Residency applicants in psychiatry : factors influencing program choice.
With the continued decline in the number of U.S. medical graduates entering psychiatry residencies and the possibility of a decrease in the number of funded psychiatry training positions in the near future, this study aimed to update our understanding of why applicants choose a residency program. For 5 years (1989-1993), all applicants interviewed for postgraduate year-1 psychiatry positions at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Hillside Hospital were asked to rank factors that influenced their program choice. The factors that were rated as most important, in declining order, were location (67.9%), reputation (46.2%), integration with a medical school (35.9%), resident satisfaction (33.2%), and quality of faculty (33.2%).
Department of Psychiatry, Hillside Hospital, Long lsland Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Glen Oaks, New York, 11004, USA.
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