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....

background: in the present study, we studied the clinical students’ viewpoints toward traditional and case study training methods. methods: this analytical descriptive study was conducted in cardiac ward of valiasr hospital in birjand from 1389 to 1390. 5 training sessions in the form of case presentation were held during a one-month course in cardiac ward. the trainer prepared a powerpoint fil...

perspectives on international collaboration in high energy physics: • Gordon Fraser highlights the origins of panEuropean cooperation at CERN and DESY. • Hirotaka Sugawara frankly appraises the Japanese experience and plans for future colliders. • Alexander Skrinsky reviews the increasing reliance on international exchanges in the Russian program. • Zhou Guangzhao explains how international col...

BACKGROUND Because of concerns regarding sleep deprivation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education limits duty hours and endorses education regarding sleep loss for residents. We assessed the effectiveness of a 60- to 90-minute lecture, the Sleep, Alertness, and Fatigue Education in Residency (SAFER) program, on sleep loss and recovery sleep in residents adhering to Accreditat...

* ** *** **** ***** Bashir Ahmed , Hamid Raza , Kamlaish , Absar Anwar , Zain Ali Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and ICU, Dow University of Health Sciences, Civil Hospital Karachi. Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and ICU, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. Consultatn Anesthetist, Dow University of Health Sciences, Civil Hospital Karachi. Intern, Dow Univeristy of...

The authors report a case of cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old African male medical intern who contracted primary cutaneous from a needle-stick injury. Cultures of pus aspirated from the finger initially grew Staphylococcus aureus that led to a delay in the diagnosis.

INTRODUCTION Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, established in 2014, has ushered in a new era in medical education in Bhutan. Multiple Choice Questions are a common means of written assessment in medical education. METHODS This was a quasi-experimental study conducted at the Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, KGUMSB, Thimphu in December 2016. A total of 8 MCQs were prepare...

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