Resident Perception of Academic Skills Training and Impact on Academic Career Choice

摘要: . Objectives: 1) To evaluate residents' perceptions of the quality training in basic academic skills and availability research resources during residency; 2) to association between these attitudes choice an career; 3) assess toward importance postgraduate fellowship for success career. Methods: A 15-item survey was administered all U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residents conjunction with February 1997 American Board Emergency Medicine (ABEM) In-service Examination. The assessed resident interest a career EM, perception general (research teaching) skills. Residents were also asked rate their following specific skills: medical grant writing, bedside teaching, lecturing, use computers, study design, statistics, audiovisual aids. Resident assessed: teaching role models, data collection analysis support, laboratory facilities, financial support research, fundamentals lectures, computers. Results: response 93%. Forty-four percent respondents interested 36.6% undecided, 19.6% not On scale 1 (unprepared) 5 (well prepared), rated overall preparedness fairly high (3.97 [0.86]). In contrast, they perceived skill areas resource be only fair. Despite relatively inadequate skills, 24% indicated that believed important Logistic regression analyses demonstrated participation project school, length program (4- vs 3-year), being first-year resident, better one's preparation factors independently associated having greater Conclusions: percentage initially express career, but this wanes as residency progresses. minority believe provides them needed succeed academics, or adequate exposure mentors. may able increase number qualified faculty by recruiting students prior experience, providing models.