INTRODUCTION Objective structured clinical examination is the instrument with more validated evidence to assess the degree of clinical competence of medical students. OBJECTIVES To assess the degree of clinical competence of medical students at the end of their internship; to assess the reliability of the instruments with G theory. METHODS This was an observational, longitudinal, and compar...

PURPOSE Protected sleep periods for internal medicine interns have previously resulted in increased amount slept and improved cognitive alertness but required supplemental personnel. The authors evaluated intern and patient outcomes associated with protected nocturnal nap periods of three hours that are personnel neutral. METHOD Randomized trial at Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center...

OBJECTIVE To study how prescription patterns concerning respiratory tract infections differ between interns, residents, younger general practitioners (GPs), older GPs and locums. DESIGN Retrospective study of structured data from electronic patient records. SETTING Data were obtained from 53 health centres and 3 out-of-hours units in Jönköping County, Sweden, through their common electronic...

BackgroundInternship is important regards the hands-on training as they are residents to be. Conventional training methods have been found to be unsatisfactory in this regards. This study reports results of a pilot project where the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was used as a tool to evaluate and educate the interns (MBBS graduates) during their orthopaedic clinical posting o...

BACKGROUND Combined internal medicine-pediatrics (med-peds) programs may be competing for the same students who would have otherwise chosen family medicine. The degree to which this is happening is not known. METHODS We sent an eight-item questionnaire to new med-peds interns to assess their career plans at different stages of their decision making. Questionnaires were mailed to the directors...

It is difficult to determine the real incidence of medical errors due to the lack of a precise definition of errors, as well as the failure to report them under certain circumstances. We carried out a cross- sectional study in Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2013. The participants were selected through the census method. The data were collected using a self-administered questionn...

OBJECTIVE To introduce a new modified technique for radial artery catheterization. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prolongated needle was made by using routine Vasocan Braunule needle and 1 ml syringe. A table of random digits was used for randomization of 32 interns. 14 interns were involved in group T and 18 interns were in group M. Each intern accomplished 20 cases. Then 640 patients were divided ...

BACKGROUND This study explores the most influential factors affecting Saudi medical students and interns' choice of specialty at the University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was distributed during the period from June 1 to June 14, 2013. Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to test the association between participants' choices and t...