Predicting Pediatric Resident Performance † 1922

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...

Modeling Surgical Resident Performance

The goals of this work were to evaluate the methods used for assessing surgical residents and to model surgical resident performance. Currently, residents are evaluated by the attending surgeons using a one-page paper evaluation form after each rotation in a particular department. These subjective questionnaires require the evaluators to rate residents in competency areas that are thought to de...

Pediatric Resident Workload Intensity and Variability.

BACKGROUND Research on resident workloads has focused primarily on the quantity of hours worked, rather than the content of those hours or the variability among residents. We hypothesize that there are statistically significant variations in resident workloads and better understanding of workload intensity could improve resident education. METHODS The Stanford Children's Health research datab...