BACKGROUND Effectiveness of medical education programs is most meaningfully measured as performance of its graduates. OBJECTIVES To assess the value of measurements obtained in medical schools in predicting future performance in medical practice. METHODS SEARCH STRATEGY The English literature from 1955 to 2004 was searched using MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane's EPOC (Effective Practice and Or...

Medical education has been under a constant state of revision for the past several years. The overarching theme of the curriculum revisions for medical schools across the USA has been creating better physicians for the 21st century, with the same end result: graduating medical students at the optimal performance level when entering residency. We propose a robust, thorough assessment process tha...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the attitudes of otolaryngology residency program directors and chairpersons toward unmatched residency applicants, including whether a surgical internship or research year is preferred in considering repeat applicants. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. METHODS Approval was obtained from the Colorado Multiple Institution Review Board. A 12-question Web-...

BACKGROUND It is not known how well dean's letter rankings predict later performance in residency. PURPOSE To assess the accuracy of dean's letter rankings to predict clinical performance in internship. METHOD Participants were medical students who graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in the classes of 2003 and 2004. In their Dean's Letter, each studen...

sections under various headings such as 'Medical School', Internship and Residency', 'Medical Language', 'Poetry', 'Case Reports' etc. My most serious objection to the book is that there is no index and it took me a long time to locate Dr. Burton's article. However the subject classification will be of practical use. Those about to make an after dinner speech may find that it helps them find in...

Battistella (figure 1) was born on September 13, 1959, in Monterey, California. After graduating from Monterey High School in 1977, he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Santa Clara, where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his medical degree from the UC Davis School of Medicine in 1985. For his postgraduate training, Battistella continued his association wi...

OBJECTIVE Neurological surgery is historically among one of the most competitive residency matches, but data suggest a downward trend in neurosurgical residency applicants in the United States. In 2002, our department, in conjunction with our institution, began an initiative to increase exposure to and interest in neurological surgery, targeting both undergraduate and medical students. This stu...

I first met Bill Kelley in 1970 when I applied for a fellowship in his laboratory at Duke. I had the feeling in this first meeting that this was a man who could have a significant impact on my life. Thinking back 35 years now, I know that he did and I suspect that he had a similar influence on many in the Association of American Physicians. Bill has been a remarkable visionary leader, always kn...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Intern support groups have been instituted in many residency programs to improve resident well-being. In this article, we discuss the themes that emerged in intern support group meetings in a family medicine program operating in a setting of war and political instability. METHODS We held support groups, led by a family physician and a psychologist, that met monthly. ...

BACKGROUND New nurse internships or residency programs represent one evidence-based strategy to increase new nurse recruitment and readiness for practice. This qualitative study examined the phenomenon of being a new nurse in an internship program and explored ways that concernful practices (Diekelmann & Diekelmann, 2009) present themselves in that program. METHODS Heideggerian phenomenology ...