BACKGROUND A previous study showed that calls received by our continuity clinic residents were similar to those in private practice. However, that study did not address the compliance of the parents to the advice given. OBJECTIVE To determine parents' compliance to after-hours telephone advice given by pediatric residents in a continuity clinic. DESIGN Advice given during initial telephone ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum on self-directed learning behaviors among a group of pediatric residents. METHODS A controlled comparison study was conducted with 80 pediatric residents at a large urban academic medical center. Residents were observed over 3 distinct but consecutive periods. First, all residents participated in a 3-month-long daily...

BACKGROUND One of the most important issues in morning report sessions is the number of patients. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the number of cases reported in the morning report sessions in terms of case-based and conventional methods from the perspective of pediatric residents of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. METHODS The present study was conducted on 24 ped...

BACKGROUND Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common human birth defect, and clinicians need to understand the anatomy to effectively care for patients with CHD. However, standard two-dimensional (2D) display methods do not adequately carry the critical spatial information to reflect CHD anatomy. Three-dimensional (3D) models may be useful in improving the understanding of CHD, without ...

BACKGROUND The ubiquitous use of social media by physicians poses professionalism challenges. Regulatory bodies have disseminated guidelines related to physicians' use of social media. OBJECTIVE This study had 2 objectives: (1) to understand what pediatric residents view as appropriate social media postings, and (2) to recognize the degree to which these residents are exposed to postings that...

Nursing residents may experience physical and emotional exhaustion from the daily life of attending the Program. The aim of this study was to determine the Burnout incidence among Nursing Residents. An investigative, descriptive, analytical, longitudinal-prospective study was conducted with 16 Residents over two years. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used, translated and validated for Brazil,...

OBJECTIVE To examine current levels of educational debt among pediatric residents and the relationship between educational debt and career intentions. METHODS Annual national random samples of 1000 graduating pediatric residents from 2006 through 2010 were surveyed. Responses were combined. We used t tests and 1-way analysis of variance to compare debt, linear regression to examine factors as...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the attitudes of pediatric and obstetric residents concerning the resuscitation of extremely preterm infants, and their knowledge of outcomes, varies according to their center of training and its resuscitation practices. DESIGN Anonymous questionnaire. SETTING Four province of Quebec, Canada, university centers. PARTICIPANTS A total of 165 pediatric and obst...

INTRODUCTION Despite the impact that training in research could have in postgraduate programs, certain specific knowledge of the trainees may increase their scientific production. We described the scientific production of a pediatric residency, and evaluated its association with specific knowledges and activities. METHODS We developed a cross-sectional study, by self-administered survey to pe...

OBJECTIVE Acquisition of resuscitation skills taught in advanced resuscitation courses has not been evaluated. We sought to determine the interobserver reliability of a resuscitation performance skills checklist to assess resident performance of bag mask ventilation, intubation, defibrillation, and intraosseous vascular access, and to measure skill acquisition by entering residents after a pedi...