Table 1.
MSP survey respondent demographics in comparison with all Vanderbilt Medical School graduates and AAMC data on all medical school graduates
| Variable | MSP Alumni Survey Respondentsa | All MSP Alumni | All Vanderbilt Medical Students 2006-2010d | All Medical Schools 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 55 | N = 80 | N = 295 | N = 13,922 | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 28 | (51%) | 36 | (45%) | 162 | (56%) | 6876 | (49%) |
| Male | 27 | (49%) | 44 | (55%) | 133 | (45%) | 7044 | (50%) |
| Race N (%) | ||||||||
| Asian | 11 | (20%) | 40 | (17%) | 3202 | (23%) | ||
| Black/African American | 2 | (4%) | 19 | (8%) | 988 | (7%) | ||
| White/Caucasian | 42 | (76%) | 189 | (77%) | 10,066 | (72%) | ||
| Other, including multiple races | 1 | (2%) | 251 | (1.8%) | ||||
| Ethnicity, Hispanic | 2 | (4%) | 1002 | (7.2) | ||||
| Age in years at time of survey (mean ± s.d.) | 31.9 ± 3.3 | |||||||
| Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society member, N (%) | 10 | 18% | ||||||
| Undergraduate GPA (mean ± s.d.) | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 3.75 ± 0.20 | ||||||
| Total MCAT score (mean ± s.d.) | 31.3 ± 9.9 | 33.4 ± 3.28 | ||||||
| Current position at time of survey, N (%) | ||||||||
| Medical student | 7 | 15% | ||||||
| Intern | 1 | 2% | ||||||
| Resident | 25 | 45% | ||||||
| Clinical fellow | 10 | 18% | ||||||
| Postdoctoral research fellowship | 1 | 2% | ||||||
| Postgraduate clinical degree program only | 1 | 2% | ||||||
| Completed all clinical training | 10 | 18% | ||||||
| Number of hours working per week at time of survey, mean ± s.d. | 61 ± 15 | |||||||
| First residencyb, N (%) | ||||||||
| Internal medicine | 17 | (31%) | 23 | 11% | 1706 | 15% | ||
| Surgeryc | 9 | (16%) | 44 | (21%) | 1494 | (17%) | ||
| Combined Medicine-Pediatrics | 3 | (7%) | ||||||
| Pediatrics | 4 | (7%) | 12 | (6%) | 1070 | (10%) | ||
| All other | 22 | (38%) | ||||||
| Amount of academic debt, N (%) | ||||||||
| $0-$99,000 | 24 | (43%) | 61%§ | 33%§ | ||||
| $100,000-199,000 | 23 | (42%) | 20% | 41% | ||||
| ≥ $200,000 | 8 | (15%) | 20% | 26% | ||||
aMSP Alumni Survey was conducted in 2008-2009
bFor individuals doing a subspecialty fellowship, the choice of specialty may not be the same as the first residency
cIncludes General Surgery and Surgery (Other: ENT, orthopedics, plastic surgery, urologic surgery, etc.)
dAll Vanderbilt Medical Students 2006-2010 and all medical school data: Medical school graduation questionnaire, individual school report