title: Radiology Resident' Satisfaction With Their Training and Education in the United States: Effect of Program Directors, Teaching Faculty, and Other Factors on Program Success.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Radiology residency education must evolve to meet the growing demands of radiology training. Resident opinions are a major resource to identify needs. However, few published data are available on a national level investigating the radiology resident perspective on factors that influence the resident experience. Our study investigates factors that affect residents' satisfaction with their residency experience and education.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 67-item survey was sent to all radiology residency program directors and coordinators in the United States to be distributed at their discretion. Questions were multiple choice, free-text answer, or 5-point Likert scale. Statistical significance (p < 0.05) was determined using chi-square test, t test, and logistic regression analysis, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred seventeen radiology residents responded to the survey (range, 212-217 responses per question). Overall, 77.8% (168/216) of residents were satisfied with their residency programs. Subcategories that showed a statistically significant correlation with overall satisfaction, in decreasing strength according to the odds ratio (OR), include the program director or administrative office (OR, 72.2; 95% CI, 27.4-221.9), the daily workstation experience (OR, 30.5; 95% CI, 12.8-80.9), the faculty (OR, 19.5; 95% CI, 8.9-45.4), educational conferences (OR, 7.9; 95% CI, 3.9-16.4), work hours (OR, 6.4; 95% CI, 3.2-13.2), teaching opportunities (OR, 6.5; 95% CI, 3.1-13.8), research opportunities (OR, 5.1; 95% CI, 2.6-10.6), personal study (OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.1-4.1), and compensation (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.0-3.7).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study provides incremental data to the existing literature that offers insight into factors that contribute to a successful radiology residency program.
authors.affiliation: 1 Present address: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.|2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Christopher Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.|3 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Ave, Department of Radiology-MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3026.
authors.forename: HaiThuy N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Emma C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: residency success; resident education; trainee satisfaction