BACKGROUND A prerequisite for a valuable surgical case log is the ability to perform an accurate self-assessment. Studies have shown mixed results when examining residents' ability to self-assess on varying tasks. We sought to examine the correlation between residents' self-assessment and staff surgeons' evaluation of surgical involvement and competence in performing primary total knee (TKA) an...

The Department of Dental Medicine of Lutheran Medical Center has developed an asynchronous online curriculum consisting of prerecorded PowerPoint presentations with audio explanations. The focus of this study was to evaluate if the new asynchronous format satisfied the educational needs of the residents compared to traditional lecture (face-to-face) and synchronous (distance learning) formats. ...

Physicians in general, and residents in particular, are adapting to duty schedules in which they have fewer continuous work hours; however, there are no Canadian guidelines on duty hours restrictions. To better inform resident duty hour policy in Canada, we set out to prepare a set of recommendations that would draw upon evidence reported in the literature and reflect the experiences of residen...

BACKGROUND Adoption of universal HIV screening has been low despite national recommendations. OBJECTIVE To describe the barriers and facilitators to adoption of universal HIV screening in a low-prevalence setting. DESIGN Qualitative, thematic analysis of focus group discussions among internal medicine residents who introduced universal HIV screening into their primary care practice in Madis...

Computer vision methods that quantify the perception of urban environment are increasingly being used to study the relationship between a city’s physical appearance and the behavior and health of its residents. Yet, the throughput of current methods is too limited to quantify the perception of cities across the world. To tackle this challenge, we introduce a new crowdsourced dataset containing ...

Plastics, one of the most abundant materials in the world today, are one of the main sources of pollution. People’s perception of using and disposing plastic bags is primordial as they tend to be a major part of household solid waste. This study aims to determine community’s perception of usage and disposal of plastic bags in Eastern Ethiopia. A quantitative cross-sectional study has been condu...

This study investigates residents' attitudes to tourism impacts (marketing, culture etc.) on Fruška Gora Mountain (Serbia), within the larger framework of economic impacts. The correspondence analysis perception local residents showed that have a generally positive attitude towards development considering its aspects, and then desk show edjustification attitudes, thus confirming main hypothesis...

The present research was carried out in the sample of Salda Lake Turkey order to determine perception local residents about cultural, economic and environmental effects ecotourism identify effect these variables on their support for tourism development region. In research, it concluded that act as an antecedent by people residing around addition, people’s length residence region creates a moder...

OBJECTIVES To explore Neurosurgical postgraduate residents perceptions of their learning environment in operating rooms.METHODOLOGY From March 2022 to August 2022, this cross-sectional study will be carried out the Department Neurosurgery Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Lady Reading Hospital and Ayub Teaching Abbottabad. The STEEM survey examined how surgical theatres were perceived as edu...