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Can Success in the Surgical Residency Be Predicted from Preresidency Evaluation?
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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.
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Kron and colleagues found that honors performance in medical school predicted retention in their surgical residency program, but Papp et al. showed no correlation between medical school academic records and subsequent performance evaluations among surgical residents.
“Kron and colleagues found that an honors performance in medical school predicted retention in their surgical residency program,37 but Papp et al. showed no correlation between medical school academic records and subsequent performance evaluations among surgical residents38.”
Academic achievements prior to entry to residency have not shown a definitive role on either attrition or retention to postgraduate specialty programs.
“Academic achievements prior to entry to residency have not shown a definitive role on either attrition or retention to postgraduate specialty programs.”
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“Kron and colleagues found that an honors performance in medical school predicted retention in their surgical residency program, 37 but Papp et al. showed no correlation between medical school academic records and subsequent performance evaluations among surgical residents 38 .”
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- Authors
- KRON, I. L., KAISER, D. L., NOLAN, S. P., RUDOLF, L. E., MULLER, W. H., & JONES, R. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Annals of Surgery
- Published
- 1985-12
- Volume
- 202
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 694-695
- ISSN
- 0003-4932 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1251000
- OpenAlex
- W2013445883
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Annals of Surgery (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Medical Education and Admissions
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- surgical residency, academic rank, publication records, graduate medical education
- MeSH terms
- Educational Measurement, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Internship and Residency, Prognosis, General Surgery
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