Perceived Effects of Innovations in Postgraduate Medical Education

Exploration of perceived effects of innovations in postgraduate medical education.

CONTEXT Many studies have examined how educational innovations in postgraduate medical education (PGME) impact on teaching and learning, but little is known about effects in the clinical workplace outside the strictly education-related domain. Insights into the full scope of effects may facilitate the implementation and acceptance of innovations because expectations can be made more realistic, ...

Perceived effects of innovations in postgraduate medical education: a Q study focusing on workplace-based assessment.

PURPOSE Anticipating users' perceptions of the effects an innovation will have in daily practice prior to implementation may lead to a more optimal innovation process. In this study, the authors aimed to identify the kinds of perceptions that exist concerning the effects of workplace-based assessment (WBA), an innovation that is widely used in medical education, among its users. METHOD In 201...

Postgraduate Medical Education.

Postgraduate Medical Education.

Leadership in postgraduate medical education.

their core PG 1–3 training. Although Dr. Kuhn’s suggestions have merit, our past history suggests that attempting to employ the CA3 year to develop perioperative specialization is likely not to be successful. Conversely, our internal medicine colleagues routinely direct individuals into 2and 3-yr fellowships after completion of a 3-yr internal medicine residency. By restructuring the training c...