Messer T I
VA Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
J Am Optom Assoc. 1993 Aug;64(8):543-7.
Residency programs in optometry have become an important part of the training of doctors of optometry. Although there have been many studies on the subject, there are no known reports which concentrate solely on the characteristics of residency programs' applicants.
Applicant data obtained from the application and matching services utilized by VA programs for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 residency years was analyzed and, in certain circumstances, compared against appropriate national data.
The ratio of applicants to available residency positions exceeded 2:1. The majority of applicants were women. During each residency application year studied, at least one applicant came from each of the accredited schools and colleges of optometry. Stronger scores from the National Board of Examiners in Optometry and higher grade point averages from the optometry curriculum correlated with the matching of an applicant to a residency program.
As the practice of optometry continues to evolve, the profile of many aspects of optometric education, including residency training, will also change over the years. This paper, as baseline information, may serve in future analyses to demonstrate these changes with respect to applicant characteristics.
验光专业住院医师培训项目已成为验光师培训的重要组成部分。尽管对此主题已有许多研究，但尚无仅专注于住院医师培训项目申请人特征的已知报告。
分析了从1991 - 92年和1992 - 93年住院医师培训年度退伍军人事务部（VA）项目使用的申请和匹配服务中获得的申请人数据，并在某些情况下与适当的全国性数据进行了比较。
申请人与可用住院医师职位的比例超过2:1。大多数申请人为女性。在每个研究的住院医师申请年度，至少有一名申请人来自每所经认可的验光学校和学院。验光师国家考试委员会的更高分数以及验光课程的更高平均绩点与申请人匹配住院医师培训项目相关。
随着验光实践的不断发展，多年来验光教育许多方面的情况，包括住院医师培训，也将发生变化。本文作为基线信息，可能有助于未来的分析，以展示申请人特征方面的这些变化。
