PURPOSE During residency, many physicians find it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle; however, there is little objective data available. In this study, residents' health behaviours and cardiovascular risk status were compared with those of medical students. METHODS Medical residents (n=55, postgraduate years 1 to 4) were compared with medical students (n=62, years 1-4). The main depend...

Background and Objective this study was evaluation of satisfaction, burnout, compassion, and secondary traumatic stress and related factors among residents working in training hospitals. Methods: This descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study was performed on medical residents working in Imam Khomeini Training Hospital in Sari, Iran, affiliated to Maz...

BACKGROUND As nursing homes become increasingly diverse, dementia care needs a wider range of culturally responsive strategies for individual and collective social interactions. While previous studies conclude that medical clowns have positive effects on verbal and non verbal social interactions, research is lacking from the perspective of residents' cultural background. The aim of this study w...

Purpose The aim of this study is to determine the perceived familiarity of medical residents with statistical concepts, assess their ability to integrate these concepts in clinical scenarios, and investigate their susceptibility to the gambler's fallacy and the conjunction fallacy. Methods A multi-institutional, cross-sectional survey of Greek medical residents was performed. Participants were ...

This paper presents our experience in using mathematical programming techniques to develop an oncall schedule for medical residents. We present models, solution techniques, and computational results from a real-world problem at Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, we discuss key challenges encountered in this project and how they shaped the research process. We focus primarily on ...