title: [Selection for education in internal medicine in 1987].
abstract: On the basis of a review of all the applications for teaching appointments in internal medicine in 1987, it was found that 30.2% of the applicants were appointed to teaching appointments. The average postgraduate seniority among the selected applicants was 8.4 years, varying from three to 17 years. The successful applicants had between 19 and 100 months appointment in the specialty and had published between one and 86 articles and were currently, or had been, previously employed in a teaching department. No significant differences in the frequencies of appointment were found between men and women. A statistical model is established and this shows that the odds ratio for teaching appointments increases with a factor 110 for the group of applicants with 15 og more published works compared with the group with two or fewer published articles. Three factors in particular in the group of applicants concerned were decisive for selection: number of articles, postgraduate seniority and place of appointment at the time of application. Increasing postgraduate seniority in the specialty of more than four to five years did not per se increase the chances of obtaining a teaching appointment. Introduction of a form of monitoring is recommended and not only where internal medicine is concerned.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Udvaelgelse til undervisningsstilling i intern medicin 1987.