BACKGROUND Much research has looked at the extent of violence against doctors, but this has been restricted mainly to psychiatry, general practice, and accident and emergency. AIMS To assess the level of violence against trainee paediatricians. METHODS A telephone questionnaire was addressed to 25 specialist registrars/senior registrars/senior SHOs in each of three regions in the UK: Northe...

The trainee in difficulty is someone who is either marginal or at risk of failing in his or her clinical performance. Dealing effectively with these learners can pose problems even for seasoned medical educators. This article discusses some of the common mistakes made by educators in dealing with the trainee in difficulty and offers suggestions for a systematic approach. Further, the roles of f...

Trainees (e.g., graduate students, residents, fellows) are increasingly identifying knowledge translation as their research discipline. In Canada, a group of trainees have created a trainee-initiated and trainee-led national collaborative to provide a vehicle for trainees to examine the diversity of knowledge translation research and practice, and to link trainees from diverse geographical area...

The purpose of this study is to develop a wearable master-slave lower limb training device for a trainer and a trainee. The developed device is constructed with McKibben type rubber artiåcial muscles and an appliance, a torque sensor. In addition, to prevent applying an excessive torque to the trainee, a reaction torque from the trainee can be transmitted to the trainer by a bilateral type mast...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that GP trainees are worth their weight in gold. DESIGN Data collected from 100 consecutive patients analysed with reference to practice statistics, fees, and allowances. SETTING General practice, Edinburgh. RESULTS In the year April 1992 to April 1993 the trainee saw 3439 patients, who were worth over 18,000 pounds in capitation fees. The training grant i...

This paper discusses the challenges and innovations related to the use of telementoring systems in the operating room. Most of the systems presented leverage on three types of interaction channels: audio, visual and physical. The audio channel enables the mentor to verbally instruct the trainee, and allows the trainee to ask questions. The visual channel is used to deliver annotations, alerts a...

The Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada – Association des cliniciens-chercheurs en formation du Canada (CITAC-ACCFC) is a national organization composed of MD+ trainees enrolled in MD/MSc, MD/PhD, and Clinician Investigator Programs (CIP) across Canada. In less than three years since its conception, CITAC-ACCFC has become an established organization with over 200 members from f...

Two studies are presented. The first study examined the effects of growing practical experience on expertise in clinical psychology. 85 persons with different amounts of practical experience (novice, intermediate, and advanced students, trainee therapists, and experienced therapists) took part in the study. All participants completed an instrument consisting of a test measuring basic and clinic...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about the attitudes of Singaporean patients towards the intraoperative involvement of trainee surgeons. We aimed to discover if patients would consent to having a trainee surgeon perform their surgery under the supervision of a consultant and if patients would agree to having their photographs or X-rays used for education or research. We sought to discover if patien...

BACKGROUND The detection of adenomatous lesions is a major indicator for quality and competence in colonoscopy. Little is known about adenoma detection rates (ADR) of endoscopy trainees. The aim of our study was to investigate the performance of trainee colonoscopists in detecting adenomas and to depict the shape of adenoma detection learning curves during apprenticeship. METHODS We retrospec...