BACKGROUND Prior to 1999 students entering our MBBS course were selected on academic performance alone. We have now evaluated the impact on the demographics of subsequent cohorts of our standard entry students (those entering directly from high school) of the addition to the selection process of an aptitude test (UMAT), a highly structured interview and a rural incentive program. METHODS Stud...

BACKGROUND Assessing orthopaedic surgery residency applicants is a complex process. One important applicant characteristic not commonly measured during the interview process is moral behavior, a key component of the guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for professionalism competency. We sought to determine whether a relationship exists between the results of re...

The convergent and discriminant validity of the Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Scale (IMPS) for chronically institutionalized patients was assessed over three modes of assessment (interview ratings, ward ratings, and observed frequency of behavior), two settings (interview and ward), and two points in time. Sequential performance of raw-score intercorrelations, principal-components anal...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between household food insecurity score and Z-scores of childhood nutritional status indicators. DESIGN Population-based, cross-sectional survey, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011. SETTING A nationally representative sample of 11 085 households selected by a two-stage, stratified cluster sampling design to interview eligible men and women. SUBJE...

Background Over the past few decades, there has been a trend toward an increasing subspecialization in orthopaedic surgery, with orthopaedic sports medicine being one of the most competitive subspecialties. Information regarding the application and interview process for sports medicine fellowships is currently lacking. Purpose To survey orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship program directors...

BACKGROUND There is a need for a brief and simple screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine psychiatric assessments. AIMS To test the concurrent validity and test-retest reliability of a brief screen for personality disorder. METHOD Sixty psychiatric patients were administered a brief screening interview for personality disorder. On the same day, they were interviewed wit...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to validate the Zarit Burden Interview as an instrument to measure the level of burden experienced by caregivers of patients with dementia (PWD) in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adult family caregivers of PWD were recruited from the ambulatory dementia clinic of a tertiary hospital and the Alzheimer's Disease Association. All subjects completed a battery of que...

BACKGROUND In 1998, a new selection process which utilised an aptitude test and an interview in addition to previous academic achievement was introduced into an Australian undergraduate medical course. AIMS To test the outcomes of the selection criteria over an 11-year period. METHODS 1174 students who entered the course from secondary school and who enrolled in the MBBS from 1999 through 2...

PURPOSE To evaluate the subjective performance of modern scleral lenses in patients of the clinics of Visser Contact Lens Practice. METHODS In this cross-sectional survey, all the necessary data were collected at the first follow-up visit during the 5-month study period. In accordance with the preformed fitting technique developed at Visser Contact Lens Practice, four types of scleral lenses ...