Only one study linked physicians' prior training site to later patient outcomes, ranking programs by graduates' complication rates¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? A single retrospective cohort study evaluated patient outcomes in relation to where practicing physicians completed residency training, covering 43% of accredited obstetrics and gynecology programs in the USA and ranking programs by maternal complication rates of their graduates. → van der Leeuw Renée M 2012

Evidence¶

van der Leeuw Renée M 2012¶

van der Leeuw Renée M, Lombarts Kiki MJMH, Arah Onyebuchi A, Heineman Maas Jan. (2012). A systematic review of the effects of residency training on patient outcomes. BMC Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391170/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The review reports on one retrospective cohort study of post-residency patient outcomes. It states that "43% of accredited obstetrics and gynecology residency programs in the USA (4,124 physicians from 107 residency programs) were evaluated", allowing programs to be ranked by graduates' maternal complication rates.

"In the only study on this subject, 43% of accredited obstetrics and gynecology residency programs in the USA (4,124 physicians from 107 residency programs) were evaluated."

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