objectives thereby the prevalence, distribution characteristics and correlative factors of oa in mongolian middle-aged and senior residents in the inner mongolia autonomous region were investigated in this study. materials and methods rural and urban residents in hohhot, baotou and erdos were selected using stratified, multi-stage and cluster random sampling. 2000 residents aging over 45 filled...

BACKGROUND Changes in medical education require a rethinking of our training paradigm. We implemented a protected block curriculum for postgraduate year (PGY)-1 and PGY-2 surgery residents. HYPOTHESIS A protected block curriculum promotes adult learning consistent with the 6 competencies. DESIGN Prospective static-group comparison with pretesting and posttesting. SETTING Medical College o...

in recent years, medical and health care consumption has risen, making health risk an important determinant of household spending and welfare. we aimed to examine the determinants of medical and health care expenditure to help policy-makers in the improvement of china's health care system, benefiting the country, society and every household. this paper employs panel data from china's provinces ...

background: workplace violence has become an issue of increasing concern. residents are often the first physician that patients will meet them. objectives: we conducted this study to evaluate workplace violence against medical residents in iran. materials and methods: in a cross sectional questionnaire based study we asked 1107 medical residents about violence exposure during past 12 months. re...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience with the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program as a teaching and assessment tool for basic laparoscopic competency among gynecology residents. METHODS A prospective observational study was conducted at a single academic institution. Before the FLS program was introduced, baseline FLS testing was offered to residents and gynecology division dir...

neighborhood attachment is closely related to concrete and abstract conceptions that set the scene for a variety of interactions among the residents. it is on the basis of social-physical location which happens over time. neighborhood attachment also enhances the possibility of residents’ social participation in urban neighborhoods and has a bilateral relationship with residents’ satisfaction. ...

BACKGROUND Residents living in long-term care facilities are a vulnerable population. For many residents, a nursing home is their place of death. Palliative care and end-of-life decisions are important components of their care provision. AIM To study the views of cognitively able residents and relatives on advance care planning, end-of-life care, and decision-making in nursing homes. DESIGN...