The Graduation Questionnaire and graduatesʼ subspecialty plans

Tracking the longitudinal stability of medical students' perceptions using the AAMC graduation questionnaire and serial evaluation surveys.

BACKGROUND This study examined the longitudinal stability of students' perceptions by comparing ratings on similar survey items in three sequential evaluations: end-of-clerkship (EOC), AAMC graduation questionnaire (GQ), and a postgraduate survey (PGY1). METHOD For the classes of 2000 and 2001, ratings were compiled from EOC evaluations and comparable items from the GQ. For both cohorts, sele...

Symposium. Subspecialty certification: current status of orthopaedic subspecialty certification.

Symposium: Subspecialty certification: Current status of orthopaedic subspecialty certification. During the last twenty years, an increasing number of orthopaedic surgeons have chosen to subspecialize. As such, there has been an increased interest in subspecialty certification. In 1990, 44% of orthopaedic surgeons viewed themselves as general or-thopaedists and 21%, as specialists. Currently, t...

Nepalese dental hygiene and dental students’ career choice motivation and plans after graduation: a descriptive cross-sectional comparison

BACKGROUND This is the first study of its kind to provide data regarding the self-reported career choice motivation and intentions after graduation of dental and dental hygiene students in Nepal. The findings of this study can be used to inform future oral health workforce planning in Nepal. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of dentistry and dental hygiene students attending a large accredited...

Whittaker Graduation and the Hodrick-Prescott Filter

Hodrick and Prescott (1997) proposed a smoothing method for economic time series that is very similar to graduation, it is usually known as the H-P method. They acknowledged that this method is equivalent to graduation methods and that it had been in use among actuaries. The literature on smoothing methods based on their approach grew separately from the graduation literature, due to the useful...

Spline Functions and the Problem of Graduation.