title: Surgical Specialty Residents More Likely to Receive the Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards are given by medical students to residents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the distribution of this award based on residency specialty. The hypothesis is that surgical residents more commonly receive this award.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective study from 2004 to 2013. All award recipients were obtained from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation website. The specialties of award recipients were tabulated. The number of award winners per thousand specialty residents was estimated using the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Data Resource Book, adjusting for the number of awarding schools and resident specialties. All statistics used an α = 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 2489 awards given during the study period, with 52.6% in medical specialties and 47.4% in surgical specialties (p = 0.45). The specialties most commonly awarded were General Surgery (22.3%), Internal Medicine (20.9%), and Obstetrics/Gynecology (20.4%). Adjusting for the number of eligible residents, there were 59.9 awards/1000 Obstetrics/Gynecology residents, 43.1 awards/1000 General Surgery residents, and 20.2 awards/1000 Internal Medicine residents (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Controlling for the number of eligible residents, the Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards are more commonly given to surgical specialty residents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Owensboro Health, One Health Surgical Specialists Owensboro, Kentucky; Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Electronic address: John.FalconeMD@owensborohealth.org.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Falcone
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D006808:Humanism; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States
keywords: Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award; Interpersonal and Communication; Patient Care; Professionalism; Skills; medical students; resident; surgery; teaching award