Objective Female representation in the field of otolaryngology is lacking. Residency first point at which medical school graduates specialize a chosen and thus represents an opportunity to recruit train more female otolaryngologists. This study sought identify program factors associated with greater among resident physicians. Methods Departmental websites all 124 residency programs United State...

The measurement of blood pressure in the physician's office is subject to a number of observer errors and also to the "white-coat effect." Automatic devices that measure blood pressure without a human observer in the room can eliminate many of these problems. We argue for greater use of these devices in the physician's office.

Neville Davis Readers may recall that in my presidential address to the Society on 14 October 2004, I spoke of the attempts that had been made by doctors working at the criminal medico-legal interface to find a base in academia for the discipline of clinical forensic medicine. These started in the late 1980s with an approach to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to establish a Faculty of Cli...

The trainee in difficulty is someone who is either marginal or at risk of failing in his or her clinical performance. Dealing effectively with these learners can pose problems even for seasoned medical educators. This article discusses some of the common mistakes made by educators in dealing with the trainee in difficulty and offers suggestions for a systematic approach. Further, the roles of f...

The purpose of our research is the development of a new technology, teleimmersion, which will make possible 3D visual communication between people distributed over the globe. We are putting together a low-end, PC-based, affordable hardware system, and are developing the software for a teleimmersion node (T-node). The software is based on accurate polynocular stereo. We will describe a testbed f...

In Vienna, the tradition of clinical teaching began with Anton de Haen’s introduction newly established educational approach in Buergerspital 1754. second half 18th century, at medical faculties contributed to shift power relationships between doctors and patients. The gaze that doctor patient directed towards each other regulated patients’ as well physicians’ behavior setting hospital medicine...

Background: Clinical supervision is an important factor in the development of competency in residency program. Attending physicians play a key role in supervision of residents. However little is known about how attending physicians and residents perceive the quality of clinical supervision. The aim of this study was to explore the differences between perceived qualities of supervision in t...

PURPOSE Research suggests that there are concerns about the neuropsychological functioning of physicians who undergo physician competency evaluation. Academic health center faculty often participate in the evaluation and remediation of these physicians. The purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive abilities between a group of physicians referred for competency evaluations and a contro...

BACKGROUND Increasingly, medical disciplines have used morbidity and mortality conferences (MMCs) to address quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS), as well as teach systems-based improvement to graduate trainees. The goal of this educational intervention was to establish a pediatric resident physician–led MMC that not only focused on QI/PS principles but also engaged resident physician...

INTRODUCTION Receiving an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is regarded as a major accomplishment for the physician researcher and can be used as a means of scholarly activity for core faculty in emergency medicine (EM). However, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires that a grant must be obtained for it to count towards a core faculty member's sc...