Table 1 General characteristics of select GME training programs with designated chief residents (CRs) that participated in the study
From: The selection of chief residents across residency programs at a large academic medical center
Graduate Medical Education Programs | Type of program | Program size (approximate number of house staff per year, all PGY levels) | Years of post-graduate training (per specialty) | Extra year of training required prior to serving as CR | Typical number of CRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anesthesiology | Procedural | 88 | 3 | No | 3 |
Dermatology | Procedural | 22 | 3 | No | 2 |
Emergency Medicine | Procedural | 47 | 4 | No | 3 |
Internal Medicine (2 programs at different hospitals): JH Hospital (JHH) and JH Bayview Medical Center (BMC) | Primary care | JHH: 150 JHBMC: 48 | 3 | JHH CRs serve a year after completing residency training. | JHH: 4 JHBMC: 3 |
Neurology | Primary care | 30 | 3 | No | 2 |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Both | 36 | 4 | No | 2 |
Ophthalmology | Procedural | 20 | 4 | Yes | 1 |
Otolaryngology | Procedural | 25 | 5-6.5 | No | 2 |
Pathology | Procedural | 37 | 3–4 | No | 2 |
Pediatrics | Primary care | 87 | 3 | No | 2 |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Procedural | 27 | 3 | No | 3 |
Plastic Surgery (2 programs: Independent and Integrated) | Procedural | 24 | Independent: 3 Integrated: 7 | No | Independent: 1 Integrated: 4 |
Psychiatry | Primary care | 50 | 4 | No | 4 |
Radiology (2 programs: Diagnostic and Interventional) | Procedural | Diagnostic: 30 Interventional: 17 | Diagnostic: 4 Interventional: 5 | No | 3 |
Radiation Oncology | Procedural | 16 | 4 | No | 2 |