BACKGROUND Over the past decade, plastic surgery programs have continued to evolve with the addition of 1 year of training, increase in the minimum number of required aesthetic cases, and the gradual replacement of independent positions with integrated ones. To evaluate the impact of these changes on aesthetic training, a survey was sent to residents and program directors. METHODS A 37 questi...

OBJECTIVES Patients frequently use secure web portals to access their medical record and communicate with their doctors, though few institutions currently train residents for electronic communication. We sought to develop a curriculum for secure messaging between patients and resident physicians, and to assess resident attitudes before and after the curriculum. METHODS In 2011, we developed a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evaluation of residents' competence is of great importance in the training of physicians, yet the evaluation process is largely subjective. Faculty and residents frequently rely on self assessments to make decisions regarding curriculum design and electives. The In-training Examination (ITE), the only widely available objective measure of residents' medical knowledge, ...

UNLABELLED Communicating "bad news" to patients and their families can be difficult for physicians. OBJECTIVE This qualitative study aimed to examine residents' perceptions of barriers to delivering bad news to patients and their family members. DESIGN Two focus groups consisting of first- and second-year medical and surgical residents were conducted to explore residents' perceptions of the...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate residents' understanding of biostatistics and interpretation of research results. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire previously used in internal medicine residents was modified to include oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) examples. The survey included sections to identify demographic and educational characteristics of residents, attitude...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of prognostic data regarding tube feeding of institutionalized elderly people. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of feeding tubes on the survival of nursing home residents with chewing and swallowing problems, and to follow the course of the tube-fed residents over one year. METHODS We conducted a cohort study with 12-month follow-up using Mini...

BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that Dutch medical residents feel inadequate in certain management areas: 85% had a need for management training and reported preferences on the format of such training. Our objective was to explore if the perceived deficiencies and needs among Dutch residents were similar to those of their peers in other countries, and if a longer duration of the incorpor...

The late health effects of low-dose rate radiation exposure are still a serious public concern in the Fukushima area even four years after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP). To clarify the factors associated with residents' risk perception of radiation exposure and consequent health effects, we conducted a survey among residents of Kawauchi village in May and June 201...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires that family medicine residents receive structured skills training on pediatric advanced life support (PALS) and should learn procedures for medical emergencies in patients of all ages. Traditional methods of training family medicine residents in PALS is challenging given their limited clinical exposure t...

Background The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specifies both respect for diversity as a requirement of professionalism and culturally sensitive provision of medical care. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the perception of preparedness and attitudes of medical residents to deliver cross-cultural care. Methods The Cross Cultural Care Survey was sent via e-mai...