Data in Brief

March 2025

Data in Brief: How Are Internal Medicine Chief Resident Positions Structured?

Data in Brief highlights key results gathered by recent Alliance research surveys. Watch for a monthly email with new featured results.

This month’s Data in Brief highlights the distribution of internal medicine chief medical residents (CRs) by PGY year and by select training program characteristics, from the 2023 APDIM Annual Survey of Residency Program Directors. Almost two-thirds of CRs serve after their PGY-3 year, but 78% who are training at the most recently accredited programs serve during their third year. Most CRs serve after their third year at university-based programs, whereas CRs at community-based programs tend to serve during their third year. For community-based, university-affiliated programs, the distribution of CRs by PGY year is about even. 

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Additional sources: ACGME Accreditation Database System (Public) and the AMA-FREIDA Online®: AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®.

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