Medical Resident (PGY2) Results

The following questionnaire was presented to and completed by second year specialty medicine residents in Canada in 2004. Please review the questionnaire and use your cursor to click on those questions for which you wish to view results.

Demographics for Medical Residents (PGY2)

A. Training

B. Learning Environment

C. Future Practice/ Work Setting Profile

D. Future Practice/ Work Profile

E. Time Allocation

F. Professional Income

G. Education and Demographics

Please complete this questionnaire if you are in your SECOND year year of a Specialty Medicine Residency Program at a Canadian University.

If you are not a second year specialty medicine resident, please indicate your status below.
            ؎ First year family medicine resident
            ؎ Third year advanced skills family medicine training position
            ؎ Resident in a specialty other than family medicine
            ؎ Physician in practice
            ؎ Other

A. Training

1. Please indicate your overall sense of satisfaction with your specialty medicine program.
           

2.a) For the following experiences within your residency training, please indicate:

3.   Will you feel adequately prepared for the kind of practice you are planning to undertake?

 

B.          Learning Environment

4.a) Do you feel that your training experience within your oun specialty program has taken place in an open learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
            ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

4.b) Do you feel that your training experience within your oun specialty program has taken place in an supportive learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
            ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

4.c) Do you feel that your training experience within your oun specialty program has taken place in an collegial learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
             ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

5.a) Do you feel that your training experience outside your oun specialty program have taken place in an open learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
           ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

5.b) Do you feel that your training experience outside your oun specialty program have taken place in an supportive learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
          ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

5.c) Do you feel that your training experience outside your oun specialty program have taken place in an collegial learning environment?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
           ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

6.   Considering all of the areas in medicine, what led you to select your area of specialty? 
         Please check ALL that apply.

7. When did you decide on your current residency field?

8. Does your university have a confidential mechanism in place to report incidents of sexual harassment, intimidation or other inappropriate incidents in the learning environment?
           ؎Yes              ؎No                ؎Don’t know

9. a) Have you been harassed or intimidated during your residency?     
؎Yes               ؎No (skip to Question 10)
            If yes, by whom?        ؎ Staff person
                                                ؎Medical senior/supervisor
                                                ؎Another resident (non-supervisory)
                                                ؎Other (Please specify): ________________________
                                               
9. b) If yes, when did this occur?
            ؎ during a family medicine experience
            ؎ during a specialty experience
            ؎ both of the above

9.c) If yes, please state the frequency:   _____times per month          Other (please specify):____

10. During your residency, has your level of stress been significant enough to cause you to:

Take medical leave from your residency?                   ؎Yes              ؎No
Consult a physician for stress-related depression?    ؎Yes              ؎No
Take medication?                                                       ؎Yes              ؎No
           
11. Have you encountered negative feedback when you have had to leave a specialty service outside of your program, in order to return for your own program's academic time?
           ؎ Yes              ؎ No              

12. Do you feel that the educational and service components of your program are balanced?

Strongly agree             Agree               Neutral             Disagree                    Strongly disagree
           ؎                    ؎                    ؎                    ؎                                ؎

C.          Future Practice/ Work Setting Profile

13. Once you complete your residency, do you plan to:

a) Practice in the field in which you are currently training?  ؎ Yes ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet
b) Practice as a locum tenens?                      ؎ Yes  ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet
c) Buy/ set up your own practice? ؎ Yes ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet
d) Practice in a hospital setting?؎ Yes  ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet
e) Practice within the same province in which you are currently training?
؎ Yes ؎ No ؎ Don’t know yet
f) Practice in another province or territory in Canada?          
؎ Yes ؎ Nor Don’t know yet     If yes, please specify province or territory: __________
g) Leave Canada to practise in another country? ؎ Yes ؎ No ؎ Don’t know yet
h) Specialize within an area of family medicine?
؎ Yes  ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet   If yes, please specify: ____________
i) Take a temporary leave of absence? ؎ Yes  ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet
j) Continue your residency by undertaking a fellowship position?
؎ Yes ؎ No ؎ Don’t know yet           
           
k) Change disciplines/ retrain within the medical field? 
؎ Yes  ؎ No  ؎ Don’t know yet   If yes, please specify field:____________
l) Seek an administrative (non patient care) position? ؎ Yes ؎ No ؎ Don’t know yet
m) How do you intend to organize your practice setting?
      ؎     Solo practice
      ؎       Group practice
      ؎      Other _______________________________________

