Applicants with Prior Training

Do otolaryngology residency applicants relocate for training?

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether there is an association between the geographic location of an applicant's undergraduate school, medical school, and residency program among matched otolaryngology residency applicants. STUDY DESIGN Observational. METHODS Otolaryngology residency program applications to our institution from 2009 to 2013 were analyzed. The geographic location of each...

Health assessment of applicants for nurse training.

A description of disqualifications of enlisted applicants for submarine training.

Residency applicants' perspectives on family medicine residency training length.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Future of Family Medicine report advocated experimentation with 4-year residency training models. This study examines residency applicants' opinions about extending the length of residency training and seeks to determine which features of an extended program would be most desirable to applicants. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administe...

Common training injuries concerning potential Royal Marine applicants.

Introduction The Authors have previously studied injuries sustained by Royal Marines whilst conducting training1. Such work is not isolated in the literature as there are a number of studies identifying injuries sustained during recruit training for Royal Marines and other military personnel. Potential recruits are encouraged to train independently to achieve a basic level of fitness prior to a...