Residency training in India

Ophthalmology residency training in India: Quo vadis?

Residency training is an essential phase of metamorphosis in the life cycle of a medical student that marks the transformation of a theoretical generalist into a practically oriented specialist gearing up to assume personal responsibility for patient care. Over the years, the process of surgical training has evolved from an unstructured apprenticeship of unlimited duration in the distant past, ...

Professionalism in Residency Training

Professionalism is one of the most important competencies for physicians but is also the most difficult to teach, assess, and manage. To better understand professionalism in pathology, we surveyed practicing pathologists and pathology residents and fellows in training. We identified 12 key desirable attributes of professionalism. In addition, 8 case scenarios highlighting unprofessional behavio...

Pediatric residency training in Singapore.

Structured pediatric training Compared to our neighbors, Singapore is small, with a population of around five million. The pediatric training is a sixyear program, which began in mid-1980s, and has been funded by a combination of the Ministry of Health, and the two pediatric teaching and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I) accredited hospitals to produce...

Residency In-service Training Exam

Public health residency training.

Is DIDN'T KNOW there was such a thing." We have heard this statement repeatedly from intern and practicing physician alike. The "thing" they refer to is the residency program in public health. While residencies in clinical specialties are well known and accepted, such is not the case in the field of public health. Perhaps this is because the specialty is only about 8 years old. By June 30, 1956...