Residency survey--Online version (res. directors feel free to check this out)

Residency survey--Online version (res. directors feel free to check this out)

WLifford

Thank you for responding! This survey can be taken and submitted online by:

1. Highlight the entire document and either click forward or reply. The
whole message / survey should now appear, unhighlighted, in a compose mail
type of window.
2. Use your mouse pointer to insert the cursor after each question.
3. Type your response in... the text will become inserted into the survey (if
your email program can change the color of your response's text , that would
be very helpful)
4. Be sure to e-mail it to: <Email Address Redacted> (don't post the answers to
O&P-L)

Many of the questions are yes/no questions. There are some questions,
however, that ask for an explanation, an opinion, or a more detailed answer.
Please, do not skip these! Your opinions are just as vital to this project as
the hard data.

If you prefer, you can always print out this document and return it to me via
mail. Mail to: Residency Survey, 1441 Narrow Lane Parkway, Montgomery, AL
36111. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to email or
call (334) 286-9919 during work hours.

While ideally this survey applied to residents only, anyone doing or having
done their 1900 hrs, or residency dirctors, please feel free to look at the
survey as respond to questions that apply to you. Please be sure to tell me
that you're a director or a 1900 hours graduate, though.

*******************Residency Survey******************

Topic 1: The number of available residency programs in relation to the number
of graduates:

1. Were you able to find an NCOPE accredited residency before graduation from
your school program? (y/n)

2. Was there an available residency program within 100 miles of your home?
(y/n)

3. Were there restrictions (ex. family, spouse's job, etc.) that prevented
you from seeking a residency outside of the area in which you wanted to work /
live? (y/n, explain)

4. How many resumes (approximately) did you send out when looking for a
residency?


Topic 2: Your opinions on the residency itself:

1. What are the main strengths of your residency program?


2. What are the major weaknesses of your residency program?


3a. Do you feel your prosthetics / orthotics training in school adequately
prepared you for the residency experience? (y/n, explain)


3b. Is the scope of practice in your residency program adequate to
approximate the broad spectrum of patient types you may encounter in future
practice? Do you feel it is broad enough / too limited?


3c. If you felt the scope of your residency's practice was tool small or too
narrow, did your program take steps to ensure you recieved training in those
areas elsewhere? (ex. sending you to a hospital / university / etc. for
different experiences)


4a. Do you feel you are meeting your expectations and your director's
expectations of you during your residency? (y/n, explain)


4b. How often is your progress evaluated by the residency staff? What
opportunities exist for you (the resident) to give feedback on the residency
back to your residency director or mentor?


5a. Does the salary of your residency positon match what you had expected to
earn? Higher or lower? (y/n, explain if nec.)

5b. If you were working in O&P prior to attending school, what was your
previous salary? What increase in salary did you / didn't you expect after
completing school?

5c. If you had previous O&P experience, did you have an agreement to return
(after school) to your previous employer to do your residency?

6. Do you expect to consider working at your residency facility after your
residency has finished? (y/n)

7. Do you feel your residency has adequately prepared you for the ABC
prosthetics or orthotics exam? If so, why? If not, what do you think would
better prepare you for the exam?


8. Have you already taken the ABC exam? If so, did you succeed?

9. Did you complete the residency? If not, what factors affected your
decision to leave?

10. (Fun Question) What is / was the topic of your residency research
project?


Topic 3: About you

1. your age:

2. sex:

3. number of years you've been involved with O&P:

4. State you live in / work in:

5. Do you work in both prosthetics and orthotics?

6. Have you formally studied both prosthetics and orthotics?

7. Do you have computer / internet access? If so, may I contact you at your
email address? (list address here)

8. Which O&P school did you attend?

9. Did you have the option of choosing between a formal residency and the
previous 1900 work hours requirement? Why did you choose the one you did?


Thank you once again for responding to my survey! If you'd like a copy of the
results once it's finished, be sure to e-mail or call and I'll send one out to
you.