Data in Brief

In July 2025, the Alliance recommended that internal medicine residency program in-person visits for applicants “…should be optional, including open houses or program-sponsored second looks. Programs that opt to conduct second looks should do so as part of the NRMP Rank Order List Pilot.” This month’s Data in Brief explores the offering of in-person second-look visits during the 2024-25 academic year (AY) resident recruitment cycle, prior to the Alliance recommendations.

From the 2025 APDIM Annual Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors, 58.0% of community-based programs reported to offer in-person second-looks, compared to 51.8% overall (p=0.335). Programs that offered second looks conducted a median of 200 first-year resident position interviews, compared to a median of 230 among those that did not (p=0.562). Finally, the median original accreditation year of programs that offered second looks was 1980, compared to 1971 among those that did not (p=0.225).

The 2026 APDIM Annual Survey will launch later in August and again query programs about whether they offered in-person second-look visits, this time for the FY 2026 recruitment cycle.

For more information or if you have questions about these findings, please contact surveys@im.org.

In July 2025, the Alliance recommended that internal medicine residency program in-person visits for applicants “…should be optional, including open houses or program-sponsored second looks. Programs that opt to conduct second looks should do so as part of the NRMP Rank Order List Pilot.” This month’s Data in Brief explores the offering of in-person second-look visits during the 2024-25 academic year (AY) resident recruitment cycle, prior to the Alliance recommendations.

From the 2025 APDIM Annual Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors, 58.0% of community-based programs reported to offer in-person second-looks, compared to 51.8% overall (p=0.335). Programs that offered second looks conducted a median of 200 first-year resident position interviews, compared to a median of 230 among those that did not (p=0.562). Finally, the median original accreditation year of programs that offered second looks was 1980, compared to 1971 among those that did not (p=0.225).

The 2026 APDIM Annual Survey will launch later in August and again query programs about whether they offered in-person second-look visits, this time for the FY 2026 recruitment cycle.

For more information or if you have questions about these findings, please contact surveys@im.org.