Eneh Amaka A, Jagan Lisa, Baxter Stephanie
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
Can J Ophthalmol. 2014 Oct;49(5):407-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2014.06.009.
The primary goal of this project was to investigate Canadian ophthalmology residency program directors' and department heads' perceptions about the relative importance of the various components of the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) application package. Secondary goals were: (i) to investigate the perceptions of all program directors and department heads at Queen's University's residency programs; and (ii) to compare faculty's perceptions with the perceptions of medical students at Queen's University.
Survey.
Queen's University medical students, Queen's University faculty, and Canadian Ophthalmology faculty participated in this survey.
A validated survey was administered to faculty and students. The study targeted program directors and department heads of 15 Canadian ophthalmology residency programs, 18 residency programs at Queen's University, as well as 404 medical students at Queen's University. Qualitative questions were included in the faculty survey. Quantitative data were analyzed with nonparametric tests. Qualitative data were organized according to primary themes.
Response rates ranged from 64% to 87%. On a scale of 1 to 4 in order of increasing importance, faculty and students respectively assigned the highest scores to the following components: interview performance (3.73, 3.89), electives (3.64, 3.83), reference letters (3.53, 3.74), and personal letter (3.27, 3.58). For all 4 components, student scores were significantly higher than faculty scores. First- and fourth-year medical students' scores differed significantly in eight areas including research experience and volunteer experience. In both of these components, there were statistical differences between fourth-year student scores and faculty scores, whereas the first-year class had scores that were comparable with faculty scores. Queen's University faculty and Ophthalmology faculty did not differ significantly. Faculty scores also did not differ significantly based on age or sex.
Faculty and students agreed on the most important components of the application, but significant differences were found in their perceptions of the relative importance of other components.
本项目的主要目标是调查加拿大眼科住院医师培训项目主任和科室主任对加拿大住院医师匹配服务（CaRMS）申请材料各组成部分相对重要性的看法。次要目标是：（i）调查皇后大学住院医师培训项目所有项目主任和科室主任的看法；（ii）比较教师与皇后大学医学生的看法。
调查。
皇后大学医学生、皇后大学教师以及加拿大眼科教师参与了本次调查。
对教师和学生进行了一项经过验证的调查。该研究针对15个加拿大眼科住院医师培训项目的项目主任和科室主任、皇后大学的18个住院医师培训项目以及皇后大学的404名医学生。教师调查问卷中包含定性问题。定量数据采用非参数检验进行分析。定性数据按照主要主题进行整理。
回复率在64%至87%之间。在重要性递增顺序的1至4分制中，教师和学生分别对以下组成部分给出了最高分：面试表现（3.73, 3.89）、选修课程（3.64, 3.83）、推荐信（3.53, 3.74）和个人陈述（3.27, 3.58）。对于所有这4个组成部分，学生的分数显著高于教师的分数。一年级和四年级医学生的分数在包括研究经历和志愿者经历在内的8个领域存在显著差异。在这两个组成部分中，四年级学生的分数与教师的分数存在统计学差异，而一年级学生的分数与教师的分数相当。皇后大学教师和眼科教师之间没有显著差异。教师的分数在年龄或性别方面也没有显著差异。
教师和学生对申请材料中最重要的组成部分达成了一致，但在对其他组成部分相对重要性的看法上存在显著差异。
