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Letters1 May 1993Perceptions of Chief Medical ResidencyRobert G. Bing-You, MDRobert G. Bing-You, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-118-9-199305010-00030 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Previous authors have suggested that chief medical residents (CMRs) perceive the position as being burdened with administrative duties [1] and as lacking prestige [2]. Because they are teachers [3] and role models for medical students, unhappy CMRs may have a negative influence on students' views of internal medicine. To assess CMRs' perceptions of chief residency, I sent a questionnaire using Likert-type scales (1 = strongly agree, 5 = strongly disagree) in May 1992 to 64 previous and current CMRs from eight internal medicine residency programs in New England.Forty-five CMRs (70%) responded. Eleven respondents were current CMRs ...

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