Responsibilities of Internal Medicine Chief Residents in the Modern Era: A National Survey.

Chief residency is deeply rooted in medical education and cultivates clinical, teaching, and administrative skills. Common responsibilities across specialties include clinical supervision of trainees, leading educational conferences, and coordinating schedules, among others (1, 2). There are few studies, however, that clearly characterize the responsibilities of internal medicine (IM) chief residents (CRs), and some reflect perceptions from program leadership. Additionally, this important position is not regulated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (3, 4). We designed a survey to re-examine the roles, responsibilities, and future career plans of contemporary IM CRs, noting no descriptions since the onset of the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.