• Don’t know yet
• N/A – Do not intend to set up a practice

n) Which of the following types of health care providers do you plan to collaborate with in providing patient care? Please check ALL that apply

؎ Family physicians	؎ Psychologists	؎ Technicians/ technologists
؎ Specialist physicians	؎ Occupational therapists	؎ Midwives
؎ Nurse practitioners	؎ Physiotherapists	؎ Other ____________________
؎ Nurses (e.g., RN, LPN, RPN)	؎ Social workers	؎ N/A – Don’t intend to do patient care
؎ Dieticians/ nutritionists	؎ Pharmacists	؎ Don’t know yet

 

D.        Future Practice/ Work Profile

14.       Please describe the population PRIMARILY served by the practice you intend to undertake after completion of residency. Please check ONLY ONE

A. ؎ Inner city	F. ؎ Other  _________________________
B. ؎ Urban/ Suburban	G.؎ Don’t know yet
C. ؎ Small town	H.؎ I plan to do locum tenens
D.؎ Rural	I. ؎ I don’t intend to be involved in patient care
E. ؎ Geographically isolated/ Remote

15. Please indicate ALL of the disciplines and areas of professional activity listed below in which you intend to practice/ work.  Please note:  you do not have to be certified in the discipline/ area of professional activity to include it in your profile. 
Please check ALL that apply to you.

	Code	Discipline/ Area of Practice
		Academic/Research
؎	501	Bioethics/Ethics
؎	503	Clinical Epidemiology
؎	405	Clinical Investigation
؎	505	Epidemiology/Biostatistics
؎	507	Medical Education (includes teaching and educational research)
؎	509	Medical Science/Scientist
؎	511	Social Sciences & Humanities      in Medicine
		Acute/Critical Care
؎	109	Critical Care     Medicine/Intensive Care
؎	513	Disaster Medicine
؎	115	Emergency Medicine
؎	515	Toxicology
؎	517	Trauma
؎	593	Addictions/substance abuse
		Anesthesiology/Anesthesia
؎	101	Anesthesiology/Anesthesia
؎	519	Cardiac Anesthesia
؎	523	Administration
؎	527	AIDS/HIV
؎	529	Aviation/Aerospace Medicine
؎	531	Biomedical engineering

		Cardio-Vascular/Thoracic
؎	533	Angiography
؎	301	Cardiac, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
؎	535	Cardiac Electrophysiology
؎	537	Cardiac Rehabilitation
؎	103	Cardiology
؎	539	Echocardiography/ECG/       Cardiac Stress Testing
؎	619	Interventional Cardiology
؎	319	Thoracic Surgery
؎	105	Clinical Immunology & Allergy
؎	401	Clinical Pharmacology
؎	111	Dermatology
		Endocrinology
؎	117	Endocrinology & Metabolism
؎	541	Nutrition (including obesity)
؎	617	Environmental medicine
؎	119	Gastroenterology
؎	121	Geriatric Medicine
؎	413	Gynecologic Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
؎	621	Hepatology
؎	123	Hematology
؎	543	Homecare
؎	545	Hospitalist
؎	125	Infectious Diseases
؎	547	Information technology
؎	127	Internal Medicine  (general)
		Laboratory
؎	201	Anatomical Pathology
؎	549	Clinical Pathology
؎	551	Cytopathology
؎	211	Forensic Pathology
؎	203	General Pathology
؎	205	Hematological Pathology
؎	207	Medical Biochemistry
؎	209	Medical Microbiology
؎	213	Neuropathology
؎	553	Ocular Pathology

