Garden F H, Smith B S
Department of Physical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1989 Jun;68(3):123-7. doi: 10.1097/00002060-198906000-00005.
The growing number of medical graduates seeking residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) has made the resident selection process increasingly difficult. This circumstance has prompted a search for more efficient selection criteria. Forty-one PM&R residency program directors in the United States and Puerto Rico completed a survey on the way they selected their residents. The results indicate that personal applicant characteristics, as determined by interview, were more important than academic criteria in ranking residency candidates. Of the academic variables presented, participation in a PM&R elective at the program director's hospital and the Dean's letter were rated highest. The interview experience has a major influence on the ranking of an applicant for acceptance into a PM&R training program. Academic criteria should have more influence on applicant selection than they do at present. In addition, early identification and vigorous recruitment of resident candidates with an interest in research is essential for increasing the number of academic physiatrists within our specialty.
寻求物理医学与康复（PM&R）住院医师培训的医学毕业生数量不断增加，这使得住院医师选拔过程变得越来越困难。这种情况促使人们寻找更有效的选拔标准。美国和波多黎各的41位PM&R住院医师项目主任完成了一项关于他们选拔住院医师方式的调查。结果表明，通过面试确定的个人申请人特征在对住院医师候选人进行排名时比学术标准更重要。在所列出的学术变量中，在项目主任所在医院参加PM&R选修课以及院长推荐信的评分最高。面试经历对申请人被PM&R培训项目录取的排名有重大影响。学术标准在申请人选拔中应比目前发挥更大的作用。此外，尽早识别并积极招募对研究感兴趣的住院医师候选人对于增加我们专业领域内学术物理治疗师的数量至关重要。
