BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Future of Family Medicine report advocated experimentation with 4-year residency training models. This study examines residency applicants' opinions about extending the length of residency training and seeks to determine which features of an extended program would be most desirable to applicants. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administe...

PURPOSE To evaluate the perspective of ophthalmology residents in the US about their residency programs and compare the competency of residency programs to international competency levels set by the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). METHODS A cross-sectional web-based survey extracted from the ICO published competency standards was sent to program directors of ophthalmology reside...

Objective: The transition to practice experience provides a useful process to integrate nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes of newly graduated nurses before they assume the professional nurses’ roles. The study examined the levels of perceived clinical competency, confidence, and professional role development skills of 114 culturally diverse novice nurses enrolled in 12-15 weeks of a colla...

INTRODUCTION Residency interview apparel has traditionally been the dark business suit. We changed the interview dress code from a traditionally established unwritten 'formal' attire to an explicitly described 'informal' attire. We sought to assess if the change in dress code attire changed applicants' perceptions of the residency program or decreased costs. METHODS The authors conducted an a...

This document is a revision of a previously published cardiothoracic curriculum for diagnostic radiology residency, and reflects interval changes in the clinical practice of cardiothoracic radiology and changes in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for diagnostic radiology training programs. The revised ACGME Program Requirements for Residency Educatio...

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION • Board Certification: Nephrology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Fellowship: Stanford University Nephrology Program CA • Fellowship: Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (2013) Ireland • Residency: Mayo Clinic Graduate Medical Education (2009) MN • Residency: National University ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Despite the growing importance of global health (GH) training for pediatric residents, few mechanisms have cataloged GH educational opportunities offered by US pediatric residency programs. We sought to characterize GH education opportunities across pediatric residency programs and identify program characteristics associated with key GH education elements. METHODS Dat...

INTRODUCTION Few US emergency medicine (EM) residency programs have been located in rural states due to program requirements for emergency department (ED) patient volume. Recent revision to the program requirements now permits 'educationally justifiable exceptions' to the patient population requirement, 'such as clinical sites in a rural setting', and some EM residency programs now plan to offe...

BACKGROUND Canadian pharmacy residency programs rely on preceptors to support the growing demand of graduates wishing to pursue hospital residencies. Understanding the educational needs of these preceptors is important to ensure that they are well prepared to deliver successful programs. OBJECTIVE To determine what new and experienced residency preceptors self-identify as learning needs in or...