Medical Student Interest in Flexible Residency Training Options

Factors that influence medical student selection of an emergency medicine residency program: implications for training programs.

OBJECTIVES An understanding of student decision-making when selecting an emergency medicine (EM) training program is essential for program directors as they enter interview season. To build upon preexisting knowledge, a survey was created to identify and prioritize the factors influencing candidate decision-making of U.S. medical graduates. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, multi-institutio...

Relationship between Canadian medical school student career interest in emergency medicine and postgraduate training disposition

Background Canada has two independent routes of emergency medicine (EM) training and certification. This unique situation may encourage medical students with EM career aspirations to apply to family medicine (FM) residencies to subsequently acquire College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) training and certification in EM. We sought answers to the following: 1) Are medical students who indi...

The length of residency training--can we be flexible?

To the Editor: In their commentary, Drs Saultz and David propose extending family medicine training to 4 years. Recently, Duane et al surveyed a sample of family medicine residents, program directors, and practicing physicians and found significant but not definitive interest in adjusting program length and content. The Future of Family Medicine analysis encouraged flexibility and innovation in...

Medical training in psychiatric residency: the PGY-1 experience.

Surgical treatment of otosclerosis in medical residency training.

UNLABELLED The number of patients with stapes otosclerosis compared to the number of otorhinolaryngologists has declined over the past several years. As a result a controversy has arisen in the literature, whether or not stapes surgery should be included in residency programs. AIM the objective of the present study is to evaluate the results and complications of estapedotomies performed by re...