Abstract
With the continued decline in the number of U.S. medical graduates entering psychiatry residencies and the possibility of a decrease in the number of funded psychiatry training positions in the near future, this study aimed to update our understanding of why applicants choose a residency program. For 5 years (1989–1993), all applicants interviewed for postgraduate year-1 psychiatry positions at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Hillside Hospital were asked to rank factors that influenced their program choice. The factors that were rated as most important, in declining order, were location (67.9%), reputation (46.2%), integration with a medical school (35.9%), resident satisfaction (33.2%), and quality of faculty (33.2%).
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Levy, B.R., Schrage, H. Residency Applicants in Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 20, 76–81 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341553
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