OBJECTIVE To evaluate the migration patterns of dermatologists from residency training to eventual clinical practice to assess whether certain programs or regions were more likely to populate their own areas with graduates. DESIGN Analysis of existing data from the American Academy of Dermatology's membership database. SETTING The United States and Puerto Rico. PARTICIPANTS Graduates of U...

BACKGROUND Information about the availability and effectiveness of childhood obesity training during residency is limited. METHODS We surveyed residency program directors from pediatric, internal medicine-pediatrics (IM-Peds), and family medicine residency programs between September 2007 and January 2008 about childhood obesity training offered in their programs. RESULTS The response rate w...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite inclusion of Balint training in US family medicine residency programs, little research exists about the effectiveness of this training in improving residents' behavioral medicine skills. This study compared the outcomes for residents who did and did not undergo Balint training to increase residents' psychological medicine skills in two rural training programs. ...

OBJECTIVE Little is known regarding at what point during the training period residents in pediatrics make decisions on their future career choices. As part of a dedicated process of reexamining the structure of residency training in pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics sought information to better understand the influences, process, and sequencing of both residency program selection and...

OBJECTIVE To examine current training in developmental disabilities in Canadian psychiatry residency programs and to determine, from the programs' perspectives, how provinces across Canada are responding to the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and comorbid mental health disturbances (persons with a "dual diagnosis"). METHOD A survey was completed by residency directors, or the...

OBJECTIVE The appropriate activation and effective utilization of air-medical transport (AMT) services is an important skill for emergency medicine physicians in the United States. Previous studies have demonstrated variability with regards to emergency medical services (EMS) experience during residency training. This study was designed to evaluate the nature and extent of AMT training of the e...

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased exposure to family medicine during training, students still cite lack of respect and excessive knowledge base to master as reasons for not choosing our specialty. Specific changes must be made to family medicine residency tr...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to examine the current level of operations and management education within US-based Emergency Medicine Residency programs. METHODS Residency program directors at all US-based Emergency Medicine Residency programs were anonymously surveyed via a web-based instrument. Participants indicated their levels of residency education dedicated to documentation, bill...