Program Visits and Residency Interviews

Can admissions interviews predict performance in residency?

OBJECTIVE The authors aim to determine whether admission interviews predict performance in residency. METHODS The authors determined whether interview and other admission data were correlated with performance during postgraduate years 2-4 and with remaining in the residency in 544 residents enrolled in a single psychiatry residency program between 1963 and 2004. RESULTS Considered together,...

Evaluation of prenatal and pediatric group visits in a residency training program.

BACKGROUND It is well established that group visits offer an appropriate alternative to individual care with respect to efficiency, clinical effectiveness, and patient and provider satisfaction and are feasible in the training setting. The purpose of this paper is to describe resident educational outcomes from participation in prenatal and well-child group visits over the last 6 years. METHOD...

Home visits in family medicine residency: evaluation of 8 years of a training program.

PROBLEM ADDRESSED There has been a decline in family physicians providing home visits to housebound patients. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To increase family medicine residents' exposure to home visits; their comfort and skills in providing home visits; and their willingness to provide home visits after graduation. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Between 2000 and 2010, each family practice resident at St Josep...

Understanding and preparing for pharmacy practice residency interviews.

Tips for succeeding at pharmacy residency phone interviews.

The New Practitioners Forum column features articles that address the special professional needs of pharmacists early in their careers as they transition from students to practitioners. Authors include new practitioners or others with expertise in a topic of interest to new practitioners. AJHP readers are invited to submit topics or articles for this column to the New Practitioners Forum, c/o J...