BACKGROUND Although studies have shown that medical residents experience poor psychological health and poor organizational conditions, their quality of work life (QWL) had not been measured. A new tool, the Quality of Work Life Systemic Inventory (QWLSI), proposes to fill the gap in the definition and assessment of this concept. AIMS To confirm the convergent validity of the QWLSI, analyse Be...

One of the stages of medical training is the residency programme. Hosting institutions often claim compensation for the training provided. How much should this compensation be? According to our results, given the benefits arising from having residents among the house staff, no transfer (either tuition fee or subsidy) should be set to compensate the hosting institution for providing medical trai...

Introduction. Practicing medicine needs correct, up to date and easy to use information resources. This study is designed to investigate different aspects of the resources used by internal medicine attending physicians, residents and interns. Methods. All attendings (n: 43), residents (n: 23) and interns (n: 33) of internal medicine ward were, after receiving a brief introduction about the ai...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional survey assessed the adequacy of ophthalmology teaching in undergraduate medical education and evaluated the comfort level of family medicine residents in diagnosing and managing common ophthalmic conditions. METHODS Postgraduate year 1 and 2 family medicine residents at the University of Western Ontario were recruited for this study. The main outcome measures w...

background: clinical supervision is an important factor in the development of competency in residency program. attending physicians play a key role in supervision of residents. however little is known about how attending physicians and residents perceive the quality of clinical supervision. the aim of this study was to explore the differences between perceived qualities of supervision in these ...

CONTEXT Medical educators are seeking improved measures to assess the clinical competency of residents as they complete their graduate medical education. OBJECTIVE To assess residents' perceptions of their preparedness to provide common clinical services during their last year of graduate medical education. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A 1998 national survey of residents completing the...

BACKGROUND Prolonged working hours and sleep deprivation can exert negative effects on professional performance and health. OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between sleep deprivation, key metabolic markers, and professional performance in medical residents. METHODS We compared 35 residents working the in-house night shift with 35 senior year medical students in a cross-sectional cohort...

Purpose. The effect of patient centered medical home (PCMH) curriculum interventions on residents' self-reported and demonstrated knowledge, skills and attitudes in PCMH competency arenas (KSA) is lacking in the literature. This study aimed to assess the impact of PCMH curricular innovations on the KSA of Internal Medicine residents. Methods. Twenty four (24) Internal Medicine residents-12 Trad...