| Residency training program: perceptions of residents. | |
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PMID: 20587931 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: There is a phobia among doctors for the residency training program, since the establishment of the program over 30 years ago. The reason for establishing the program was mainly to provide the much-needed specialists in medicine. OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the perception of the residency training program among residents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Structured questionnaires were administered to residents at 3 training institutions in Nigeria. Results: One hundred nineteen (85.5%) questionnaires were returned out of 140. The ages of respondents ranged from 27 to 42 years, the median age being 30 years. There were 110 males and 9 females. One hundred six (89.1%) were junior residents. Ninety (75.6%) were sponsored by the training institutions. Seventy-four (62.25%) felt their consultants were contributing just 50% or less to their training. Sixty-two (52.2%) of the respondents had attended a revision course, conference or seminar within the last 6 months. Majority of the residents would want better remuneration, up-front payment of examination and revision fees, more teaching by the consultants and less emphasis on the provision of services as ways of improving the program. CONCLUSION: Majority of the residents are sponsored by the training institutions. |
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Authors:
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L M D Yusufu; A Ahmed; V I Odigie; I Z Delia; A A Mohammed |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Annals of African medicine Volume: 9 ISSN: 0975-5764 ISO Abbreviation: Ann Afr Med Publication Date: 2010 Apr-Jun |
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Created Date: 2010-06-30 Completed Date: 2010-10-06 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101231417 Medline TA: Ann Afr Med Country: Nigeria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 91-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University and University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. yusufulazarus@yahoo.com |
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Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Curriculum / standards Female Humans Internship and Residency / organization & administration, standards* Male Nigeria Physicians / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Questionnaires |
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