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José Chen-Xu1,2*†
Bruno Miranda Castilho3,†Bruno Moura Fernandes4,†Diana Silva Gonçalves5,‡André Ferreira6,‡
Ana Catarina Gonçalves7,‡
Maycoll Ferreira Vieira8,‡Andreia M. Silva9,‡Fábio Borges10,‡Mónica Paes Mamede11,‡
- 1Unidade de Saúde Pública, Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde Baixo Mondego, Coimbra, Portugal
- 2Comprehensive Health Research Centre, National School of Public Health, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- 3Cardiology Department, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal
- 4Radiology Oncology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- 5Unidade de Saúde Familiar ARS Médica, Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde Loures-Odivelas, Loures, Portugal
- 6Medical Oncology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal
- 7Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
- 8Centros de Saúde de Santana e do Caniçal, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, EPERAM, Madeira, Portugal
- 9General Surgery Department, Hospital da Horta, EPER, Açores, Portugal
- 10Unidade de Saúde Familiar S. Miguel-O-Anjo, Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde Ave-Famalicão, Famalicão, Portugal
- 11Anaesthesiology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
Corrigendum on
Medical residency in Portugal: a cross-sectional study on the working conditions
By Chen-Xu J, Miranda Castilho B, Moura Fernandes B, Silva Gonçalves D, Ferreira A, Gonçalves AC, Ferreira Vieira M, Silva AM, Borges F, Paes Mamede M (2023). Front. Health Serv. 3:1190357. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1190357
Error in Figure/Table
In the published article, there was an error in Table 3 as published. The third line of the first column reads “1–500”, however it should read “1–1,000”. The corrected Table 3 and its caption appear below.
Table 3
Table 3. Annual spending on training during residency.
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
Text Correction
In the published article, there was an error. In the sub-section “Medical Training” from the Results section, there is a typo in the text.
A correction has been made to Results, Medical Training, Paragraph 2. This sentence previously stated:
“Most RDs (n = 795, 39.6%) reported spending up to EUR 500 per year in further training, followed by EUR 1,001–1,500 (n = 391, 19.5%) and EUR 1,501–2,000 (n = 294, 14.7%).”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“Most RDs (n = 795, 39.6%) reported spending up to EUR 1,000 per year in further training, followed by EUR 1,001–1,500 (n = 391, 19.5%) and EUR 1,501–2,000 (n = 294, 14.7%).”
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: medical education, residency, training, health policy, health economics, healthcare workers
Citation: Chen-Xu J, Miranda Castilho B, Moura Fernandes B, Silva Gonçalves D, Ferreira A, Gonçalves AC, Ferreira Vieira M, Silva AM, Borges F and Paes Mamede M (2025) Corrigendum: Medical residency in Portugal: a cross-sectional study on the working conditions. Front. Health Serv. 4:1545815. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1545815
Received: 15 December 2024; Accepted: 16 December 2024;
Published: 6 January 2025.
Approved by: Frontiers in Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
Copyright: © 2025 Chen-Xu, Miranda Castilho, Moura Fernandes, Silva Gonçalves, Ferreira, Gonçalves, Ferreira Vieira, Silva, Borges and Paes Mamede. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: José Chen-Xu, am9zZWNoZW54QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==
†These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
‡These authors have contributed equally to this work