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Disclosures. 2010 SAEM Program Committee. Acknowledgments. Co-InvestigatorsEric Katz, M.D. (Maricopa)Wallace Carter, M.D. (New York Presbyterian)Nicole McCoin, M.D. (Vanderbilt)Eve Kaiyala, M.D. (Valley Medical Center)Jin Han, M.D. (Vanderbilt)Alan B. Storrow, M.D. (Vanderbilt)Pam Dyne,
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1. Estimating the Incidence of Unethical Recruiting Practices and Illegal Questioning By Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the Resident Recruitment Process R. Jason Thurman, M.D.
Vanderbilt University
2010 CORD Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
2. Disclosures 2010 SAEM Program Committee
3. Acknowledgments Co-Investigators
Eric Katz, M.D. (Maricopa)
Wallace Carter, M.D. (New York Presbyterian)
Nicole McCoin, M.D. (Vanderbilt)
Eve Kaiyala, M.D. (Valley Medical Center)
Jin Han, M.D. (Vanderbilt)
Alan B. Storrow, M.D. (Vanderbilt)
Pam Dyne, M.D. - Acting CORD President
Comilla Sasson, M.D. - Acting EMRA President
4. Background Anecdotal evidence
Disappointed students
Personal experiences as applicants
Studies from other specialties
Formal complaints to the NRMP
5. Background 2004: CORD organized task force on ethical recruiting practices
Anecdotal evidence exchanged
Conclusive evidence sparse
Scope of problem unknown
6. Hypothesis Unethical and illegal recruiting practices are employed by some Emergency Medicine Residency Program representatives.
7. Methods Study granted IRB exemption and endorsed by CORD, EMRA
Survey questions designed
NRMP Match Rules
“Illegal Questions”
(Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Online survey: www.surveymonkey.com
8. Methods Survey made completely anonymous
Letter distributed via CORD listserve
Residency Directors asked to forward letter/link to newly matched applicants
Link to survey distributed twice per year
Data Collected for 2005, 2006 Match