Piloting a Tool for Assessment of Person-organization Fit for Residency Applicants: Lessons from Organizational Psychology

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. The General Surgery residency application process has grown competitive, requiring medical students to apply to a greater number of programs.  While there has been much discussion of how programs can select the best applicants, there are few resources to help applicants.  Person-organization fit is an important determinant of job satisfaction, which itself is an important determinant of physician performance.  Using a validated method from the field Organizational Psychology, we developed a formal tool to assist residency applicants in assessing person-organization fit in prospective programs.