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Correction to: An analysis of the selection criteria for postgraduate physician assistant residency and fellowship programs in the United States

BMC Medical Education volume 22, Article number: 106 (2022) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 16 December 2021

Correction to: BMC Med Educ 21, 621 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03059-y

Following publication of the original article [1], the author informed us that the response rate was incorrectly reported. The updated rate is given below and the changes have been highlighted in bold typeface as follows:

Abstract

Results: Twenty-three out of 73 postgraduate programs (31.5%) responded to the survey. The study reported that applicant PAs and nurse practitioners (NPs) are largely selected on the basis of several factors.

Results

Seventy-three postgraduate programs were invited to participate, and 23 programs completed the entire survey. The overall response rate was 31.5%.

Limitations

Third, this study includes a low response rate of (31.5%), which may have contributed to response bias.

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  1. Kidd, et al. An analysis of the selection criteria for postgraduate physician assistant residency and fellowship programs in the United States. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21:621. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03059-y.

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  1. School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Irvine (UCI Health), 101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA, 92868, USA

    Vasco Deon Kidd

  2. Department of Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Sarah Vanderlinden

  3. Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 545 First Avenue, Greenberg Hall Suite 6B, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Jennifer M. Spisak

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Kidd, V.D., Vanderlinden, S. & Spisak, J.M. Correction to: An analysis of the selection criteria for postgraduate physician assistant residency and fellowship programs in the United States. BMC Med Educ 22, 106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03184-2

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