Paul S. Casamassimo, DDS, MS T he purposes of this presentation are to 1) perform a brief overview of how outcomes fit in dental education, 2) suggest some roles for outcomes in pediatric dentistry postdoctoral training, and 3) share some uses of outcomes at the Ohio State/Columbus Children’s Hospital postdoctoral program. Outcomes hold the potential to improve our educational process, help add...

Published evaluations of career preparation of alumni from long-standing postdoctoral fellowship programs in the biomedical sciences are limited and often focus on quantitative analysis of data from extant publicly available sources. Qualitative methods provide the opportunity to gather robust information about specific program elements from structured postdoctoral training programs and the inf...

The abrupt onset and prolonged state of the COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) pandemic has radically altered medicine. Clinical care, research, training have experienced significant disruption, with a call to balance safety well-being. With regard future researchers clinicians, residencies fellowship programs pivoted from standard in-person curricula virtual formats decrease possible virus exposure spread....

Choosing the right laboratory in which to do postdoctoral training is perhaps one of the most important decisions that a scientist makes in his or her career. Does one choose a laboratory based on the research topic or the research style of the mentor? Does one choose a large laboratory or a small one? How does one fit the selection of a postdoctoral laboratory into the context of one's long-ra...

Comments on the article, "Guidelines for competency development and measurement in rehabilitation psychology postdoctoral training," by Stiers et al. (see record 2014-55195-001). Stiers and colleagues have provided a thorough and well-conceived set of guidelines that lay out the competencies expected for graduates of postdoctoral residencies in rehabilitation psychology, accompanied by a set of...

Since the 1970s, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) has provided a means for osteopathic physicians to apply for approval of their postdoctoral training in programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Osteopathic physicians who trained in ACGME programs need this approval to meet AOA licensure and board certification requirements. The AOA appr...