The selection of chief residents across residency programs at a large academic medical center
Susan C Mirabal, Scott M Wright, Paul O’Rourke · 2023
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Susan Mirabal, Scott Wright, and Paul O'Rourke asked how chief residents get chosen across a large medical school's training programs. Chief residents bridge trainees and leadership, speaking for residents' education and well-being. Earlier research described who chiefs are, but not how they are picked. The team interviewed all twenty-one program directors at Johns Hopkins in early 2022 and coded the transcripts for shared themes.
Four themes emerged. Programs scout candidates with different timing and signals, weighing certain traits and track records. Many ask for a statement of intent and hold interviews. Final picks come by votes or by consensus talks, with the program director closely involved either way. Directors mostly trusted their own process and its outcomes. The authors hope laying out the variety prompts each program to borrow the best practices of its neighbors.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Susan C Mirabal, Scott M Wright, Paul O’Rourke |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |