Table 3.

Factors independently associated with overall residency performance

Factor	Improvement in overall performance (1-10 scale)	95% CI	p value
≥ 5 honors in core clerkships	1.2	0.3-2.0	0.01
Research (6-year) track	1.0	0.1-1.9	0.03
≥ 3 exceptional letters of recommendation	0.9	0.02-1.7	0.046

Parameters excluded by stepwise regression: years since graduation. Model accounts for 53% of the variance in overall residency performance.