P lastic surgery resident assessment has become the next element in resident education that must be developed. Reliable, comprehensive resident evaluation is currently difficult to achieve because of inconsistent assessor participation and an incomplete assessment toolbox. Recent advances in technology may be able to help, but they require judicious application. In particular, attention should ...

PURPOSE This study examines the relationship between resident satisfaction and staff perceptions of the work environment in assisted living. Staff perceptions were assessed at the facility level, using aggregate measures of staff job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and views of organizational culture. DESIGN AND METHODS The sample included 335 residents and 298 staff members in 43 as...

BACKGROUND One of the goals of plastic surgery residency programs is to provide effective training in aesthetic surgery. Recently, programs have adopted the idea of chief clinics to provide senior residents with the opportunity to perform cosmetic surgery with an increased level of autonomy. The goal of this article is to characterize chief clinics currently in place and their usefulness in pro...

background: anesthesiology residents are susceptible to different mood and anxiety disorders. the aim of this research was to determine and compare stress coping styles and clinical performances in anesthesiology residents with type d and non-d personality. methods: this is a causative – comparative research. anesthesiology residents at academic department of anesthesiology in tehran university...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the current factors affecting the choice of ‎psychiatry as a specialty and to detect the main factors in their choice.‎ method: this descriptive study included 75 first year psychiatry residents in the academic year of ‎‎2014/2015. a likert-type anonymous questionnaire consisting of academic and ‎demographic data with 43 questions, which evalu...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Surgical education remains an important mission of academic medical centers. Financial pressures may favor improved operating room (OR) efficiency at the expense of teaching in the OR. We aim to evaluate factors, such as resident participation, associated with duration of total OR, as well as procedural time of common pediatric otolaryngologic cases. STUDY DESIGN Retrosp...

BACKGROUND Physicians in training are at high risk for depression, and physicians in practice have a substantially elevated risk of suicide compared to the general population. The graduate medical education community is currently mobilizing efforts to improve resident wellness. OBJECTIVE We sought to provide a trainee perspective on current resources to support resident wellness and resources...

HYPOTHESIS Resident operative experience has increased or decreased with respect to 12 specific operations. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of resident operative experience reported to the Accreditation Committee for Graduate Medical Education for academic years 1990-1997. SUBJECTS Residents completing an Accreditation Committee for Graduate Medical Education surgical program. MAIN OUTCOM...

BACKGROUND Resident duty hours have recently been under criticism, with concerns for resident and patient well-being. Historically, call shifts have been long, and some residency training programs have now restricted shift lengths. Data and opinions about the effects of such restrictions are conflicting. The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Dalhousie University recently moved from a tradi...