Commentary: Optimizing surgical training

Factors in optimizing the learning environment for surgical training.

Today's surgeon is required to demonstrate a variety of professional competencies in an increasingly complex environment. Recently, the time available to train this surgeon has started to erode due to external pressures on administrators and faculty. This growing crisis has led to questions about how to optimize learning in the surgical environment. Clearly, to adequately train a competent surg...

Commentary: internship training.

Spirito et al. (this issue) provide a blueprint for discussion regarding the programmatic as well as competencybased skills necessary for psychologists to be recognized as pediatric psychologists. The purpose of the internship year is to complete training in the general practice of clinical psychology and to extend specialty preparation in didactic instruction, research, and clinical practice i...

editorial commentary: prophylaxis for surgical site infections

Invited Commentary Training General Practitioners*

Nationally there is no standardized system for the education and training of general practitioners (GPs) within the UK in relation to prevention, early detection and management of alcohol problems. A number of surveys over the past 20 years have confirmed GPs' role legitimacy concerning working with excessive drinkers, but identified a lack of role adequacy and role support for this work. Howev...

OPTImizing osteopathic postdoctoral training institutions.

Since 1999, all postdoctoral training programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have been required to be part of an Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) consortium. The AOA is improving OPTI operations by revising the OPTI Annual Report, by providing provisional status for new OPTIs, and by using the Residency Management Suite software program (New Innovati...