OBJECTIVE To determine whether variables in the surgery resident selection process will predict attrition or performance during residency training. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A university residency program. PARTICIPANTS A total of 111 categorical surgery residents matched during a 10-year period (1991-2000). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Satisfactory outcome included successful complet...

OBJECTIVE This survey of Canadian general surgery residents was designed to determine their interest level, past experiences and awareness of opportunities in the field of international surgery. METHODS A web-based national survey in both French and English was sent to all Canadian general surgery residents. This survey comprised 24 questions regarding demographics, education, previous intern...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Grand Rapids Family Practice Residency Program has been using an ongoing "spot check" method to evaluate global competencies of family medicine residents in the ambulatory setting. This paper describes and assesses this evaluation method. METHODS During each clinic session, preceptors evaluate residents on core ambulatory clinical skills. Evaluations emphasize di...

First administered in November 1963, the orthopedic in-training examination (OITE) is now distributed to more than 4000 residents in over 20 countries and has become important for evaluation of resident fund of knowledge. Several studies have assessed the effect of didactic programs on resident performance, but only recently has it become possible to assess detailed testtaking metrics such as t...

BACKGROUND In 2006, a survey performed by Morrison et al analyzed the experience of aesthetic surgery training from the perspective of residents and their program directors in plastic surgery programs across the United States. OBJECTIVES The authors conducted a survey to follow-up on the Morrison results three years after publication, to assess the changes in plastic surgery residency program...

objective: to evaluate the effect of advance trauma life support (atls®) training on general surgery residents clinical reasoning skills using the national boards-style objective structured clinical examination (osce). methods: this cross-sectional single-center study was conducted in shiraz university of medical sciences including 51 surgery residents that participated in a mandatory national ...

BACKGROUND Operations performed by surgeons working at Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and surgery residents have not been compared. METHODS Procedure codes logged by general surgery residents graduating from our institution in 2013 and 2014 were obtained. Procedure codes were obtained for all CAHs in our state for 2012 to 2013. Clinically relevant categories were compared among residents an...

introduction: medical records department (mrd) is important for evaluating, planning and prioritizing health care services. the major aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the mrds of hospitals using multi-criteria decision-making approach in the selected hospitals of isfahan city, iran. methods: this was an analytical and cross-sectional study that was conducted in spring 2008 i...

OBJECTIVE Cardiac surgery trainees might benefit from simulation training in coronary anastomosis and more advanced procedures. We evaluated distributed practice using a portable task station and experience on a beating-heart model in training coronary anastomosis. METHODS Eight cardiothoracic surgery residents performed 2 end-to-side anastomoses with the task station, followed by 2 end-to-si...