Otolaryngology residency benefits

1. Non-salary benefits in otolaryngology training

Thank you for taking this survey! As residents and medical students, we work hard and accordingly want support from our departments. We are collecting data in an effort to understand the role and availability of non-salary benefits in otolaryngology training and recruitment. Fellow residents, if you would like to receive the survey's results after we compile the data, please let us know how to contact you at the end of the survey. The survey should take less than 2 minutes to complete. Thanks!

1. What is your level of medical training?

What is your level of medical training? Medical student year 1-2

Medical student year 3-4

Intern

Junior resident

Senior resident/chief

2. If you are a medical student, how likely are you to apply for residency in otolaryngology? (Current residents, please skip this question.)

If you are a medical student, how likely are you to apply for residency in otolaryngology? (Current residents, please skip this question.) Definitely will not apply

Not likely

Somewhat likely

Very likely

Definitely will apply

Already matched into otolaryngology

3. How important are non-salary benefits to you in your choice of residency programs? Current residents, please rate how important these benefits were to you in comparing residency programs.

How important are non-salary benefits to you in your choice of residency programs? Current residents, please rate how important these benefits were to you in comparing residency programs. Not at all important

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

4. Please rate how important each of the following benefits were/would be to you in comparing residency programs.

	Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
Textbook/educational fund	Please rate how important each of the following benefits were/would be to you in comparing residency programs. Textbook/educational fund Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
Medical license fees covered	Medical license fees covered Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
Surgical loupes provided	Surgical loupes provided Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
All meeting travel covered	All meeting travel covered Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
Parking costs covered	Parking costs covered Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important
Other (specify below)	Other (specify below) Not at all important	Slightly important	Somewhat important	Very important

Other (please specify)

5. For current residents, please indicate the annual amount your department or residency program provides for the following benefits. Medical students, please skip this question.

	Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown
Textbook/educational fund	For current residents, please indicate the annual amount your department or residency program provides for the following benefits. Medical students, please skip this question. Textbook/educational fund Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown
Medical license fees	Medical license fees Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown
Surgical loupes	Surgical loupes Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown
Parking costs	Parking costs Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown
Other (specify below)	Other (specify below) Not provided	$1-499	$500-999	$1000 or more	Provided; cost unknown

Other (please specify)

6. For current residents, please indicate the degree to which your program or department covers meeting travel costs each year. Medical students, please leave blank.

For current residents, please indicate the degree to which your program or department covers meeting travel costs each year. Medical students, please leave blank. No coverage offered

Partial coverage of 1 or more meetings

Complete coverage of 1 meeting/year

Complete coverage of all meetings attended

7. For current residents, does your program/department provide you with any textbooks? Medical students, please leave blank.

For current residents, does your program/department provide you with any textbooks? Medical students, please leave blank. No

Yes

Which textbook(s)?

8. For all responders, would you prefer to draw from a fixed-limit general education fund or to have specific benefits such as those listed above?

For all responders, would you prefer to draw from a fixed-limit general education fund or to have specific benefits such as those listed above? General fund

Specific benefits

9. If you would like to add any comments, please do so here.

If you would like to add any comments, please do so here.

10. If you are currently a resident and would like to know the final results of this survey, please tell us how to contact you. If you aren't comfortable putting in your contact information, please leave this box blank.

We will de-identify all responses and will erase your contact information after sending you the results. Thank you!

If you are currently a resident and would like to know the final results of this survey, please tell us how to contact you. If you aren't comfortable putting in your contact information, please leave this box blank. We will de-identify all responses and will erase your contact information after sending you the results. Thank you!