INTRODUCTION Emergency medicine (EM) fellowships are becoming increasingly numerous, and there is a growing trend among EM residents to pursue postgraduate fellowship training. Scant data have been published on the prevalence of postgraduate training among emergency physicians. We aimed to describe the prevalence and regional variation of fellowships among EM residency leadership. METHODS We ...

During the past few years, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education has aimed to change the model of physician residency training to a competency-based system. The adoption of a competency-based training system is now required, and residency programs are expected to define and evaluate the achievement of competency. In an effort to facilitate this endeavor, the Anne E. Dyson Comm...

Medical resident education in the United States has been a matter of national priority for decades, exemplified initially through the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education and then superseded by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. A recent Special Report in the New England Journal of Medicine, however, has described resident educational programs to date as presc...

CONTEXT Progressively more osteopathic graduates are seeking training opportunities in programs accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). OBJECTIVE To determine if family medicine residency training program choice (ie, allopathic [ACGME], osteopathic, or dually accredited) has an impact on professional satisfaction levels among recent osteopathic medical s...

introduction: the script concordance test (sct) is one the best tools used to evaluate clinical reasoning in ill-defined clinical situations. the aim of this study was to demonstrate sct application in otolaryngology residency training. methods: a 20 item otolaryngology sct containing 60 questions was administered to 26 otolaryngology residents. the test was prepared by two otolaryngologists fa...

CONTEXT Residency directors require myriad skills to perform their jobs efficiently. However, many residency directors receive no training prior to obtaining their positions. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of the Residency Directors Residency Administration Program (RD RAP)--a 1-year fellowship training program for Ohio osteopathic residency directors sponsored by the Ohio Universit...

OBJECTIVES Stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) are common disorders treated by Canadian emergency physicians. The diagnosis and management of these conditions is time-sensitive and complex, requiring that emergency physicians have adequate training. This study sought to determine the extent of stroke and TIA training in Canadian emergency medicine residency programs. METHODS A two-page...

OBJECTIVE To determine the residents' rating of the quality of their residency training by measuring their level of satisfaction with the various educational attributes of their training. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Medical Education (DME), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, from September to November 2008. METHODOL...