BACKGROUND Anemia has been implicated in adverse health outcomes of athletes and military trainees, ranging from overuse injuries to degraded physical and cognitive performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate prevalence of anemia among US Air Force (USAF) basic trainees, to compare physical performance and discharge rates between anemic and non-anemic trainees, and to determine th...

AIM Ultrasound examination of the shoulder conducted by orthopaedic surgeons in the diagnosis and treatment of shoulder conditions is increasingly reported. Shoulder ultrasound is not a mandatory component of postgraduate orthopaedic training in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the shoulder ultrasound teaching workshop administered to postgraduate ort...

Background. Conducting research is expected from many clinicians' professional profile, yet many do not have advanced research degrees. Research training during residency is variable amongst institutions and research education needs of trainees are not well understood. Objective. To understand needs of critical care trainees regarding research education. Methods. Canadian critical care trainees...

INTRODUCTION Faculty often evaluate learners in the emergency department (ED) at the end of each shift. In contrast, learners usually evaluate faculty only at the end of a rotation. In December 2007 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine changed its evaluation process, requiring ED trainees to complete end-of-shift evaluations of faculty. OBJECTIVE Determine the feasibility and accep...

Clinical workplaces offer postgraduate trainees a wealth of opportunities to learn from experience. To promote deliberate and meaningful learning self-regulated learning skills are foundational. We explored trainees' learning activities related to patient encounters to better understand what aspects of self-regulated learning contribute to trainees' development, and to explore supervisor's role...

OBJECTIVES Investigate the work-life balance of doctors in training in the UK from the perspectives of trainers and trainees. DESIGN Qualitative semistructured focus groups and interviews with trainees and trainers. SETTING Postgraduate medical training in London, Yorkshire and Humber, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and Wales during the junior doctor contract dispute at the end of 2015. Part of a...

Cusum analysis is a statistical technique to distinguish deviations from an acceptable failure rate. The progress of anaesthetic trainees learning four practical procedures (obstetric extradural anaesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, central venous cannulation and arterial cannulation) was monitored from their first attempt using cusum analysis. Suitable acceptable and unacceptable failure rates for ...

OBJECTIVES The introduction of competency-based training has necessitated development and implementation of accompanying mechanisms for assessment. Procedure-based assessments (PBAs) are an example of workplace-based assessments that are used to examine focal competencies in the workplace. The primary objective was to understand surgical trainees' perspective on the value of PBA. DESIGN Semis...

Orthopedic trainees are assessed during training regarding their use of radiological screening during operative procedures. The authors investigated whether orthopedic trainees' use of fluoroscopic screening during ankle fixation operations varied with the 2 variables of consultant supervision and trainee experience. Data from operative fixation of isolated Weber B ankle fractures were reviewed...