OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between perceived and biological stress and near misses among Emergency Medicine residents. DESIGN Self-rated stress and stress biomarkers were assessed in residents in Emergency Medicine before and after a day shift. The supervising physicians and residents reported numbers of near misses. SETTING The study took place in the Emergency Department of a ...

BACKGROUND The Care of the Elderly (COE) Diploma Program is a six-to-twelve-month enhanced skills program taken after two years of core residency training in Family Medicine. In 2010, we developed and implemented a core-competency-based COE Diploma program (CC), in lieu of one based on learning objectives (LO). This study assessed the effectiveness of the core-competency-based program on reside...

background: inadequate use of these techniques probably increases the risks of radiography. this study has been accomplished in 2016 to determine medical students and residents of birjand university of medical science awareness levels of principles of protection in radiologic imaging. methods: in this descriptive research, all medical students, including externs, interns, radiology residents an...

Many orthopedic residents accrue considerable debt by residency graduation. These debts for graduating medical students continue to increase due to the yearly increase of medical school tuition. The purpose of this study was to examine the causes of financial debt, as well the effects of debt on orthopedic residents.Orthopedic residents from postgraduate years 1 to 5 (N=27) completed an anonymo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the knowledge and skills of residents in health maintenance and to measure the effectiveness of a new curriculum. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study of first- and second-year pediatric residents over 2 academic years (AY). Residents in AY 1995-1996 (n = 32) comprised a control group. Residents in AY 1996-1997 (n = 36) served as a study group who completed a structured 12-wee...

OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics and practice patterns of family physicians who regularly treat long-term care (LTC) residents in order to inform quality improvement strategies. DESIGN Cross-sectional study involving a 2005 province-wide census of LTC residents' charts linked to additional health care administrative databases. SETTING All LTC homes in Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Reside...

PURPOSE To identify and interpret differences between resident and faculty perceptions of resident autonomy and of faculty support of resident autonomy. METHOD Parallel questionnaires were sent to pediatric residents and faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2011. Items addressed self-determination theory (SDT) constructs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) and asked reside...

CONTEXT Residents' perceived needs in communication skills training are important to identify before designing context-specific training programmes, since learrners' perceived needs can influence the effectiveness of training. OBJECTIVES To explore residents' perceptions of their training needs and training experiences around communication skills, and whether these differ between residents tr...