International experiences during United States ophthalmology residency training: Current structure of international experiences and perspectives of faculty mentors at United States training institutions.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is a high level of interest in international experiences during United States (U.S.) ophthalmology residency training among both program directors and trainees. METHODS:An electronic invitation to a 26-question survey was sent to all 114 U.S. ophthalmology residency program directors. The invitation requested that the survey be completed by the one faculty member who was most involved in overseeing the international experiences for the residents. The survey consisted of multiple choice and Likert-type scale questions. The Mann-Whitney U test was used for analysis of demographic data and Friedman's test and Wilcoxon-Signed Rank test were used to analyze ranked responses. RESULTS:Responses were obtained from 70 faculty mentors representing unique programs, yielding a respons

SUBMITTER: Camacci ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6879160 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature