BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The scope of practice among primary care providers varies, and studies have shown that family physicians' scope may be shrinking. We studied the scope of practice among graduates of residencies associated with Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P4) and how length of training and individualized education innovations may influence scope. METHODS We surveyed...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether exposure to physical and chemical occupational hazards and use of protective practices has changed in recent veterinary graduates, and to describe trends in exposure to occupational hazards and use of protective practices over time. METHODS This paper reports on a retrospective cohort study of veterinarians who graduated from any of the four Australian veterina...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the academic experience and satisfaction of students who completed a dual PharmD/MBA degree program and the program's long-term impact on the students' career choice and earning potential. METHODS GPAs, job placement, and starting job salaries were compared between graduates who completed the dual PharmD/MBA program and those who completed only the PharmD program. A sati...

INTRODUCTION Self-confidence is one of the main components of clinical competence, and it is considered to be an important indicator of ability and competence. The aim of this study was to determine the confidence of midwifery graduates from Mashhad College of nursing and midwifery in fulfilling the required clinical skills. METHODS The study was in the form of a cross-sectional study, and it...

Background There is a paucity of information regarding institutional targets for the number of undergraduate medical education (UME) graduates being matched to graduate medical education (GME) programs at their home institutions. At our institution, the Duke University, the number of UME graduates matched to GME programs declined dramatically in 2011. To better understand why this decline may h...

BACKGROUND Graduating medical students enter the workforce with substantial medical knowledge and experience, yet little is known about how well they are prepared for the transition to medical practice in diverse settings. We set out to compare perceptions of medical school graduates' career guidance with their perceptions of preparedness to practice as interns. We also set out to compare perce...

Objectives The Australian physiotherapy workforce is changing both in demographics and service needs. Physiotherapy curriculum and clinical education focus is ideally based on up-to-date knowledge of this changing workforce. The aim of the present study was to determine the employment patterns of physiotherapy graduates from The University of Notre Dame Australia (Notre Dame). Methods An online...

OBJECTIVE  To determine whether patient outcomes differ between general internists who graduated from a medical school outside the United States and those who graduated from a US medical school. DESIGN  Observational study. SETTING  Medicare, USA. PARTICIPANTS  20% national sample of data for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or older admitted to hospital with a medical...

BACKGROUND Which medical specialties do Israeli medical graduates choose? Answers to this question can serve as an essential means of evaluating both Israeli medical education and the healthcare system. OBJECTIVES To determine the distribution of medical specialty choice, its change over time and the possible influence of the medical school on the choice; to study the graduates' gender, gende...

This report contains data from the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census in March of 1982-1985. Detailed tables present data on years of school completed by persons 15+ by age, sex, race, Spanish origin, type of residence, occupation, marital status, and education of spouse. Summary data are also presented for the 15 largest states and metropolitan areas. Highlights...