Data in Brief

November 2025

Data in Brief - Snapshots of IM Residency Program Director Subspecialty Training and Graduate Type

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This month’s Data in Brief compares internal medicine (IM) residency program director (PD) medical school graduate type by subspecialty training and program description, based on the 2024 APDIM Annual Survey of IM Residency PDs. Overall, almost 30% of IM PDs completed ABIM-certified subspecialty training. Among international medical graduates (IMGs), 42% were subspecialty-certified, compared to 27% of U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) and 7% of doctors of osteopathy (DOs). Almost 90% of IMG PDs were located at community-based or community-based, university-affiliated programs, compared to 55% of USMGs and 71% of DOs.

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Nov. 2025 Data-in-Brief

Source: 2024 APDIM Annual Survey of IM Residency PDs

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  • USMG: Graduate of a U.S. or Canadian allopathic medical school, accredited by the LCME
  • IMG: Graduate of a medical school outside the United States and Canada, not accredited by the LCME
  • DO: U.S. or Canadian osteopathic medical school graduate
  • ABIM: American Board of Internal Medicine

Adjusted Wald (Pearson) Chi-Square test of association with one degree of freedom for all comparisons between each graduate type and whether subspecialty training was completed: p<0.05 or p<0.01.

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Notes:

  • USMG: Graduate of a U.S. or Canadian allopathic medical school, accredited by the LCME
  • IMG: Graduate of a medical school outside the United States and Canada, not accredited by the LCME
  • DO: U.S. or Canadian osteopathic medical school graduate

Residency program type obtained through AMA-FREIDA Online®: AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®.

Adjusted Wald (Pearson) Chi-Square test of association with one degree of freedom for all comparisons between graduate type “USMG or IMG” and program description: p<0.05 or p<0.01.

*Excludes four military programs (n=261).

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