Results of the 2003 Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) surveys of residents and chief residents in the United States

Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2012 trainee survey

“…The 82.8% response rate for this survey compared favourably with similar surveys in the United States, Canada and UK where response rates have been around 50% and even as low as 12% . The Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2010 Survey had a 76.3% response rate .…”

“…There have been similar studies conducted in the United States, Canada and the UK . A study by Jagsi et al .…”

“…A study by Jagsi et al . concluded that in the United States, residents and programme directors could assess the relative adequacy of experience in their own programmes through surveys . They recommended that policymaking bodies and individual programmes should consider their results when developing interventions to improve educational experiences of residents and to increase retention of radiation oncologists in academic practice.…”

Number of Radiation Oncologists in Korea, Adequate or Surplus?

“…Even in the year of 2005, the perception of the residents in the United States for the job market was sanguine. 84% of the residents in academic settings and 89% of those in private practice felt the market was good or very good (8). It is worth noting that there was actually a decrease in the number of residency programs in radiation oncology in the late 1980s (9).…”

Bibliometric Analysis of Radiation Oncology Departmental Scholarly Publication Productivity at Domestic Residency Training Institutions

“…However, the ready quantification of departmental scientific productivity is no mean feat. Academic and scientific efforts could be quantified in a host of ways, including grant award rates, professional reputations, professional society leadership posts, or the academic faculty retention rate of graduates [4][5][6][7][8]. Such data, however, may be difficult to find and are often ambiguous.…”