background: one of the most important activities in educational processes is evaluation of students. for evaluating the students’ professional performance, selecting an appropriate evaluation system is important. the aim of this study was to assess the clinical performance of medical interns and its affecting factors by mini-cex test. methods: this study was semi-experimental and mini-cex test ...

conclusions the levels of knowledge and skill among iranian physicians on major topics of sports and exercise medicine are low to medium. gps and interns are the first line of patient management so our findings suggest adding some sports medicine related topics into curriculum of medical doctors. materials and methods a cross-sectional study was performed in 2009 to determine the knowledge rega...

Since all doctors at some point in their career will be faced with their role as a teacher, it appears desirable that future doctors are educated in didactic skills. At present, however, there are no formal opportunities for developing didactic skills at the majority of Dutch medical faculties. The main question of this study is: How do medical interns perceive the quality and quantity of their...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether medical graduates who spent their intern year at a non-metropolitan hospital were more likely to practise outside metropolitan areas on completion of training than were interns in metropolitan hospitals. DESIGN Retrospective follow-up of doctors who held year-long internships at a non-metropolitan hospital and interns from metropolitan hospitals. SETTING Balla...

OBJECTIVES Despite the profound structural reform of the health service in Poland, the present organizational system of health care is subject to severe criticism. It is described as unjust and enhancing malpractice as well as migration of young doctors abroad. The commonly expressed disapproval and own observations on the organization and functions of health care are expected to affect future ...

Most emergency medicine (EM) residency programs provide an orientation program for their incoming interns, with the lecture being the most common education activity during this period. Our orientation program is designed to bridge the gap between undergraduate and graduate medical education by ensuring that all learners demonstrate competency on Level 1 Milestones, including medical knowledge (...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the degree of knowledge chiropractic fourth year interns and post-graduate chiropractic residents have in regard to concussion diagnosis and management. METHODS A survey modified from a study conducted by Boggild and Tator (2012), was administered to fourth year chiropractic interns and post-graduate residents via SurveyMonkey.com. RESULTS Chiropractic fourth year ...

BACKGROUND Although sleep deprivation has been shown to impair neurobehavioral performance, few studies have measured its effects on medical errors. METHODS We conducted a prospective, randomized study comparing the rates of serious medical errors made by interns while they were working according to a traditional schedule with extended (24 hours or more) work shifts every other shift (an "eve...

PURPOSE Metered dose inhalers (MDIs) and spacers are used widely in the treatment of asthma. Medical personnel who are responsible for training patients must themselves be proficient with the devices. The proficiency of a group of new medical interns with use of MDI and spacer devices was determined, and improvement in their use of these devices was sought. SUBJECTS Fifty six medical interns ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine career preferences of medical students at the time of entering medical school compared with interns who were graduating; and to determine what factors influence the choice of a special discipline as a career. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey study involving freshmen and interns at Tehran University of Medical Sciences was...