Open AccessCan Success in the Surgical Residency Be Predicted from Preresidency Evaluation?
Author(s) -
Irving L. Krön,
D L Kaiser,
Stanton P. Nolan,
Leslie E. Rudolf,
William H. Muller,
Renee’ Jones
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198512000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , surgical procedures , medline , medical education , surgery , political science , law
Sixty-two residents entered the general surgical residency over a 10-year period, and 42 completed it. When the 20 who were dismissed from the program were compared by discriminant analysis to those who completed it successfully, it was found that Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership, high class rank, clinical honors, and publications predicted success with 89% accuracy. Ten of the 42 who completed the program were rated as outstanding, 22 were average and 10 below average. No subjective or objective preresidency selection data correlated with later chief resident performance.