Traditionally neurologists have been considered masterful diagnosticians. Fellow physicians often rely on neurologists to sort out complex historical and examination data in order to arrive at a diagnosis and plan of action. Our specialty is also known for its expertise in the continuing longitudinal care of patients with serious illnesses that impact social and occupational function. Several n...

OBJECTIVES To examine otolaryngology resident interest in subspecialty fellowship training and factors affecting interest over time and over the course of residency training STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study of anonymous online survey data. SETTING Residents and fellows registered as members-in-training through the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. SUBJECTS AND ME...

Most medical students apply for residency training upon completion of medical school. The choice of specialty is one of a student's first major career decisions, and the application process often results in considerable anxiety, as it is competitive, unpredictable, and requires a significant investment of time and money. This article, which addresses several important facets of the residency ap...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the advanced systems of urology residency in the developed world, to compare them to a system in the developing world, and thereby identify the shortcomings and make recommendations to improve residency programmes for urology in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. METHODS A survey was conducted amongst the urology Residents (55) in the three governorates of the Kurdistan Region...

I never really believed in the idea of unconscious resistance in psychotherapy. For the four years of my training in a predominantly psychoanalytic residency program, I tried my best to understand the basic tenets of psychodynamic therapy, but none of it came easily to me. When I was growing up, my family never talked about feelings. In fact, we never talked about anything other than rational t...

David Alan Hamburg is the presidentelect of the AAAS, scheduled to assume office as president at the annual meeting in May 1984. Hardly a newcomer to association affairs, he has been a member of AAAS for many years and was elected to its Board of Directors in August 1980. Hamburg was born on 1 October 1925 in Evansville, Indiana, and attended the University of Indiana and its medical school, re...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to assess the attitudes of chairs of psychiatry departments, psychiatrists, and psychiatry trainees toward neuroscience education in residency programs and beyond in order to inform future neuroscience education approaches. METHOD This multi-stakeholder survey captured data on demographics, self-assessments of neuroscience knowledge, attitudes toward n...

BACKGROUND Addictive disorders receive little attention in medical school and residency program curricula. OBJECTIVE To evaluate an innovative learning approach encouraging and stimulating residents to focus on key competencies by testing before and after their addiction psychiatry rotation. METHODS We developed a 50-item test on substance use disorders. Twenty-six general psychiatry reside...

W hat is geriatric psychiatry? Simply put, it is the subspecialty dealing with the assessment and management of mental disorders occurring in late life—a period occasionally and somewhat arbitrarily defined as aged 65 years and over (1). This definition falsely simplifies what we do as geriatric psychiatrists and does not acknowledge the scope of practice and the specific skills requisite to th...