Advancing Resident Assessment in Graduate Medical Education

Resident research and graduate medical education funding.

of 100% oxygen during induction and emergence is standard practice for the vast majority of anesthetists, our study reflects the impact of high intraoperative inspired oxygen in actual practice. The use of 100% oxygen for induction and emergence also likely had minimal effect on our results because the degree of atelectasis induced by administration of 100% oxygen for only a few minutes is rela...

Resident Depression: The Tip of a Graduate Medical Education Iceberg.

Physiciansare rightfullyproudof their reputationasbeing intelligent, dedicated, hard-working, committed to the lifelong acquisition of new knowledge and skills, and able to overcome personal discomfort (particularly sleep deprivation) for the sakeof theneeds ofpatients.Physiciansare less proud and less willing to admit or discuss that, as a profession, they are at equal risk fordepressionandhig...

Graduate medical education.

Additional Documentation Applicants with postgraduate medical experience elsewhere must provide verification from the program director or supervisor. Documentation of PGY levels and actual months/years of credits fully granted to the applicant must be sent to the McGaw Medical Center residency program director before any interview, as required by affiliation agreements and residency review comm...

The medical resident working hours debate: a proposal for private decentralized regulation of graduate medical education.

Reforming graduate medical education.

Because of the traditional subordination of education to service, graduate medical education (GME) in the United States has never realized its full educational potential. This article suggests 4 strategies for reasserting the primacy of education in GME: limit the number of patients house officers manage at one time, relieve the resident staff of noneducational chores, improve educational conte...