Residency performance

Can admissions interviews predict performance in residency?

OBJECTIVE The authors aim to determine whether admission interviews predict performance in residency. METHODS The authors determined whether interview and other admission data were correlated with performance during postgraduate years 2-4 and with remaining in the residency in 544 residents enrolled in a single psychiatry residency program between 1963 and 2004. RESULTS Considered together,...

Residency redesign.

Effect of Doximity Residency Rankings on Residency Applicants' Program Choices.

INTRODUCTION Choosing a residency program is a stressful and important decision. Doximity released residency program rankings by specialty in September 2014. This study sought to investigate the impact of those rankings on residency application choices made by fourth year medical students. METHODS A 12-item survey was administered in October 2014 to fourth year medical students at three schoo...

Residency applicants' perspectives on family medicine residency training length.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Future of Family Medicine report advocated experimentation with 4-year residency training models. This study examines residency applicants' opinions about extending the length of residency training and seeks to determine which features of an extended program would be most desirable to applicants. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administe...

Attrition in otolaryngology residency.

Attrition is a disruptive problem in residency training programs. Resident attrition has been more thoroughly investigated and reported in other medical fields with limited data specific to otolaryngology. Using a Web-based survey of otolaryngology residency program directors, information regarding a 5-year cohort of residents was collected. The survey response rate was 61% (59 of 97 programs),...