Dermatology residency training is not standardized internationally, and each country dictates how training is conducted within its own borders. This article highlights the types of variability in training that can occur from country to country by comparing dermatology residency training programs in the United States and India. This article specifically analyzes the differences that pertain to a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Peritoneal dialysis (PD) depends on timely and skilled placement of a PD catheter (PDC). Most PDCs are placed surgically, but little is known about the residency training of surgeons in this procedure. Inadequate residency training could limit surgical expertise in PDCs, resulting in high complication rates that discourage PD use. This study assessed surgical PDC train...

INTRODUCTION The ability to teach is a critical component of residency and future practice. This is recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, which incorporates teaching functions into the CanMEDS competencies. The aim of our study was to identify how emergency medicine specialty programs across Canada prepare their residents for roles as teachers and to compare thes...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Little is known about the impact of laborists (which we defined as "clinicians dedicated to providing L&D care services in the hospital environment for pregnant patients, regardless of who provided the prenatal care" for this survey) on family medicine residency training. We surveyed family medicine residency directors to assess characteristics about laborist services ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the migration patterns of dermatologists from residency training to eventual clinical practice to assess whether certain programs or regions were more likely to populate their own areas with graduates. DESIGN Analysis of existing data from the American Academy of Dermatology's membership database. SETTING The United States and Puerto Rico. PARTICIPANTS Graduates of U...

OBJECTIVE The research sought to identify the general use of medical librarians in pediatric residency training, to define the role of medical librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) to pediatric residents, and to describe strategies and curricula for teaching EBM used in pediatric residency training programs. METHODS We sent a 13-question web-based survey through the Association...

NY), accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), became approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The first class completed osteopathic medical training in 1998. This combined osteopathic and allopathic family medicine residency is used here to illustrate key issues and trends facing dually accredited family practice residency programs and osteo...

PURPOSE The decision by prosthodontic residency program directors to employ the Match process highlights the need to understand applicant priorities that influence their choice of which programs to rank highly. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that were most important to residents when choosing from among nonmilitary based prosthodontics dental residency programs in the Uni...

OBJECTIVE To determine Internal Medicine residency program compliance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 80% pass-rate standard and the correlation between residency program size and performance on the American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination. METHODS Using a cross-sectional study design from 2010-2012 American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying...