Table 1.

Analysis of responses regarding the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 musculoskeletal radiology fellowship match

Variable	Total (n)	Mean (range)	95% confidence interval	p value
Primary analysis of the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 fellowship match (n = 30)
Positions				0.326
2019–2020	79	2.63 (1–5)	2.22–3.04
2020–2021	80	2.67 (1–5)	2.27–3.06
Applicants				0.242
2019–2020	845	28.16 (2–80)	20.85–35.47
2020–2021	915	30.50 (2–76)	23.10–37.90
Interviews				0.054
2019–2020	481	16.03 (1–35)	12.65–19.42
2020–2021	563	18.77 (1–40)	14.67–22.86
Ranked applicants				0.047
2019–2020	437	14.57 (1–35)	11.24–17.89
2020–2021	524	17.47 (1–39)	13.52–21.41
Percentage of applicants interviewed				0.057
2019–2020	56.9%	64.8% (10.0–100%)	0.54–0.75
2020–2021	61.5%	72.0% (4.0–100%)	0.62–0.82
Unmatched positions				0.174
2019–2020	31	1.03 (0–4)	0.59–1.48
2020–2021	39	1.30 (0–4)	0.86–1.74
Ranks of matched candidates (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)				0.821
2019–2020	41	6.02 (1–23)
2020–2021	37	6.43 (1–39)
Lowest rank of matched candidates (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)				0.807
2019–2020	22	7.68 (1–23)
2020–2021	24	8.67 (1–39)
Secondary analysis of the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 fellowship match accounting for presumed internal matching
Applicants (n = 28)				0.017
2019–2020	802	28.68 (4–80)	21.11–36.25
2020–2021	908	32.43 (3–76)	25.03–39.83
Interviews (n = 25)				0.007
2019–2020	446	17.84 (3–35)	14.39–21.29
2020–2021	532	21.28 (3–40)	17.28–25.58
Ranked applicants (n = 25)				0.015
2019–2020	407	16.28 (1–35)	12.81–19.74
2020–2021	494	19.76 (1–39)	15.82–23.70
Percentage of applicants interviewed (n = 25)				0.152
2019–2020	55.6%	72.2% (32.5–100%)	0.63–0.82
2020–2021	58.5%	75.9% (37.2–100%)	0.67–0.85
Ranks of matched candidates (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)				0.713
2019–2020	38	6.39 (1–23)
2020–2021	33	7.03 (1–39)
Lowest rank of matched candidates (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)				0.940
2019–2020	20	8.30 (1–23)
2020–2021	21	9.67 (1–39)