title: Assessing the Academic Productivity of Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Resident Scholars.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Resident Scholar Program (RSP) supports academically promising anesthesiology residents to attend mentoring seminars at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. The objective of this study was to describe the career paths of RSP participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prior RSP participants were surveyed regarding their academic productivity and their evaluation of the RSP experience. Univariate statistics were used to characterize the survey results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 882 RSP participants were surveyed. The response rate was 26%. Seventy-two percent of respondents had worked in an academic institution, and 45% (95% CI: 38%-51%) were currently at an academic institution, which is higher than the national average of 18% (P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This program may be a model for supporting the development of future academic anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Eleanor Anne
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dillman
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.affiliation: Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kirsch
keywords: Academic anesthesiology; American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA); Career choice; Education; Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER); Resident Scholar Program (RSP)