title: Residency faculty opinions about medical student advising: a national survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medical student faculty advisors are charged with providing students the best possible information and advice regarding residency selection and how to increase their likelihood of matching into the program of their choice. Given the lack of clear and consistent processes for ranking residency applicants, medical student advisors will benefit from better insight into the perspectives of family medicine residency (FMR) faculty.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was designed to increase understanding of the perceptions of FMR faculty in evaluating and ranking medical student applicants. We surveyed all FMR programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Program directors, or their designees, were asked to provide basic program characteristics and then to either agree or disagree with various advising statements medical school faculty might say to students applying to FMR programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 24 items in the survey, consensus among programs was reached for only seven.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results, especially given the current climate of an increasing number of applicants for a nearly stable number of residency training slots, clearly support the need for enhanced communication and collaboration between family medicine student advisors and residency educators.
authors: Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University.
authors: Steven H
authors: SH
authors: Crossman
authors: Judy S
authors: JS
authors: Gary
authors: Sharon K
authors: SK
authors: Flores
authors: Melissa K
authors: MK
authors: Bradner
authors: Roy T
authors: RT
authors: Sabo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D014830:Vocational Guidance