The article " Misconception as a Barrier to Teaching about Disasters " by David E. Alexander reviews the extent of belief in the common myths about disaster held by students from the University of Massachusetts and three groups of trainee emergency workers from Italy. As the author noted correctly, it is an important subject, as " learning likely is to be inhibited severely when misconceptions ...

BACKGROUND Concern regarding the quality of surgical training in obstetrics and gynecology residency programs is focusing attention on competency based education. Because open surgical skills cannot necessarily be translated into laparoscopic skills and with minimally invasive surgery becoming standard in operative gynecology, the discrepancy in training between obstetrics and gynecology will ...

Background: Morning report is an integral component of medical training programs. It is conducted as "evidence based" or "problem based". It takes an efficient time of all members of the medical team in teaching hospitals, it seems necessary to evaluate its role in the education. Because of the importance of morning report in education, we evaluated the current and ideal conditions of morning r...

CONTEXT Academic programs rely on outcomes assessments to determine if changes in the curriculum are necessary. OBJECTIVE To examine the overall satisfaction levels of graduates (2005-2006) of National Athletic Trainers' Association-accredited postprofessional athletic training education programs as related to the 2002 Standards and Guidelines for Development and Implementation of NATA-Accred...

An indicator for emergency room performance is the ability to establish the correct diagnosis within the emergency room over the years. The authors chose to examine the non-congruence of Emergency Room diagnoses to that established after hospital stay for three selected years. A total of 8488 records were reviewed and all disparate diagnosis were recorded and categorized. Retrospective chart re...

Based on the recommendations of a 1992 conference on tuberculosis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established programs for upgrading mycobacteriology laboratories by providing them with monies and focused training. In 1991, state public health laboratories were surveyed to determine the methods they were using for primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis testing and their turnar...

One of the most contentious areas:in creativity theory is the question of domain specificity. How we conceptualize creativityas something that transcends content domains, or as something that varies depending on the domain in question has important implications for both creativity research and creativity training programs. The Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) model of creativity is the first cr...

Not all physician training programs are alike. Many physicians and non-physicians believe that graduates of some training programs deliver better care, although this intuition has not been tested. Residency programs provide physicians with in-depth specialty training (usually lasting 3-6 years). Can the quality of that training be judged by the downstream outcomes of patients treated by their g...

BACKGROUND The treatment of trauma victims is a complex multi-professional task in a stressful environment. We previously found that trauma team members perceive leadership as the most important human factor. The aim of the present study was to assess the experience and education of Norwegian trauma team leaders, and allow them to describe their perceived educational needs. METHODS We conduct...