Benchmarks of support in internal medicine residency training programs.

Purpose: To identify benchmarks of financial and staff support in internal medicine residency training programs and their correlation with indicators of quality.

Method: A survey instrument to determine characteristics of support of residency training programs was mailed to each member program of the Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine. Results were correlated with the three-year running average of the pass rates on the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination using bivariate and multivariate analyses.