Table 3 Importance of applicant factors based on age, sex, and ethnicity of the responders (Percentage, 95% Confidence Interval)

Ethnicity of Candidate

Ext/very important

33/291 (11.3,7.7–15.0)

17/269 (6.3,3.4–9.2)

0.04

21/325 (6.5,3.8–9.1)

30/229 (13.1,8.7–17.5)

0.008

38/422 (9.0,6.3–11.7)

13/143 (9.1,4.4–13.8)

0.98

Not at all/slight important

258/291 (88.7,85.0–92.3)

252/269 (93.7,90.8–96.6)

304/325 (93.5,90.8–96.2)

199/229 (86.9,82.5–91.3)

384/422 (91.0,88.3–93.7)

130/143 (90.9,86.2–95.6)

Proximity hometown to program

Ext/very important

38/270 (14.1,9.9–18.2)

44/249 (17.7,12.9–22.4)

0.26

48/289 (16.6,12.3–20.9)

31/220 (14.1,9.5–18.7)

0.44

53/398 (13.3,9.9–16,7)

29/124 (23.4,15.9–30.9

0.007

Not at all/slight important

232/291 (85.9,81.8–90.1)

205/249 (82.3,77.6–87.1)

241/289 (83.4,79.1–87.7)

189/220 (85.9,81.3–90.5)

345/398 (86.7,83.3–90.0)

95/124 (76.6,69.1–84.1)

Class Rank

Ext/very important

75/262 (28.6,23.1–34.1)

60/191 (31.4,24.8–38.0)

0.52

91/250 (36.4,30.4–42.4)

43/199 (21.6,15.9–27.3)

0.0007

97/340 (28.5,23.7–33.3)

39/116 (33.6,25.0–42.2)

0.30

Not at all/slight important

187/262 (71.4,65.9–76.9)

131/191 (68.6,62.0–75.2)

159/250 (63.6,57.6–69.6)

156/199 (78.4,72.6–84.1)

243/340 (71.5,66.7–76.2)

77/116 (66.4,57.7–75.0)

Dean’s letter

Ext/very important

111/220 (50.5,43.8–57.1)

79/166 (47.6,40.0–55.2)

0.58

103/231 (44.6,38.1–51.0)

86/152 (56.6,48.7–64.5)

0.02

126/285 (44.2,38.4–50.0)

66/104 (63.5,54.2–72.7)

0.0008

Not at all/slight important

109/220 (49.5,42.9–56.2)

87/166 (52.4,44.8–60.0)

128/231 (55.4,49.0–61.8)

66/152 (43.4,35.5–51.3)

159/285 (55.8,50.0–61.6)

38/104 (36.5,27.2–45.8)

Letters of recommendations

Ext/very important

146/197 (74.1,68.0–80.3)

100/157 (63.7,56.1–71.3)

0.03

131/194 (67.5,60.9–74.1)

115/158 (72.8,65.8–79.7)

0.28

173/269 (64.3,58.6–70.1)

74/87 (85.1,77.5–92.6)

0.0003

Not at all/slight important

51/197 (25.9,19.7–32.0)

57/157 (36.3,28.7–43.9)

63/194 (32.5,25.8–39.1)

43/158 (27.2,20.2–34.2)

96/269 (35.7,29.9–41.4)

13/87 (14.9,7.4–22.5)

Personal statement

Ext/very important

119/202 (58.9,52.1–65.7)

130/186 (69.9,63.3–76.5)

0.02

132/221 (59.7,53.2–66.2)

115/162 (71.0,64.0–78.0)

0.02

181/295 (61.4,55.8–66.9)

70/96 (72.9,64.0–81.8)

0.04

Not at all/slight important

83/202 (41.1,34.3–47.9)

56/186 (30.1,23.5–36.7)

89/221 (40.3,33.8–46.8)

47/162 (29.0,22.0–36.0)

114/295 (38.6,33.1–44.2)

26/96 (27.1,18.2–36.0)

