title: [The figure of Chief of Residents in the Residencing training: establishment and development in a Spanish hospital].
abstract: Training qualified medical specialists is one of the great supports of the Spanish health care system. The teaching structure of the hospital is essential for the correct development of this training. The figure of the chief resident (CR) is widely developed in the USA and Canada, but not in our country. Including this figure in the teaching organigram of our hospital has meant one more advance in the search for improving our teaching capacity. In the following, we explain our experience during the introduction and later development of the figure of CR, stressing its theoretical functions, the notification mechanism, constitution of the Residents' Committee and later development of activities and tasks conducted. After three years, our experience is favorable, subject to modifications, but adaptable to the idiosyncrasy of each site.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. jmerino.hrc@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cobo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Innerarity
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quereda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013030:Spain; D013663:Teaching; D000078329:Workforce