Satisfaction with ophthalmology residency training from the perspective of recent graduates: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have evaluated satisfaction with medical residency programs from the perspective of residents or recent graduates. Knowledge of current conditions of teaching might help to identify deficiencies and to provide adequate training. So, the aim of this study was to assess the satisfaction with residency training and to identify deficiencies in this training from the perspective of recent graduates in ophthalmology residency.

Methods

For this purpose, we developed a questionnaire and gaved it to recent graduates in ophthalmology residency in São Paulo, Brazil, from January to December 2010. The questions contained demographic information (age, sex and time of practice in ophthalmology), a Likert scale to evaluate the level of satisfaction with medical resid

SUBMITTER: Millan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3679975 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature