Resident Quality Improvement Project: Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate Protocol for Fetal Neuroprotection in Preterm Births
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Postgraduate medical education has seen changes in the recent years, the world over. In Singapore, postgraduate medical education underwent a major transition in 2010 from the Basic and Advanced Specialist Training system overseen by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training by the Specialist Accreditation Board to the new Residency system modeled on the American Residency Programme. This new Residency system has been successfully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I). There have been significant enhancements in the postgraduate training system with increased emphasis on structured and formative training, and a particular focus on developing leadership skills as well as research and quality improvement (QI) concepts among the doctors in training. Components to the new ACGME-I Residency core competencies include Patient Care, Medical Volume 7 Issue 5 2017
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Resident Quality Improvement Project: Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate Protocol for Fetal Neuroprotection in Preterm Births
Postgraduate medical education has seen changes in the recent years, the world over. In Singapore, postgraduate medical education underwent a major transition in 2010 from the Basic and Advanced Specialist Training system overseen by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training by the Specialist Accreditation Board to the new Residency system modeled on the American Residency Programme. This new ...
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