OBJECTIVE The high degree of heterogeneity in the development of depression under stress is unaccounted for in traditional statistical modeling. We employ growth mixture modeling to identify classes of individuals at highest risk of depression under stress. METHOD Medical internship was used as a prospective stress model. Interns from US residency programs completed demographic, psychological...

OBJECTIVES The number of young surgeons in Japan has significantly decreased in recent years, which may lead to future problems in the medical field. Therefore, comprehensive training programs for young surgeons are needed. DESIGN Retrospective study SETTING We developed a specific education program called the "Recruitment of Young Medical Apprentices" (RYOMA) project. PARTICIPANTS We per...

Professional practica are an essential part of teacher education and other professional education programs, but university staff often express concern that prac experiences are fundamentally conservative, emphasising preparation for the status quo rather than for what might be. In recent years other forms of workplace-based university learning have been devised, where staff have sought to build...

BACKGROUND Women and minorities remain underrepresented in orthopaedic surgery. In an attempt to increase the diversity of those entering the physician workforce, Nth Dimensions implemented a targeted pipeline curriculum that includes the Orthopaedic Summer Internship Program. The program exposes medical students to the specialty of orthopaedic surgery and equips students to be competitive appl...

OBJECTIVE To know the opinion of Medical interns, University of Brasilia on the preparatory courses for medical residency. METHODS Application of a standardized questionnaire to students if the first year of internship. RESULTS Sixty-seven of the 74 students (90.5%) of the first two semesters of internship participated. Among them, 57 (85.1%) are enrolled or intend to enroll in preparatory ...

A representative sample of 115 training directors of American Psychological Association-accredited internship programs was surveyed. In a two-part survey, they ranked the criteria used in selecting interns for the 1994-1995 training year and elucidated characteristics of the selection process. Clinical experience, the interview, and letters of recommendation were identified as the top three sel...