In the first-ever, large-scale survey of physicians on the quality of postgraduate training programs, Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program came in 6th.
Survey recipients were invited to name up to five programs they believe to offer the best clinical training in internal medicine. Doximity, an online network with more than 250,000 physician members, conducted the survey through a combination of Web notifications and emails sent to 18,695 members who have completed a U.S. residency in internal medicine. The response rate was 18.2 percent.
While the physician sample for the residency survey should not be considered a ranking, it appears to be the first major effort to measure doctors' views on a formative part of medical training. In all, 2.2 percent of U.S. internists completed the survey. Read more about the survey and results.