n engl j med 359;4 www.nejm.org july 24, 2008 431 Pavlin JD, Souter KJ, Hong JY, Freund PR, Bowdle TA, Bower 1. JO. Effects of bispectral index monitoring on recovery from surgical anesthesia in 1,580 inpatients from an academic medical center. Anesthesiology 2005;102:566-73. Lindholm ML, Brudin L, Sandin RH. Bispectral index moni2. toring: appreciated but does not affect drug dosing and hypnot...

As the majority of prescribing in hospital is undertaken by intern doctors, the aims of this systematic review were to compile the evidence of the qualitative literature on the views and experiences of intern doctors and to examine the role of the pharmacist in assisting in prescribing by interns. A systematic review of the qualitative literature was done according to the Preferred Reporting It...

Undergraduate medical education has been criticised for failing to adequately prepare doctors for the task of prescribing. Pharmacists have been shown to improve medication use in hospitals. This study aims to elicit the views of intern doctors on the challenges of prescribing, and to suggest changes in education to enhance prescribing practice and potential role of the pharmacist. Semi-structu...

18. Wijeysundera DN, Austin PC, Beattie WS, Hux JE, Laupacis A. Outcomes and processes of care related to preoperative medical consultation. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(15):1365-1374. 19. Wijeysundera DN, Austin PC, Beattie WS, Hux JE, Laupacis A. Variation in the practice of preoperative medical consultation for major elective noncardiac surgery: a population-based study. Anesthesiology. 2012;11...

background: emphasis on revise and provide new methods of evaluation in medical colleges are widely increasing. evaluation methods based on clinical practice and students’ performance appraisement in health care system and in medical student is introduced as an effective method in some studies. methods: the aim of this study was to consider the usefulness of a new method to evaluate the medical...

Aim: The study aims to determine the level of proneness to malpractice among nursing and midwifery interns. Method: The sample of this descriptive and analytical study consisted of 120 intern students studying in their senior year in the nursing and midwifery department of a public university who volunteered to participate in the study. Data was collected using the Student Identification Form a...

BACKGROUND Urban Health Project (UHP) is a mission and vision-driven summer internship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine that places first-year medical students at local community agencies that work with underserved populations. At the completion of their internship, students write Final Intern Reflections (FIRs). METHODS Final Intern Reflections written from 1987 to 2012 we...