introduction: this study was carried out to analyze the viewpoint of dentistry residents about the curriculum presented in the residency program to students of mashhad school of dentistry. methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive study , to evaluate the perspectives of dentistry residents about the curriculum and regulations of residency program, a questionnaire was designed whose validity ...

Simulation in residency training is becoming more popular but there is limited evidence showing that it can improve a resident’s fund of knowledge, particularly in anesthesiology. We looked at whether a bronchoscopy simulation could improve performance on a thoracic anesthesia knowledge test administered both before and after using the simulator. Fourteen first-year anesthesiology residents com...

BACKGROUND For future physicians, residency programs offer necessary extended training in specific medical specialties. Medical schools benefit from an understanding of factors that lead their students to match into certain residency specialties. One such factor, often used during the residency application process, is scores on the USA Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). OBJECTIVES To determine t...

For those involved in orthopaedic surgery post-graduate education, it is imperative to identify and select the highest quality candidates to fill their programs. One of the most important considerations is selecting residents who will achieve clinical competence and pass the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS) certifying examination. Many candidates are also selected for their presume...

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...

BACKGROUND To understand teaching performance of individual faculty, the climate in which residents' learning takes place, the learning climate, may be important. There is emerging evidence that specific climates do predict specific outcomes. Until now, the effect of learning climate on the performance of the individual faculty who actually do the teaching was unknown. OBJECTIVES THIS STUDY: ...

background: the aim of this study was to conduct a sero-epidemiological survey in isfahan city and suburb areas, central iran to detect the rate of human hydatidosis using elisa test. methods: overall, 635 serum samples were collected from subjects referred to different health centers in urban and rural regions of the city. sera were analyzed using ag-b elisa test. ten μg/ml antigens, serum dil...

Objective To investigate if there is knowledge improvement over the Residency years, as well students’ satisfaction about progress test. Finally, to describe implementation of online test in some Ophthalmological programs Brazil. Methods It was an observational cross-section study. The participants were all Ophthalmology residents who accepted join They did and answered demographic questionnair...

BACKGROUND Formal assessment of clinical competencies is necessary to ensure that all residents are acquiring important skills and, in the United States, will soon become a requirement for residency programme accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The Eye Surgical Skills Assessment Test (ESSAT), a laboratory-based surgical skills obstacle course, was ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The Association of Program Directors in Radiology regularly surveys its members regarding issues of importance to support radiology residency programs and their directors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is an observational cross-sectional study using two Web-based surveys posed to the Association of Program Directors in Radiology membership in the fall of 2014 (49 items) ...