An Analysis of Medical Student PubMed-Indexed Research Productivity and Factors Associated With Matching at Top-Ranked Ophthalmology Residency Programs.

The applicants who matched at the top 20 Doximity ophthalmology residency programs were more likely to attend a top 40 US News Medical School and have more first-author publications and active projects pertaining to ophthalmology that later resulted in publications; however, in multivariate regression analysis including the aforementioned variables, only attending a top 40 medical school increased the likelihood of an applicant matching at a top-tier ophthalmology residency program, suggesting that research productivity as an independent variable may not be significant in matching to a top-tier ophthalmology residency program especially since there were no differences in research on outpatient based on the applicants’ tier of medical school.

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