Inv. in research pert. to specialty

Ext/very important

59/273 (21.6,16.7–26.5)

34/210 (16.2,11.2–21.2)

0.13

56/258 (21.7, 16.6–26.7)

35/218 (16.1,11.2–20.9)

0.12

61/380 (16.1,12.3–19.7)

33/107 (30.8,22.1–39.6)

0.0006

Not at all/slight important

214/273 (78.4,73.5–83.3)

176/210 (83.8,78.8–88.8)

202/258 (78.3,73.2–83.3)

183/218 (83.9,79.1–88.8)

319/380 (83.9,80.2–87.6)

74/107 (69.2,60.4–77.9)

Presenting research at a reg/nat scientific assembly

Ext/very important

34/305 (11.2,7.6–14.7)

23/240 (9.6,5.8–13.3)

0.55

34/299 (11.4,7.8–15.0)

23/237 (9.7,5.9–13.5)

0.53

35/416 (8.4,5.7–11.1)

22/132 (16.7,10.3–23.0)

0.007

Not at all/slight important

271/305 (88.8,85.3–92.4)

217/240 (90.4,86.7–94.2)

265/299 (88.6,85.0–92.2)

214/237 (90.3,86.5–94.1)

381/416 (91.6,88.9–94.3)

110/132 (83.3,77.0–89.7)

Publishing research in a peer-rev. journal

Ext/very important

44/315 (14.0,10.1–17.8)

40/239 (16.7,12.0-21.5)

0.37

52/295 (17.6,13.3–22.0)

31/249 (12.5,8.3–16.6)

0.09

56/425 (13.2,9.9–16.4)

28/132 (21.2,14.2–28.2)

0.02

Not at all/slight important

271/315 (86.0,82.2–89.9)

199/239 (83.3,78.5–88.0)

243/295 (82.4,78.0–86.7)

218/249 (87.5,83.4–91.7)

369/425 (86.8,83.6–90.0)

104/132 (78.8,71.8–85.8)

Previous inv. in collegiate sports

Ext/very important

23/348 (6.6,4.0–9.2)

20/274 (7.3,4.2–10.4)

0.74

26/342 (7.6,4.8–10.4)

17/273 (6.2,3.4–9.1)

0.51

38/468 (8.1,5.6–10.6)

5/159 (3.1,0.4–5.9)

0.03

Not at all/slight important

325/348 (93.4,90.8–96.0)

254/274 (92.7,89.6–95.8)

316/342 (92.4,89.6–95.2)

256/273 (93.8,90.9–96.6)

430/468 (91.9,89.4–94.4)

154/159 (96.9,94.1–99.6)

Previous inv. in global health

Ext/very important

13/359 (3.6,1.7–5.6)

14/285 (4.9,2.4–7.4)

0.42

15/358 (4.2,2.1–6.3)

12/275 (4.4,1.9–6.8)

0.91

13/483 (2.7,1.2–4.1)

14/165 (8.5,4.2–12.7)

0.001

Not at all/slight important

346/359 (96.4,94.4–98.3)

271/285 (95.1,92.6–97.6)

343/358 (95.8,93.7–97.9)

263/275 (95.6,93.2–98.0)

470/483 (97.3,95.9–98.8)

151/165 (91.5,87.3–95.8)

Comm. service inv.

Ext/very important

89/223 (39.9,33.5–46.4)

81/190 (42.6,2 = 33.5–46.4)

0.58

83/236 (35.2,29.1–41.3)

83/169 (49.1,41.5–56.7)

0.005

131/318 (41.2,35.8–46.6)

39/97 (40.2,30.4–50.0)

0.86

Not at all/slight important

134/223 (60.1,53.6–66.5)

109/190 (57.4,53.6–66.5)

153/236 (64.8,58.7–70.9)

86/169 (51.9,43.3–58.5)

187/318 (58.8,53.4–64.2)

58/97 (59.8,50.0–64.2)