Dial T H, Lindley D W
Section for Operational Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.
J Med Educ. 1987 Dec;62(12):955-8. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198712000-00001.
Several previous studies have used data from the Association of American Medical Colleges' annual graduation survey to address questions about medical students' specialty preferences. Only recently, however, has it become possible to test the validity of these data as indicators of the specialties in which students will actually receive training. Comparisons of 1983 graduation questionnaire data with data on the third-year residencies for the same cohort reveal that the specialty preferences indicated on the questionnaire were good predictors of the residency programs the respondents were in during the third year following graduation.
此前已有多项研究利用美国医学院协会年度毕业调查的数据来探讨医学生的专业偏好问题。然而，直到最近，才有可能检验这些数据作为学生实际接受培训专业指标的有效性。将1983年毕业调查问卷数据与同一队列学生三年级住院医师培训数据进行比较后发现，调查问卷中显示的专业偏好能够很好地预测受访者毕业后第三年所在的住院医师培训项目。
