Thatcher Mitchell D, Wandzura Adam M, Smith Mckinley C
University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Canada.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2023 Mar 20;10:23821205231164029. doi: 10.1177/23821205231164029. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
Participation in medical specialty organizations can provide medical students and residents with additional research, advocacy, networking, and leadership opportunities. Although past research has looked at individual specialties in the United States, little is known about trainee involvement in Canadian organizations. Therefore, the aim of this study is to review the opportunities available for medical students and residents within Canadian medical specialty organizations.
The websites of 71 Canadian medical specialty organizations were reviewed to assess levels of trainee participation.
Of the 71 organizations reviewed, 42 (59%) allow medical students and 67 (94%) allow residents to become members. Most organizations allow trainees to attend their annual conference (83% for students and 93% for residents), and the mean cost of attending the most recent virtual conference was $114 (range: $0-$475) for students and $142 (range: $0-$475) for residents. Twenty-two organizations (31%) have travel awards for students and 37 (52%) have awards for residents. Research grants are available in 41 (58%) of organizations for students and 56 (79%) for residents. Formal mentorship programs exist in 16 (23%) organizations for students and 25 (35%) for residents.
To our knowledge, this study highlights for the first time the scholarly opportunities available to trainees within Canadian medical specialty organizations.
参与医学专业组织可为医学生和住院医师提供额外的研究、宣传、社交和领导机会。尽管过去的研究关注了美国的各个专业，但对于加拿大组织中受训人员的参与情况知之甚少。因此，本研究的目的是回顾加拿大医学专业组织为医学生和住院医师提供的机会。
对71个加拿大医学专业组织的网站进行审查，以评估受训人员的参与程度。
在审查的71个组织中，42个（59%）允许医学生加入，67个（94%）允许住院医师加入。大多数组织允许受训人员参加其年会（医学生为83%，住院医师为93%），参加最近一次虚拟会议的平均费用，医学生为114美元（范围：0至475美元），住院医师为142美元（范围：0至475美元）。22个组织（31%）为学生提供旅行奖励，37个（52%）为住院医师提供奖励。41个组织（58%）为学生提供研究资助，56个（79%）为住院医师提供研究资助。16个组织（23%）为学生设有正式的导师计划，25个（35%）为住院医师设有正式的导师计划。
据我们所知，本研究首次突出了加拿大医学专业组织为受训人员提供的学术机会。
