ACEP expresses concerns over results of residency rankings
Residency Program Insider, September 26, 2014
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In response to recently released residency program rankings by Doximity, representatives from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) met with the social networking service’s co-founder, Nate Gross, to state their concerns with the results regarding emergency medicine programs. They also met with Ben Harder, managing editor and director of health analysis for U.S. & News Report, which promoted the survey results.
During the meetings, the ACEP representatives expressed the following concerns:
· The results were misleading because they were not based on objective criteria
· Factors that influence medical students’ residency choices, such as geography, were not included in the survey
· The results are based on the opinions of physicians who only have first-hand knowledge of programs they personally attended
· The results didn’t reflect the unique nature of the emergency medicine specialty
· The results sent a dangerous public health message to patients having medical emergencies
The ACEP representatives and Harder discussed the possibility of publishing a companion piece about the results in U.S. & News Report. Gross suggested discussing the results further at ACEP’s next conference.
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