Internal Medicine Residency Program Responses to the Increase of Residency Applications: Differences by Program Type and Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decade, the number of residency applications has increased substantially, causing many residency programs to change their recruitment practices.

Objective

We determined how internal medicine (IM) residency programs have responded to increased applications by program type (community-based, community-based/university-affiliated, and university-based) and characteristics (percentage of international medical graduates, program size, and program director [PD] tenure).

Methods

The Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine conducted a national survey of 363 IM PDs in 2017. Five questions assessed IM program responses to the increased number of residency applications in 3 areas: changes in recruitment strategies, impact on ability to perfo

SUBMITTER: Sweet ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6919188 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature