Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the attrition rate in 2003 and to establish where residents matriculate after leaving an obstetrics and gynecology residency program. A questionnaire was sent by e-mail to all program directors in obstetrics and gynecology residencies in the United States. The questionnaire asked for the number of residents who had left a program, what year of training the resident was in, and whether the departure was a transfer, withdrawal, or dismissal. It asked whether a transfer was to an obstetrics and gynecology residency program or to another specialty; if the resident transferred to another specialty, which specialty did the resident choose. Two hundred nineteen of 253 programs responded (86.5%). Of residents who left programs, 49% left in the first year of training; 34% left in the second year of training; 13% left in the third year of training, and 4% left in the fourth year of training. The reason for attrition was that 75% of the residents transferred to another residency program; 16% of the residents withdrew from training, and 8% of the residents were dismissed. Of the transferring residents, 60% remained in obstetrics and gynecology. Although resident attrition was higher than in 1992, more residents remained in obstetrics and gynecology.
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