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Association of demographic characteristics with evolution of interest in anesthesiology during medical school

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  • Max Y Lu
  • Alexandra M Hajduk
  • Jeph Herrin
  • Mytien Nguyen
  • Dowin Boatright
  • Sarwat I Chaudhry

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Background: Physician workforce diversity improves access to care, outcomes, and workforce productivity. Yet, women and sexual minorities remain underrepresented in anesthesiology, while representation for low-income trainees remains poorly characterized. How interest in anesthesiology evolves among these groups during medical school remains unclear. Methods: This retrospective cohort study of U.S. MD-granting medical school matriculants from 2014–2017 used Association of American Medical Colleges data on self-reported sociodemographic characteristics and anesthesiology interest. Students were grouped by interest evolution from matriculation to graduation: never interested (no-no), cultivated (no-yes), lost (yes-no), sustained (yes-yes). Chi-square tests characterized sociodemographic differences across interest paths. Firth logistic regression models assessed odds of cultivated vs never interested and sustained vs lost paths across sociodemographic groups. Results: Among 39,910 students in the cohort, 295 (0.7%) sustained, 2,007 (5.0%) cultivated, 494 (1.2%) lost interest, and 37,114 (93.0%) were never interested in anesthesiology. Women were less likely than men to have initial interest (1.5% vs 2.5%, p

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  • Max Y Lu & Alexandra M Hajduk & Jeph Herrin & Mytien Nguyen & Dowin Boatright & Sarwat I Chaudhry, 2026. "Association of demographic characteristics with evolution of interest in anesthesiology during medical school," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 21(9), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0358122
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0358122
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