%0 Journal Article
%T Factors Applicants Value when Selecting an Emergency Medicine Residency
%A Yarris
%A Lalena M
%A DeIorio
%A Nicole M
%A Lowe
%A Robert A
%J Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
%D 2009
%I UC Irvine Health School of Medicine.
%X Objective: Little is known about the factors important to applicants when selecting an emergency medicine residency. We sought to identify which residency-specific criteria applicants value in selecting a training program.Methods: We conducted an anonymous survey of emergency medicine interviewees at our residency. Applicants were asked to rate each of 18 factors on a four-point scale from 1 (ˇ°not at all importantˇ±) to 4 (ˇ°very importantˇ±) in their selection of a residency.Results: Of 82 interviewees, 73 (89%) completed the survey. The factors with the top six mean scores were: how happy the residents seemed (3.9), program personality (3.8), faculty enthusiasm (3.7), geographic location (3.6), experience during interview day (3.5), and pediatrics training (3.5).Conclusion: The top three factors deemed most important to emergency medicine applicants are primarily intangibles, while programs have no control over the fourth most important factor, location.[WestJEM. 2009;10:159-162.]
%K Graduate Medical Education
%K Emergency Medicine
%K Internship and Residency
%K Interviews
%K Personnel Selection
%U http://escholarship.org/uc/item/86k6p9wq