The authors report on the status of osteopathic graduate medical education training for the 2009-2010 academic year. Data are presented on approved programs and trainee positions, including distribution by state and by specialty. An update on the impact of restructuring the internship year into specialty residencies is provided, indicating no net loss of training positions related to this initi...

BACKGROUND Burnout is a common problem for interns and residents. It may be related to medical error, but little is known about this relationship. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between burnout and perceived medical errors among interns and residents. METHODS The study group consisted of interns and residents working in a university hospital in Busan. Data were pro...

Background As healthcare workers (HCWs), medical trainees are at a high-risk for acquisition of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease. To our knowledge, there are no published data about TB infection among medical trainees in Tunisia.To determine the tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity and tuberculin conversion among a group of medical trainees in different departments at our institution. ...

A valid and reliable questionnaire was developed which assesses eight subscales relating to key areas of medical hospital-based work. This was used to evaluate junior doctors' perceptions of the adequacy of their undergraduate medical training to prepare them for hospital practice. Data from 139 (60%) first-year doctors (interns) showed that graduates from the problem-based medical school rated...

1 Regal P. Need for new methods to study delirium. Intern Med J 2013;43:1053–4. 2 Regal P. Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) indicators when CAM positivity in 647 patients has good outcome. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013;61:173. 3 Regal P. Improving the logic and rigour of delirium trials. Intern Med J 2013;43:1260. 4 Regal PJ. Delirium admissions in dementia. JAMA Intern Med 2013;173:597. 5 Regal P. He...

BACKGROUND Problem-based curricula have provoked controversy amongst educators and students regarding outcome in medical graduates, supporting the need for longitudinal evaluation of curriculum change. As part of a longitudinal evaluation program at the University of Adelaide, a mixed method approach was used to compare the graduate outcomes of two curriculum cohorts: traditional lecture-based ...

CONTEXT A 2009 Institute of Medicine report recommended protected sleep periods for medicine trainees on extended overnight shifts, a position reinforced by new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility and consequences of protected sleep periods during extended duty. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Randomized controlled trial...

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