BACKGROUND The Society of Hospital Medicine has delineated procedures as one of the core competencies for hospitalists. Little is known about whether exposure to a medical procedure service (MPS) impacts the procedural certification rate in internal medicine trainees in a community hospital training program. OBJECTIVE To determine whether or not exposure to an MPS would impact both the number...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Underuse of betablockers may contribute to elevated mortality in chronic heart failure. The aim of this study was to determine whether a specific interventional training program for primary care physicians would help optimize the use of beta-blockers in elderly chronic heart failure patients. METHODS This randomized comparative study included 627 patients aged 70 y...

I read with interest the article by Lim and coworkers, detailing the effect of implementation of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on operative training at Papworth Hospital [1]. The findings of this study are impressive, but may not reflect the wider experience of UK trainees. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has performed nationwide surveys of the attitudes of UK and Irish ...

 Creating Sustainable Organizations : preparing social entrepreneurs to serve as directors of Partners Centers in their own countries. Partners' ensures that the independent Centers achieve sustainability within three years by developing diverse streams of Center revenue based on a detailed assessment of their countries' needs for change and conflict management services. The Partners Network o...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability and practice of spirometry, training of technicians, and spirometry features in primary care centers in Spain, evaluating those located in a rural environment against those in urban areas. METHODS An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 by a telephone survey in 970 primary health care centers in Spain. The center...

for student internships with pet food companies, animal shelters, and dog training centers. An annual field trip offers students direct exposure to career opportunities in companion animal management, training, and nutrition. Animal Sciences students that have training with companion animals have enjoyed enhanced experiences in veterinary medicine and opportunities for careers in occupations re...

BACKGROUND Previous studies underscore the need to improve caregiver-child interactions in early child care centers. OBJECTIVE In this study we used a randomized controlled trial to examine whether a 5-week video feedback training can improve six key interactive skills of caregivers in early child care centers: Sensitive responsiveness, respect for autonomy, structuring and limit setting, ver...

entrepreneurship education is one of the most important informal training programs that are conducted in most training centers. the aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between need for cognition, training self-efficacy, and learning training motivation with training transfer. the method of research is correlational and 164 trainees of entrepreneurship center of university of...