؎	555	Legal/medico-legal consultations
؎	129	Medical Genetics
؎	131	Medical Oncology
؎	633	Military medicine
؎	133	Nephrology
		Neurology
؎	559	Electromyography/EMG
؎	135	Neurology
؎	561	Neuro/Electrophysiology
؎	137	Nuclear Medicine
		Obstetrics/Gynecology
؎	308	Gynecology
؎	411	Gynecologic Oncology
؎	415	Maternal/fetal medicine
؎	307	Obstetrics
؎	563	STD/Sexual Medicine
؎	139	Occupational Medicine
		Ophthalmology
؎	567	Neuroophthalmology
؎	309	Ophthalmology
		Otolaryngology
؎	569	Head & Neck Oncology
؎	571	Head & Neck Surgery
؎	573	Neurootology
؎	313	Otolaryngology
؎	427	Palliative Care/Palliative Medicine
؎	521	Pain Management
		Pediatrics
؎	625	Adolescent Medicine
؎	627	Adolescent & Pediatric Gynecology
؎	417	Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
؎	141	Pediatrics
؎	407	Developmental Pediatrics (including disabilities)
؎	626	Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
؎	143	Pediatric Cardiology
؎	595	Child Psychiatry
؎	145	Pediatric Clinical Immunology & Allergy
؎	147	Pediatric Critical/Intensive Care
؎	421	Pediatric Diagnostic     Radiology
؎	149	Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
؎	423	Pediatric Emergency Medicine
؎	315	Pediatric General Surgery
؎	151	Pediatric Gastroenterology
؎	153	Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
؎	155	Pediatric Infectious Diseases
؎	159	Pediatric Nephrology
؎	575	Pediatric Neurology
؎	577	Pediatric Neurosurgery
؎	579	Pediatric Otolaryngology
؎	581	Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
؎	583	Pediatric Pathology
؎	585	Pediatric Plastic Surgery
؎	161	Pediatric Respiratory Medicine/Respirology
؎	163	Pediatric Rheumatology
؎	623	Pediatric Urology
؎	165	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
؎	587	Primary Care/General Practice/Family Practice
		Psychiatry
؎	597	Family/Marital Therapy
؎	599	Geriatric Psychiatry
؎	167	Psychiatry
	601	Forensic Psychiatry (Psychiatry and the Law)
؎	603	Psychogeriatrics
؎	605	Psychopharmacology
؎		Public Health
؎	107	Community Medicine/Public Health
؎	589	International Medicine
؎	591	Travel/Tropical Medicine
؎	169	Radiation Oncology
		Radiology
؎	113	Diagnostic Radiology
؎	607	Interventional Radiology
؎	419	Neuroradiology
؎	171	Respiratory Medicine/Respirology
؎	173	Rheumatology
؎	611	Sleep disorders
؎	613	Spinal Cord Injury
؎	615	Sports medicine
		Surgery
؎	403	Colorectal Surgery
؎	628	Cosmetic Surgery
؎	303	General Surgery
؎	409	General Surgical Oncology
؎	629	Hand Surgery
؎	305	Neurosurgery
؎	311	Orthopedic Surgery
؎	317	Plastic Surgery
؎	631	Transplantation
؎	321	Urology
؎	323	Vascular Surgery
؎	425	Transfusion Medicine
؎	609	Ultrasound
؎	565	Women’s Health
؎		Please specify (others) below
؎	801	Q15S801_X
؎	802	Q15S802_X
؎	803	Q15S803_X
؎	804	Q15S804_X
؎	805	Q15S805_X
؎	806	Q15S806_X
؎	807	Q15S807_X

 

16. Do you have a PDA (personal digital assistant/ wireless device)?              ؎ Yes  ؎ No

E.      Time Allocation

17. Please indicate in which of the following areas you intend to spend time or participate upon completion of your residency training. Please check ALL that apply.

i)     Direct patient care without a teaching component, regardless of setting	؎
ii)    Direct patient care with a teaching component, regardless of setting	؎
iii)   Teaching/ Education without direct patient care (contact with students/residents,         preparation, marking, evaluations, etc.)	؎
iv)   Indirect patient care (charting, reports, phone calls, meeting patients’ family, etc.)	؎
v)    Health facility committees	؎
vi)   Managing your practice (staff, facility, equipment, etc.)	؎
vii)  Research (including management of research and publications)	؎
viii) Administration (i.e. management of university program, chief of staff, department head,         Ministry of Health, etc.)	؎
ix)    Continuing medical education/ professional development (courses, reading, videos,          tapes, seminars, etc.)	؎
x)     Other (participation in professional or specialty organizations, medico-legal activities,          etc.)	؎

