volume 73 • Number 6 which the registered environmental health specialist (REHS) should be proficient (see sidebar on page 97). In addition to these technical competencies, 14 core compe­ tencies for environmental health practi­ tioners have been identified by an expert panel convened by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and CDC (see sidebar on page 98). Diverse competency requireme...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We obtain preliminary information on the neuropsychological performance of house officers at the beginning and end of a shift while they worked consecutive night shifts in the emergency department. METHODS We prospectively studied interns working 12-hour consecutive night shifts in an urban Level I trauma center ED. All consecutive non-emergency medicine interns rotating for 1...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● July 2017; 6(2) 1498 Original Article Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of Pharmacovigilance among the interns in a tertiary care hospital in northern IndiaA questionnaire based study Garg P, Sharma V, Bajaj JK ABSTRACT Background: The use of drugs and occurrence of its ADRs go hand in hand. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is an effective method and needs to b...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Direct observation (DO) is considered to be an effective way to evaluate patient care. This study assesses if weekly direct observation with formal feedback (DO-FF) increases (1) clinical skills and (2) comfort with patient care skills (CWPCS) during the first 12 weeks of internship. METHODS A single-blinded, stratified, randomized controlled trial (RCT) with allocat...

BACKGROUND The medical internship as a way of exposing young doctors to training in a rural context is regarded as a useful tool to recruit and retain doctors in rural areas. Norwegian health authorities tested an arrangement of early sign-up for medical internships in the Finnmark County in Norway. OBJECTIVE To report on the effects of the early sign-up for medical internship. DESIGN This ...

Background: Prosthesis choices on impression techniques for patients associated with flabby ridges may be varies from one another. .The intern’s feedback is evaluated to investigate influence for the choice of impression techniques for flabby ridges .This review article presents various techniques that can be used for making impression in flabby ridge areas especially for edentulous patients. A...