2) available here (PDF download).

Study criteria: All internal medicine residency programs of 1. “Continued” or “initial” Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accreditation status prior to July 1, 2024 (not 2025), that 2. Filled at least one approved position. 631 programs met those criteria; n=620, however, because data were not available for 11 programs. Note: PGY-1=Postgraduate Year.

Slide 1:

  • Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test (1 degree of freedom; adjusted for ties) between “University-based” and all other program types: p<0.001.

Slide 2: 

  • Census divisions (slide 2) available here (PDF download)
  • Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test (9 degrees of freedom; adjusted for ties): p<0.001.

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