Faculty?? MD's or PhD's

[res-2007]

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What percentage of non-MD faculty members should there /should there not be in a residency program?

One of the programs I am very interested in list all faculty members as "Dr".
However, when I read their bio, more than half are Phd's only.

Is this normal or acceptable?
What's a good ratio?

 

[atsai3]

What percentage of non-MD faculty members should there /should there not be in a residency program?

One of the programs I am very interested in list all faculty members as "Dr".
However, when I read their bio, more than half are Phd's only.

Is this normal or acceptable?
What's a good ratio?

The manner in which you have phrased your questions suggests that you regard the percentage of non-MD faculty as a blunt screen for poor quality programs. You should make it a priority to disabuse yourself of that notion as soon as possible.

Ph.D. is a Latin abbreviation for Philosophiae Doctor. It seems reasonable that they might want to refer to themselves as "Dr".

Best regards
-AT.

 

[res-2007]

The manner in which you have phrased your questions suggests that you regard the percentage of non-MD faculty as a blunt screen for poor quality programs. You should make it a priority to disabuse yourself of that notion as soon as possible.

Ph.D. is a Latin abbreviation for Philosophiae Doctor. It seems reasonable that they might want to refer to themselves as "Dr".

Best regards
-AT.

I am aware of the meaning of PhD, and I did/do not intend to denigrate anyone's education, however, it is a medical residency training program and for my peace of mind I would like to know what would be a reasonable ratio of physicians to non-physicians in such a program.

 

[Anasazi23]

More than half seems like too many to me. You should keep in mind, however, that anyone that does any teaching they'll often list as a faculty member even when they may have little to no influence in the program. There's a large chance that those PhDs are involved in research within the department, and have relatively little to do with clinical medicine.

You should ask youself some questions...are they inflating their numbers of faculty artificially b/c their pool of psychiatrists are too low?

From my experience, non physicians have little or nothing to do with evaluation or grading of residents and interns, since they don't really have the background to know what is expected, or grade competence - though this depends on the rotation.