BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There has been declining interest by US medical students in the specialty of family medicine. Simultaneously, new data suggest that the length of training may be related to the decline in student interest. The new data have created a national debate over the appropriate length of training for family physicians. The Future of Family Medicine Report recommends conducting...

The orthopaedic joint replacement team is very different today than even a decade ago. Although the surgeon is still the leader, excellent outcomes depend on the help and interactions of physician assistants; nurse practitioners; office, floor, and operating room nurses; surgical technicians; physical and occupational therapists; and medical assistantsdto name but a few. Medical student and res...

The objective of the study was to determine preferences and factors influencing the choice of medical specialties by House officers. Questionnaires were distributed to House-officers in 4 tertiary hospitals namely: the National hospital, Abuja, the University of Port-Harcourt, the Jos University, and the University of Uyo Teaching Hospitals. The data were simultaneously collected and analyzed u...

Clinical research is decisive for health advances to occur, to improve patient care and to increase the health expectancy of the general population. The National Plan of our Specialty published in the BOE very clearly expresses that the National Commission for the Specialty has the aim to promote specific training in this area. The document proposes that residents during their first two years o...

BACKGROUND Radiographic evaluation has a prominent place in the follow-up of long-term results of uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA). The most prominent scale reported in studies is the Engh Grading Scale, but there is a lack of literature on the reliability of the scale. METHODS We evaluated intra- and interrater reliability of the Engh Grading System for uncemented THA using 26 follow-...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There have been dramatic changes in the specialty of family medicine and the American health care system in the more than 40 years since the formation of the specialty. As a result, there is urgent need for experimentation and innovation in residency training to better prepare family physicians. METHODS Waukesha Family Medicine Residency used a strategic planning pro...

In recent months a debate has arisen among Spanish ophthalmologists about reducing the number of ophthalmology residents in Spain. It is difficult to give a straight answer, but the aim of this editorial is to contribute some information to the debate and shed some light in the search for an answer. The working environment of our specialty has changed dramatically in recent years. Five or six y...

Healthcare deficiencies in the United States have long been perpetuated by a shortage of primary care providers. A core purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to provide health insurance for America's approximately fifty million uninsured. Implementation of universal health insurance, however, does not mean sufficient healthcare access for all, since the supply of ...

BACKGROUND Emergency medicine (EM) is a growing specialty in Colombia with five residency programs in the country. EM leadership is interested in incorporating point-of-care (POC) ultrasound into a standardized national EM residency curriculum. This study is a nationwide survey of Colombian EM residents designed to explore the current state of POC ultrasound use within EM residencies and examin...