F.    Professional Income

18. If you had a choice, how would you prefer to be paid for your services as a physician? 
Please check ONLY ONE.

؎	Unsure
؎	Fee-for-service only
؎	Salary only
؎	Capitation only
؎	Sessional/ per diem/ hourly payments only
؎	Service contract only
؎	Blended payment



IF BLENDED, what components would you want included? Check ALL that apply.

؎	Fee-for-service
؎	Salary
؎	Capitation
؎	Sessional/ per diem/ hourly payments
؎	Service contract
؎	Benefits/ pension
؎	On-call remuneration beyond fee-for-service
؎	Other  _______________________
؎	Unsure

 

 

 

 

 

G.      Education & Demographics

19. Please provide the 6-digit postal code of your current main residence:

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20. How many years of POST-SECONDARY education did you complete before entering medical school? (If you were a Quebec student, please do not include CEGEP)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10

21. Beyond secondary school, what degrees/ diplomas did you complete prior to entering medical school?     Please check ALL that apply.

؎ None

؎ Diplome d’étude collegial (CEGEP)    

؎ Bachelor’s    

؎ Master’s        Please specify field/discipline: __________________________           

؎ Doctorate      Please specify field/discipline: __________________________           
؎ Other  ________________________________________

22. When and where did you complete your undergraduate MEDICAL training?

Year of Graduation	University Name	Country

23a).  At which university are you currently doing your medical training?
            ؎ University of British Columbia
            ؎ University of Calgary
            ؎ University of Alberta
            ؎ University of Saskatchewan
            ؎ University of Manitoba
            ؎ University of Western Ontario
            ؎ McMaster University
            ؎ University of Toronto
            ؎ University of Ottawa
            ؎ Queen’s University
            ؎ Université de Sherbrooke
            ؎ Université de Montréal
            ؎ McGill University
            ؎ Université Laval
            ؎ Dalhousie University
            ؎ Memorial University

23.b) Please indicate the percentage of time spent during your residency in the following clinical settings:

Rural hospital                            _________%	Small/community hospital                     _____%
Large teaching hospital            _________%	Community office practice                    _____%
Office practice in hospital            _________%	Other   ____________________%

24. Are you presently enrolled in a ‘return of service’ program, that is, a program where you have committed yourself to certain practice restrictions [location, specialty, employer, military service, armed forces, etc.] in return for financial compensation during medical school or residency?

            ؎ Yes  ؎ No

25. Please indicate the amount of debt you had and/or expect to have at various times in your medical education, as indicated below. Please separate these into 1) debt directly related to being in a medical residency program (tuition, books, accommodations, etc.), and 2) other debt (personal, mortgage, car loan, etc.)

a) Debt upon entering your medical residency training                                   Debt directly related to being               Other in a medical residency program          Debt ؎ no debt                                                         ؎ no debt                                 ؎ less than $1,000                                          ؎ less than $1,000                     ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                                          ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                    ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                                        ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                  ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                                      ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                 ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                                      ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                 ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                                      ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                 ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                                      ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                 ؎ $80,001 to $100,000                                    ؎ $80,001 to $100,000               ؎ $100,001 to $120,000                                  ؎ $100,001 to $120,000           ؎ $120,001 to $140,000                                  ؎ $120,001 to $140,000           ؎ $140,001 to $160,000                                  ؎ $140,001 to $160,000           ؎ Over $160,000                                             ؎ Over $160,000 ؎ I prefer not to provide this information         ؎ I prefer not to provide this information

b) Current Debt                                    Debt directly related to being               Other in a medical residency program          Debt ؎ no debt                                                         ؎ no debt                                 ؎ less than $1,000                                          ؎ less than $1,000                     ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                                          ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                    ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                                        ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                  ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                                      ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                 ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                                      ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                 ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                                      ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                 ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                                      ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                 ؎ $80,001 to $100,000                                    ؎ $80,001 to $100,000               ؎ $100,001 to $120,000                                  ؎ $100,001 to $120,000           ؎ $120,001 to $140,000                                  ؎ $120,001 to $140,000           ؎ $140,001 to $160,000                                  ؎ $140,001 to $160,000           ؎ Over $160,000                                             ؎ Over $160,000 ؎ I prefer not to provide this information         ؎ I prefer not to provide this information

