background: the purpose of our study was to assess resident and fellow patient care competency related to chest port catheter insertion after implementation of an educational program and completion of a certification checklist. furthermore, we aimed to measure the impact of this intervention on early infection rates. methods: baseline early infection rates as defined by the cdc were obtained in...

as n → ∞. This is a deep extension of Hardy-Ramanujan Theorem (see [13]). In addition, the central limit theorem holds in a more general setting for additive functions. A formal treatment and proofs can be found in e.g. Durrett [7]. In terms of rate of convergence to the Gaussian distribution, i.e. Berry-Esseen bounds, Rényi and Turán [18] obtained the sharp rate of convergenceO(1/ √ log logn)....

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to identify the risk factors associated with the incidence of A.C.L in three endemic areas of Kerman City. Moreover, the residents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards A.C.L were assessed. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 195 residents of three endemic areas in Kerman City involved by A.C.L disease from...

Univariate studies of the hypothesis of unit roots in real exchange rates have yielded consensus point estimates of the half-life of deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP) of between three to five years (Rogoff, 1996). However, conventional least-squares-based estimates of half-lives are biased downward. Accordingly, as a preferred measure of the persistence of real exchange rate shocks ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study describes and evaluates a teaching model for training family medicine residents to perform cesarean deliveries and determines whether family medicine residents can achieve adequate quality care in the procedure. METHODS The teaching model for cesarean deliveries involved direct instruction and supervision by an obstetrician. We conducted a review of all ce...

Aim The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) exam's pass rate is considered a quality measure of a residency program, yet few interventions have shown benefit in reducing the failure rate. We developed a web-based Directed Reading (DR) program with an aim to increase medical knowledge and reduce ABIM exam failure rate. Methods Internal medicine residents at our academic medical center wit...