background: assessment forms the backbone of undergraduate medical training especially in clinical contexts and clerkships, which are typically situated in environments lacking educational structure. this study aims to evaluate the viewpoints of medical interns in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology wards about feedback and formative assessment. methods: 100 med...

U S teaching hospitals orient interns each year, usually in the summer months (June July). These new physicians have usually just finished with their medical school training and do not have any other clinical experience outside of medical school (i.e., without supervision). They are asked to begin seeing patients on day 1 of their internship without having formed relationships with other clinic...

conclusions according to this study, it seems that the educational hospital interns do not have enough essential information and knowledge about pediatric oral/dental health. therefore, it is recommended to incorporate new learning programs about pediatric oral/dental health in their curricula. results in this study, the average age of the interns was 25.18 (standard deviation (sd) = 1.25 years...

BACKGROUND In 2003 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandated work hour restrictions. Violations can results in a residency program being cited or placed on probation. Recurrent violations could results in loss of accreditation. We wanted to determine specific intern and workload factors associated with violation of a specific mandate, the 30-hour duty period requirement....

INTRODUCTION Medical applications help physicians to make more rapid and evidence based decisions that may provide better patient care. This study aimed to determine the extent to which smart phones and medical applications are integrated in the emergency department daily practice. METHOD In a cross sectional study, a modified standard questionnaire (Payne et al.) consisting of demographic da...

BACKGROUND The dwindling interest in surgery and surgical specialties raises the fears that the surgical man-power requirements of the society may not be met adequately in coming years. There is a need to explore ways of stimulating interest in surgery in order to forestall this. OBJECTIVE To identify factors that influence or predict the choice of surgery as a career by interns. METHODS A ...

Background The aim of the present study was to analyze prevalence needlestick injuries (NSI) trainee nursing students and understand cause injury psychological reactions following injury, take corresponding countermeasures prevent adverse consequences. Methods Multiple databases were used search for articles related NSI among interns. selected literature retrospectively evaluated by using Revie...

CONTEXT Although the prevalence of depression among medical interns substantially exceeds that of the general population, the specific factors responsible are not well understood. Recent reports of a moderating effect of a genetic polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in the serotonin transporter protein gene on the likelihood that life stress will precipitate depression may help to understand the developmen...