Managing a radiology residency program is a challenging occupation. In many programs the coordinator is the only member of the residency program team whose time is devoted 100% to the program. Although coordinators at smaller programs may also have non-residency program duties, most programs now have a full-time residency coordinator due to the increasing scope and complexity of program require...

Introduction: In the U.S., residency programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education based on their capacity to provide residents with the fundamental training required to advance their knowledge and skills in the core principles of obstetrics and gynecology. In this paper we study the relationship between faculty structure and basic training of residents in ...

BACKGROUND Canadian pharmacy residency programs rely on preceptors to support the growing demand of graduates wishing to pursue hospital residencies. Understanding the educational needs of these preceptors is important to ensure that they are well prepared to deliver successful programs. OBJECTIVE To determine what new and experienced residency preceptors self-identify as learning needs in or...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess whether the year of residency in anesthesiology is associated with residents' overall perceptions of the learning environment and to evaluate the association between year of residency and each of the five domains of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) survey. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Residency program of anesthesiology at the Clevel...

BACKGROUND Despite the benefits to early palliative care in the treatment of terminal illness, barriers to timely hospice referrals exist. Physicians who are more comfortable having end-of-life (EOL) conversations are more likely to refer to hospice. However, very little is known about what factors influence comfort with EOL care. METHODS An anonymous survey was sent to all the residents and ...

PURPOSE Changes in graduate medical education associated with full implementation of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 have required medical schools to review and revise their curricula. As limited funding increases pressures to streamline training, residencies will potentially expect an entry level of skill and competence that is greater than that which schools are currently providing. To determ...

Over the past decade, some residency programs in emergency medicine (EM) have implemented scholarly tracks into their curricula. The goal of the scholarly track is to identify a niche in which each trainee focuses his or her scholarly work during residency. The object of this paper is to discuss the current use, structure, and success of resident scholarly tracks. A working group of residency p...

According to the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment Project, Hawaiʻi currently has a physician shortage of 600, with an impending shortage of up to 1,600 physicians by the year 2020. A way to offset this growing situation is by supporting University of Hawaiʻi residency programs to train future physicians. To better understand the contributions that these residency programs make to the comm...

CONTEXT Residency directors require myriad skills to perform their jobs efficiently. However, many residency directors receive no training prior to obtaining their positions. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of the Residency Directors Residency Administration Program (RD RAP)--a 1-year fellowship training program for Ohio osteopathic residency directors sponsored by the Ohio Universit...