title: Current status of residency programs: survey of program directors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This survey was compiled to provide current data on the structure and content of radiology residency programs and the role of the residency program director.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey, created in electronic form and on paper, was distributed to all United States academic, private, and military radiology residency program directors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 202 survey forms distributed, 168 (83%) were completed and returned. Eighty percent of respondents support national curriculum guidelines, but most do not favor national curriculum requirements. About half (53%) of programs spend 6 months in "view box" nuclear medicine; others provide some experience by lectures and on-call time. Most programs (60%) relieve residents of some call during the senior year. Some programs (28%) allow seniors time away from clinical duties to study for the oral board exam, and 17% permit time away to study for the written boards. Seventy-eight percent of programs have had a "problem resident," and 47% have asked a resident to leave the program. Directors' most frequently expressed concern was threat of diminished residency numbers due to decreased funding.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Talner
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McIlhenny
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Arndt
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce