Objectives: The drop-out rate among residents across all medical specialties in the Netherlands
approximates 12.7%. This implies a capacity loss in the medical workforce, a waste of …

… medical doctors after 6 years of medical training, 2 to 3 years of which … resident training,
most work for 1 or 2 years in emergency medicine or another specialty without starting a training …

… for all postgraduate medical training programs in the Netherlands, residents are allowed to
… In several disciplines, especially in the procedural specialties, more hours are thought to …

… all medical trainees leaving hospital-based specialty training in the Netherlands to identify
factors involved in the decision to leave specialty training and to gain insight into trainees’ …

… be able "to follow developments in his specialty independently". Furthermore, he should also
… resident receives the equivalent of 1 year of combined training in 2 or 3 surgical specialties, …

… General surgery represented the specialty with the lowest number of residents suffering …
for medical residents outside the Netherlands as the working conditions of medical residents in …

… As a result, some medical specialties that offer a more controllable lifestyle have … training
program. For the year 2005, we identified 392 general surgery residents in the Netherlands. In …

… gain knowledge of the students who may be future applicants for specialty training. … to train
residents well enough with fewer hours, and on the other hand, on whether residents should …

… However, not all financial issues of the medical specialty training program … specialty training
will undoubtedly have profound effects, among others on the control of influx of new residents…

… Residents in specialty training are at high risk of burnout. Studies worldwide have shown …
in one of the postgraduate medical training programs in the Netherlands, 2596 of whom (36.4%…