OBJECTIVE In July 2011, new duty hour limits for resident physicians were instituted to address concerns about the effects of sleep deprivation on patient care and trainee experience. We sought to evaluate potential educational impacts of these duty hour changes with regard to learning and frequency of attending interactions during patient admissions. METHODS Forty-nine residents on general p...

The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination's (OITE's) questions, question sources, and resident performance over the course of residency training.The authors analyzed all OITE questions pertaining to foot and ankle surgery between 2006 and 2010. Recorded data included the topic and area tested, imaging modality used, tested treat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate an innovative curriculum meeting new pediatric residency education guidelines, Special Care Optimization for Patients and Education (SCOPE). METHODS Residents were randomized to intervention (n = 23) or control (n = 25) groups. Intervention residents participated in SCOPE, pairing them with a child with special health care needs (CSHCN) and faculty mentor to make a home ...

Dr. Ralph Feigin was born in New York City on April 3, 1938. He received his A.B. degree from Columbia College in New York City in 1958 and his M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1962. He completed a Pediatric Internship at the Boston City Hospital from 1962–63 and served as a Pediatric Resident at the Boston City Hospital from 1963–64 and at the Massachusetts General Hosp...

BACKGROUND In-training evaluation reports (ITERs) are used by over 90% of postgraduate medical training programs in Canada for resident assessment. Our study examined the perspectives of faculty and residents in one pediatric program as a means to improve the ITER as an evaluation tool. METHOD Two separate focus groups were conducted, one with eight pediatric residents and one with nine clini...

The field of stem cell biology, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine has expanded almost exponentially, in the last decade. Clinical trials are evaluating the potential therapeutic use of stem cells in many adult and pediatric lung diseases with vascular component, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or ...

OBJECTIVE In August 2011, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and Infectious Disease Society of America published an evidence-based guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children ≥3 months. Our objective was to evaluate if quality improvement (QI) methods could improve appropriate antibiotic prescribing in a setting without a formal antimicrobial stewardship...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pediatric residency training programs are graduating residents who are not competent in neonatal intubation, a vital skill needed for any pediatrician involved in delivery room resuscitations. However, a precise definition of competency during training is lacking. The objective of this study was to more precisely define the trajectory toward competency in neonatal intu...

1 Physician, medical resident at the Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Health Science Federal University of Porto Alegre (Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre UFCSPA). Hospital system of the Porto Alegre Holy House of Mercy (Santa Casa de Porto Alegre CHSCPA). 2 Physician, medical resident at the Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos Hospital, SP. 3 Master’s degre...

A 21-month-old girl was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following a near drowning. Emergency medical services personnel intubated the child in the field, using a 3.0 mm inner-diameter endotracheal tube (ETT). There was an undocumented report of a second intubation attempt by emergency personnel in the field. After arrival in the outlying emergency room the child vomited, di...