Table II.
US Resident Operative Experience. Consortium program characteristics
| Program characteristics | All residents, no. (%) (N = 1240) |
AAES Fellowship-bound residents, no. (%) (N = 17) |
Other residents, no. (%) (N = 1223) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program type | 1.00 | |||
| Community | 98 (7.9%) | 1 (5.9%) | 97 (7.9%) | |
| University | 1142 (92.1%) | 16 (94.1%) | 1126 (92.1%) | |
| Program size | .75 | |||
| Small | 119 (9.6%) | 1 (5.9%) | 118 (9.7%) | |
| Medium | 564 (45.5%) | 7 (41.2%) | 557 (45.5%) | |
| Large | 557 (44.9%) | 9 (52.9%) | 548 (44.8%) | |
| Program region | .81 | |||
| Midwest | 340 (27.4%) | 6 (35.3%) | 334 (27.3%) | |
| Northeast | 174 (14%) | 3 (17.6%) | 171 (14.0%) | |
| Southeast | 470 (37.9%) | 6 (35.3%) | 464 (37.9%) | |
| Southwest | 200 (16.1%) | 2 (11.8%) | 198 (16.2%) | |
| West | 56 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 56 (4.6%) | |
| Program NIH funding | .15 | |||
| Top 50 | 656 (52.9%) | 13 (76.5%) | 643 (52.6%) | |
| Bottom 50 | 277 (22.3%) | 2 (11.8%) | 275 (22.5%) | |
| None | 307 (24.8%) | 2 (11.8%) | 305 (24.9%) | |
| Program operative volume* | .80 | |||
| Low | 369 (29.8%) | 6 (35.3%) | 363 (29.7%) | |
| Medium | 455 (36.7%) | 5 (29.4%) | 450 (36.8%) | |
| High | 416 (33.5%) | 6 (35.3%) | 410 (33.5%) | |
| Employed faculty | ||||
| Endocrine surgeons† | .78 | |||
| Yes | 936 (75.5%) | 14 (82.4%) | 922 (75.4%) | |
| No | 304 (24.5%) | 3 (17.6%) | 301 (24.6%) | |
| Endocrine-focused general surgeons | 1.0 | |||
| Yes | 368 (31.7%) | 5 (33.3%) | 363 (31.7%) | |
| No | 792 (68.3%) | 10 (66.%) | 782 (68.3%) | |
| Otolaryngologists‡ | .20 | |||
| Yes | 431 (34.8%) | 3 (17.6%) | 428 (35.0%) | |
| No | 809 (65.2%) | 14 (82.4%) | 795 (65.0% | |
| AAES-accredited fellowship | .10 | |||
| Yes | 351 (28.3%) | 8 (47.1%) | 343 (28.0%) | |
| No | 889 (71.7%) | 9 (52.9%) | 880 (72.0% | |
| Otolaryngology residency | .71 | |||
| Yes | 1097 (88.5%) | 16 (94.1%) | 1081 (88.4%) | |
| No | 143 (11.5%) | 1 (5.9%) | 142 (11.6%) | |
| Successful AAES match§ | .03 | |||
| Yes | 880 (71.0%) | 16 (94.1%) | 864 (70.6%) | |
| No | 360 (29.0%) | 1 (5.9%) | 359 (29.4%) | |
| Endocrine surgery rotation | .02 | |||
| Yes | 836 (67.4%) | 16 (94.1%) | 820 (67.0%) | |
| No | 404 (32.6%) | 1 (5.88%) | 403 (33.0%) |
AAES, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons; NIH, National Institutes of Health.
*
Low = < 1,094 cases, medium = 1095–1264 cases, high = >1265 cases.
†
AAES-fellowship trained endocrine surgeons.
‡
More than 50% of their practice constituting endocrine surgery.
§
A graduate of the program successfully matched into an AAES-accredited endocrine surgery fellowship.