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Characteristics of Emergency Medicine Resident Orientation Programs
Author(s) -
Brillman Judith C.,
Sklar David P.,
Viccellio Peter
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1995.tb03075.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orientation (vector space) , family medicine , descriptive statistics , emergency medicine , mathematics , statistics , geometry
Objective: To determine the prevalence, duration, composition, and goals of emergency medicine resident orientation programs. Methods: Eleven‐item, descriptive mail surveys were sent by the education committee of SAEM to the program directors of all emergency medicine residency programs approved by the RRC as of January 1992. Results: Sixty‐nine of 86 survey instruments (80%) were returned. Orientation programs were offered in 64 residencies, 41 PGY1–3 programs, five PGY1–4 programs, and 18 PGY2–4 programs. Results are tabulated below.