OBJECTIVE To summarize current options for postgraduate third-year programs in family medicine in Canada and compile current controversies about the expanding number of programs available and the trend toward subspecialization in family medicine. DESIGN A literature search was conducted by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region Library research staff for Canadian family medicine fellowships and ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Future of Family Medicine report advocated experimentation with 4-year residency training models. This study examines residency applicants' opinions about extending the length of residency training and seeks to determine which features of an extended program would be most desirable to applicants. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administe...

The desire to invest in Indonesian society including student is still very low, especially investment the capital market. This because of views community and students who think that invesment contains risks requires a lot capital. In this reseacrh, purpose do knowing effect motivation minimal on interest market Pati Ex-residency students. population research were former residency starch which i...

OBJECTIVE This study compared admission rates to a United States anesthesiology residency program for applicants completing face-to-face versus web-based interviews during the admissions process. We also explored factors driving applicants to select each interview type. METHODS The 211 applicants invited to interview for admission to our anesthesiology residency program during the 2014-2015 a...

The CanMEDS framework has been widely adopted in residency education and feedback processes are guided by it. It is, however, only one of many influences on what is actually discussed in feedback. The sociohistorical culture of medicine and individual supervisors' contexts, experiences and beliefs are also influential. Our aim was to find how CanMEDS roles are constructed in feedback in a postg...

BACKGROUND Choosing a medical specialty can be either a daunting and confusing experience for some medical students and junior doctors or a foregone conclusion to others. The aim of this study is to evaluate factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait University. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from medical students registered ...

PURPOSE In July 2015, the University of Ottawa introduced a competency-based medical education (CBME) postgraduate program for anesthesia. Prior to program implementation, this study aimed to identify Canadian anesthesiology program directors perceptions of CBME and residents' opinion on how the program should be designed and perceived consequences of CBME. METHODS This two-phase, qualitative...

OBJECTIVE The authors compared early-career psychiatrists' selection of psychological treatments for patients with mild to moderate major depressive disorder (MDD) in the US and Japan. METHODS A total of 120 early-career psychiatrists from two residency programs in the US and Japan participated in web-based surveys. The psychiatrists selected first- and second-line psychological treatments in...

I met Diego (names in this article have been changed to protect patient privacy) for the first time in my primary care clinic at Boston Medical Center when he was 3 days old. When I entered the room, both he and his mother, Esmerelda, were crying. Esmerelda had fled an abusive relationship in the Dominican Republic and arrived in Boston alone, just in time to deliver her first son. She knew no ...

The field of pathology has changed dramatically over the recent decades and has become more complex with emphasis toward subspecialization. These changes potentially influence resident training as programs and trainees search for cutting-edge skills in the evolving field. Over the last 20 years, our institution's residency education was modified profoundly to emphasize subspecialty practice. Fu...