If You Build It, Will They Come? An Analysis of Candidate Attitudes Toward A New Residency Program

Reflections on year one of a new residency program: Lessons for future leaders from residents and educators

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. As the number of graduating medical students increases, the number of primary care residency positions is not keeping pace. One solution to this problem is the creation and accreditation of new residencies, although there is little literature describing the perspectives of the residents and educators who found new programs. Seven out of ten resident physicians who served as the inaugural interns in a new residency training program in pediatrics provide their reflection on the distinctive perspective they had from this experience. They have identified consensus themes in topic areas of strengths, challenges, and lessons learned from training in a new program. Themes applying to strengths of participating in a new residency training program were the opportunity to shape the program, individualized learning experience, and enthusiastic faculty. Challenges of a new program included missing upper level residents, diverse faculty expectations, and morale. Themes under lessons learned included resident engagement, expectations and feedback, and wellness. Each theme was then considered in the context of the medical education literature, underscoring the important balance that new program leaders must strike between structure and flexibility. This inaugural resident class has identified key challenges and opportunities to inform education leaders who are planning new GME training programs.

Closing Editorial: New insights and reflections on the science of selection and recruitment

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. In this closing editorial we reflect on key topics presented in this special issue on selection and recruitment, with a view to identifying gaps in the literature, and exploring where next. Four key themes have emerged including; (1) the impact of using new technologies in selection and recruitment; (2) addressing social accountability, diversity and fairness issues in selection; (3) increased emphasis on non-academic personal attributes in selection, and (4) attraction and recruitment in postgraduate recruitment. The implications of findings from this collection of studies and opinion pieces are discussed in relation to future research, policy and practice.