Ezeh Uche C, Svirsky Mario A, April Max M
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery New York University School of Medicine New York City New York USA.
Department of Neuroscience and Physiology New York University School of Medicine New York City New York USA.
OTO Open. 2024 Apr 3;8(2):e127. doi: 10.1002/oto2.127. eCollection 2024 Apr-Jun.
The process of resident recruitment is costly, and our surgical residency program expends significant time on the resident selection process while balancing general duties and responsibilities. The aim of our study was to explore the relationship between otolaryngology-head and surgery (OHNS) residents' National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) rank-list position at our institution and their subsequent residency performance.
Retrospective cohort study.
Single site institution.
We retrospectively reviewed 7 consecutive resident classes (2011-2017) at a single tertiary OHNS residency program. We reviewed each resident's absolute rank order in the NRMP matches. Measures of residency performance included overall faculty evaluation during postgraduate year 5 (PGY5), annual in-service examination scores (scaled score), and the number of manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals. Correlations between NRMP rank order and subsequent residency performance were assessed using Spearman's rho correlation coefficients ().
Twenty-eight residents entered residency training between 2011 and 2017. The average rank position of the trainees during this study was 9.7 (range: 1-22). We found no significant correlation between rank order and faculty evaluation during PGY5 ( = 0.097, = .625) or number of publications ( = -0.256, = .189). Additionally, when assessing the association between rank order and annual Otolaryngology Training Examination-scaled scores, no statistically significant relationship was found between the 2 ( > .05).
Our results showed that there were no significant correlations between OHNS rank order and various measures of success in residency training, which aligns with existing literature. Further investigation of this relationship should be conducted to ensure the applicability of our findings.
住院医师招聘过程成本高昂，我们的外科住院医师培训项目在平衡日常职责的同时，在住院医师选拔过程中花费了大量时间。我们研究的目的是探讨在我们机构中，耳鼻咽喉-头颈外科（OHNS）住院医师在全国住院医师匹配项目（NRMP）排名列表中的位置与他们随后的住院医师培训表现之间的关系。
回顾性队列研究。
单中心机构。
我们回顾了一个单一的三级OHNS住院医师培训项目连续7届（2011 - 2017年）的住院医师情况。我们查看了每位住院医师在NRMP匹配中的绝对排名顺序。住院医师培训表现的衡量指标包括研究生第5年（PGY5）的总体教师评价、年度在职考试成绩（标准化分数）以及在同行评审期刊上发表的论文数量。使用Spearman等级相关系数（）评估NRMP排名顺序与随后住院医师培训表现之间的相关性。
2011年至2017年间，28名住院医师开始住院医师培训。在本研究期间，受训者的平均排名位置为9.7（范围：1 - 22）。我们发现排名顺序与PGY5期间的教师评价（= 0.097，= 0.625）或论文发表数量（= -0.256，= 0.189）之间没有显著相关性。此外，在评估排名顺序与年度耳鼻咽喉科培训考试标准化分数之间的关联时，未发现两者之间存在统计学上的显著关系（> 0.05）。
我们的结果表明，OHNS排名顺序与住院医师培训成功的各种衡量指标之间没有显著相关性，这与现有文献一致。应进一步研究这种关系，以确保我们研究结果的适用性。
