Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression model to identify factors independently associated with full-time faculty appointment among MD–PhD program graduates who graduated from US Liaison Committee on Medical Education-accredited medical schools from 2000 to 2005 and completed graduate medical training by 2013 (N=1,846)

	AOR (95% CI)a	P
Gender
Women	1.04 (0.84–1.28)	0.728
Men	1.00 [Reference]
Race/ethnicity
Other/unknown	0.67 (0.20–2.18)	0.505
URM	0.68 (0.48–0.98)	0.036
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.74 (0.60–0.93)	0.009
White	1.00 [Reference]
Medical-school MSTP funding
MSTP-funded	1.41 (1.14–1.74)	0.002
Not MSTP funded	1.00 [Reference]
F30/31 predoctoral award
Yes	1.81 (1.21–2.71)	0.004
No	1.00 [Reference]
Graduation yearb	0.99 (0.93–1.06)	0.822
Total debt at graduation
Unknown	0.78 (0.59–1.02)	0.072
≥$100,000	0.58 (0.39–0.88)	0.009
$50,000–99,999	1.05 (0.75–1.46)	0.789
$1–49,999	1.15 (0.87–1.51)	0.320
No Debt	1.00 [Reference]
≥1 year research during GME
Yes	1.85 (1.50–2.28)	<0.001
No	1.00 [Reference]
Practice specialty category, no. (%)
Surgery	0.64 (0.48–0.84)	0.001
Other	0.66 (0.54–0.81)	<0.001
Medicine, pediatrics, pathology or neurology	1.00 [Reference]

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; URM, underrepresented minorities in medicine (self-identified as Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native); MSTP, Medical Scientist Training Program.

^aHosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test, P=0.616.

^bAOR indicates likelihood of full-time faculty appointment with each more recent year of graduation.