An Interactive Web-Based Project to Stimulate Internal Medicine Resident Reading Using Board-Type Questions

Assessing the Effects of the 2003 Resident Duty Hours Reform on Internal Medicine Board Scores

PURPOSE To determine whether the 2003 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hours reform affected medical knowledge as reflected by written board scores for internal medicine (IM) residents. METHOD The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1) Internal Medicine residents who started training before and after the 2003 duty hour...

The American Board of Internal Medicine.

learner autonomy in a computer-assisted project-based efl reading classroom

آموزش برمبنای ذخیره اطلاعات ، دانشجویان را به عنوان افرادی غیر متفکر وغیرقابل کنترل می پندارد . در همین راستا ، خواندن در سیستم آموزشی برمبنای ذخیره اطلاعات ، مهارتی پنداشته می شود که می توان آن را با یاد گرفتن انفعالی وجداگانه تعدادی از مهارتهای جزیی فراگرفت . درآن سو خواندن در سیستم آموزشی برمبنای طرح مسآله ،به عنوان رفتاری نقادانه تلقی می شود که از طریق آن می توان دنیای فرای کلمات را کشف کرد...

An interactive web-based curriculum on evidence-based medicine: design and effectiveness.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Medical education experts have called for improved training in evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the increased use of e-learning technologies in medical education. In response, we developed an interactive, Web-based curriculum on key aspects of EBM in family medicine. METHODS Students participating in a 6-week family medicine clerkship (n=238) were randomly assigned ...

Burnout and internal medicine resident work-hour restrictions.

BACKGROUND Burnout is very common in internal medicine residents. Effective July 2003, all residents were restricted to work less than an average of 80 hours per week and no more than 30 hours of continuous duty for patient care and educational obligations. We evaluated rates of burnout in internal medicine residents before and after the implementation of the new work-hour restriction. METHOD...