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Factors That Affect Selection of a Psychiatry Residency Program

Faculty, Resident, and Student Perspectives

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The influence of the application-interview process on recruitment into psychiatry has recently attracted attention. Surveys of student perspectives indicate that certain program characteristics are of vital importance in selecting a residency and that students evaluate residency programs as much as residency programs evaluate them. This paper describes a survey of faculty members’, residents’, and students’ perspectives on attributes important to program recruitment. The three groups of respondents agreed on two-thirds and disagreed on one-third of the items on the survey, which was distributed throughout psychiatry residency training programs in Ohio. Analyses of disagreements imply that specific changes in faculty behaviors and program procedures might benefit the recruitment process for students and for programs.

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  1. the department of psychiatry at Wright State University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 927, Dayton, Ohio, 45401-0927, USA

    Paul Rodenhauser M.D. (professor and chairman)

  2. the 22nd Strategic Hospital at March Air Force Base in California, USA

    Merijeanne Moore D.O. (chief of the inpatient mental health service)

  3. the department of psychiatry at Michael Reece Hospital, USA

    Sidney H. Weissman M.D. (director of training and education, associate professor in psychiatry)

  4. the University of Chicago, USA

    Sidney H. Weissman M.D. (director of training and education, associate professor in psychiatry)

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  1. Paul Rodenhauser M.D.
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formerly chief resident in the psychiatry residency education program at Wright State University School of Medicine

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Rodenhauser, P., Moore, M. & Weissman, S.H. Factors That Affect Selection of a Psychiatry Residency Program. Acad Psychiatry 13, 150–155 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341277

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