title: How do medical students gather information about residency training programs?
abstract: New electronic sources of information are available for medical students in their search for residency training programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Senior students at the University of Missouri were surveyed regarding types and methods of information sought, and residency choice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 96 percent. Ninety-one point five percent used the Internet to access information. Eighty-six percent used a computer at medical school; seventy-eight percent used one at home. Sixty-five point one percent used the university's web site for information.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students use the world wide web and the Internet for accessing residency programs information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Delzell
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weick
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weick
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data