Department of Surgery and Centre for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University, Al-Jabriya, Kuwait.
BMC Med Educ. 2013 Jan 19;13:4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-4.
In Kuwait, 21 residency training programs were offered in the year 2011; however, no data is available regarding the criteria of selecting residents for these programs. This study aims to provide information about the importance of these criteria.
A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from members (e.g. chairmen, directors, assistants …etc.) of residency programs in Kuwait. A total of 108 members were invited to participate. They were asked to rate the importance level (scale from 1 to 5) of criteria that may affect the acceptance of an applicant to their residency programs. Average scores were calculated for each criterion.
Of the 108 members invited to participate, only 12 (11.1%) declined to participate. Interview performance was ranked as the most important criteria for selecting residents (average score: 4.63/5.00), followed by grade point average (average score: 3.78/5.00) and honors during medical school (average score: 3.67/5.00). On the other hand, receiving disciplinary action during medical school and failure in a required clerkship were considered as the most concerning among other criteria used to reject applicants (average scores: 3.83/5.00 and 3.54/5.00 respectively). Minor differences regarding the importance level of each criterion were noted across different programs.
This study provided general information about the criteria that are used to accept/reject applicants to residency programs in Kuwait. Future studies should be conducted to investigate each criterion individually, and to assess if these criteria are related to residents' success during their training.
2011 年，科威特提供了 21 个住院医师培训计划；然而，目前尚无关于这些计划选择住院医师标准的数据。本研究旨在提供有关这些标准重要性的信息。
使用自填式问卷从科威特住院医师计划的成员（如主席、主任、助理等）收集数据。共邀请了 108 名成员参加。他们被要求对可能影响申请人接受其住院医师计划的标准的重要程度（1 到 5 分的等级）进行评分。为每个标准计算平均得分。
在 108 名受邀参加的成员中，只有 12 名（11.1%）拒绝参加。面试表现被评为选择住院医师的最重要标准（平均得分：4.63/5.00），其次是平均绩点（平均得分：3.78/5.00）和医学院期间的荣誉（平均得分：3.67/5.00）。另一方面，在医学院期间受到纪律处分和必修实习失败被认为是拒绝申请人的最令人关注的其他标准（平均得分：3.83/5.00 和 3.54/5.00）。不同计划对每个标准的重要程度略有差异。
本研究提供了关于科威特住院医师计划接受/拒绝申请人标准的一般信息。应进行未来的研究来单独评估每个标准，并评估这些标准是否与住院医师在培训期间的成功相关。
