OBJECTIVES To define the success of a medical workshop from the trainees' perspective, where a medical workshop is a scientific event with the aim of presenting updated knowledge and to teach medical skills to the participants. In surgical specialties, it contributes to the development and maintenance of surgical skills. METHODS Medline was searched for the previous 4 months to identify artic...

BACKGROUND Preventable medical harm is a leading cause of death in the United States. Incident reporting systems have been identified as the primary method to capture medical error and harm. Incidents are rarely reported, particularly among physician trainees. METHODS We conducted a single-center, quasi-experimental study to examine the effect of education on the importance of and how to file...

Objective To investigate trainee doctors' and trainers' perceptions of the validity of the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) using Messick's conceptualisation of construct validity. Design Qualitative semi-structured focus groups and interviews with trainees and trainers. Setting Postgraduate medical training in London, Kent Surrey and Sussex, Yorkshire and Humber, and Wales in Nov...

The difference between the U.S. health care system's potential and the outcomes it delivers is vast and well documented. Fortunately, many medical trainees recognize this challenge and aspire to careers that will enable them to help close this gap by improving the systems of care around them. However, the career paths in health systems improvement are not well defined, and interested trainees a...

Background As healthcare workers (HCWs), medical trainees are at a high-risk for acquisition of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease. To our knowledge, there are no published data about TB infection among medical trainees in Tunisia.To determine the tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity and tuberculin conversion among a group of medical trainees in different departments at our institution. ...

Introduction: Stress is an important factor in the educationalprocess. Teaching and learning are stressful processes. Thisstress can affect one’s ability and change his/her performance.The purpose of this study was to investigate stressors of clinicaleducation from the perspective of medical students in YazdUniversity of Medical Sciences.Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in...

BACKGROUND Following implementation of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) in the UK, potential radiology trainees must decide on their career and apply sooner than ever before. We aimed to determine whether current trainees were sufficiently informed to make an earlier career decision by comparing the early radiology experiences of Traditional and Foundation Trainees. METHODS 344 radiology tra...

INTRODUCTION Communication is integral to clinical work. This paper describes a communication programme (CP) designed for two new professional roles. Training in communication is often focused on interactions with patients. Equally important is supporting clinicians to communicate with each other. The authors devised a CP for perioperative specialist and surgical care practitioners. METHODS T...

OBJECTIVE To determine obstetrics and gynaecology trainees' understanding of intrauterine device/system (IUD/IUS) insertion. METHODS A questionnaire-based survey of obstetrics and gynaecology trainees in the West Midlands region of the UK. RESULTS Forty-five trainees completed a questionnaire on this topic. High scores were obtained in questions relating to the medical and drug interactions...

OBJECTIVE to describe and evaluate the acceptance of a low-cost chest tube insertion porcine model in a medical education project in the southwest of Paraná, Brazil. METHODS we developed a low-cost and low technology porcine model for teaching chest tube insertion and used it in a teaching project. Medical trainees - students and residents - received theoretical instructions about the procedu...