(MED) RESIDENT SATISFACTION IN CANADIAN PEDIATRIC RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINICS

Resident time in continuity practice.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine residents are required to maintain a continuity practice in an approved family medicine center (FMC) and achieve minimum targets for patient encounters. In the past, minimum periods of time in the FMC were defined in the program requirements, but these have now been replaced with target numbers of patient encounters. As residency programs come under inc...

The effect of patient reassignment on future continuity in a pediatric resident continuity practice.

BACKGROUND When residents complete their pediatric training, patients from their continuity practices in academic settings must be reassigned to either a known resident of their selection or an unknown, incoming intern. OBJECTIVES To determine what antecedent factors were associated with patient reassignment to a known resident of their selection, whether such reassignment was associated with...

Pediatric resident training in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, medical students graduate from university at the age of 24 after going through 5 years of medical training. Given the most rapid career pathway, the first opportunity to enter the Pediatric Residency Program is at the age of 27, as graduates are required to do three years of compulsory training in the Ministry of Health (MoH). Pediatric Residency Training in Malaysia is a four year...

Pediatric resident training in Myanmar.

Pediatric resident training in Vietnam.

Vietnam has a population of 85 millions, but still has insufficient physicians. The main program is similar to the Philippines, where trainees enter through the national system after high school and passing an entrance examination to gain a place in a university. At this point, there are two options: six-year and a four-year curriculum programs. For the six year training to become a doctor, the...