c) Debt upon completion of your medical residency training                                   Debt directly related to being               Other in a medical residency program          Debt ؎ no debt                                                         ؎ no debt                                 ؎ less than $1,000                                          ؎ less than $1,000                     ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                                          ؎ $1,001 to $5,000                    ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                                        ؎ $5,001 to $10,000                  ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                                      ؎ $10,001 to $20,000                 ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                                      ؎ $20,001 to $40,000                 ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                                      ؎ $40,001 to $60,000                 ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                                      ؎ $60,001 to $80,000                 ؎ $80,001 to $100,000                                    ؎ $80,001 to $100,000               ؎ $100,001 to $120,000                                  ؎ $100,001 to $120,000           ؎ $120,001 to $140,000                                  ؎ $120,001 to $140,000           ؎ $140,001 to $160,000                                  ؎ $140,001 to $160,000                                   ؎ Over $160,000                                             ؎ Over $160,000 ؎ I prefer not to provide this information         ؎ I prefer not to provide this information

26.How much did the amount of debt that you may have had when you graduated from medical school affect your choice of specialty?
Not at all                                                                      Most important factor
O                     O                     O                     O                     O
27. How much will the amount of debt that you may have once you complete your residency program affect your choice of practice location?
Not at all                                                                      Most important factor
O                     O                     O                     O                     O                     OUnsure  

28. Marital status. Please check ONE only.

؎ single, seperated, divorced or widowed

؎ married, living with partner

Is your spouse/partner a: ؎ physician ؎ other health care provider ؎ neither

29. Do you have children or other dependents for whom you personally provide care/ supervision?

	؎	No
	؎	Yes	If yes, do you have major responsibility for the care of these individuals?
			؎    Yes	؎     No
			If these are children, what is the age of the youngest?  _____ years old

30. Which of the following describe your family members? If your parents or siblings are retired or deceased, please provide their main occupation while working. 
Please check ALL that apply.

	Father	Mother	Sibling(s)
Medical doctor	O	O	O
Nurse	O	O	O
Pharmacist	O	O	O
Other healthcare professional	O	O	O

31. Select the ONE statement which best describes the environment in which you grew up prior to university.

	؎	Exclusively/ predominantly rural
	؎	Exclusively/ predominantly small town
	؎	Exclusively/ predominantly urban
	؎	Mixture of environments

32. In which province(s) or territories did you grow up prior to going to university?
Indicate ALL that apply.
BC    AB    SK    MB    ON    QC    NB    NS    PE    NL    NT    YT    NU    Outside of Canada

33. Please enter the first three digits of the postal code where you lived in your final year of high school. If you lived at a boarding school, please enter the postal code of where your family lived during that year. If you did not live in Canada, please indicate the country where you lived.
If in Canada, first three digits of postal code: ___ ___ ___
If not in Canada, type in the country: _______________________________

34. What is your ethnic/ cultural background? Please check ALL that apply.

            ؎ White
            ؎ Aboriginal (e.g., status, non-status, Métis, Inuit)
            ؎ Chinese
            ؎ South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
            ؎ Black
            ؎ Filipino
            ؎ Latin American
            ؎ Southeast Asian (e.g., Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese, etc.)
            ؎ Arab
            ؎ West Asian (e.g., Afghan, Iranian, etc.)
            ؎ Japanese
            ؎ Korean
            ؎ Other ____________  

؎ I prefer not to provide this information

35. Please indicate the languages that you could comfortably speak with your future patients.

؎

English

؎

French

؎

Other(s) ____________________

36. Were you born in Canada?
O Yes
O No.  Please indicate your status in Canada.
O Canadian citizen              
O Permanent resident (landed immigrant)                       
O Other _____________

37. Your year of birth:         19

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38. Sex: ؎ Male ؎ Female

39. Comments