OBJECTIVE To gain better understanding of the work-preparedness of new interns and identify areas where further training and education should be provided. DESIGN Surveys of new interns assessing self-reported confidence and preparedness for tasks commonly undertaken without direct supervision. The first survey was undertaken before the cohort had started work, the second once they had complet...

This paper concerns the complexity analysis of the roommate problem and intern assignment problem with couples. These are two special cases of the matching problems known as stable matching. The roommate problem is that of assigning a set of people to rooms of exactly two occupants in accordance with the preferences of the members of the set. The intern assignment problem with couples is that o...

introduction. evaluation of medical students and preparing them for suitable diagnosis and treatment of diseases are the target of medical education with regard to importance of adjustment of educational contents with community needs and high prevalence of infectious disease. therefore we decided to measure information of medical student (intern) in 5th azar hospital about diagnosis, treatment ...

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The evolution of postgraduate medical education has been a most interesting one. If one remembers that before 1900 it was quite possible for a person of average intelligence with a diligent attitude toward his work to encompass rather completely the known field of medicine and that since then increasing specialization has been necessary because of the rapidly broadening horizon of medicine, man...

Fi rms in the LDCs need to adopt and indige n i ze tra n s fe rred tech n o l ogy befo re u s age. The adoption costs depend on the state of the infra s t ru c t u re and on the l o c a l i zed spillover effects ge n e rated by a rival fi rm. In this context, the pap e r examines the timing of such technological adoption. It shows that strategic decisions regarding time may result in a “waiting...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Preparation for the national entrance examination is a major concern for hospital medical students. Many teaching materials are available to prepare for the urology module: faculty photocopies and general urology texts. The objective of this study was to determine the selection criteria used by medical students to choose their urology teaching materials, in preparati...