BACKGROUND Valid and reliable (dependable) assessment of resident clinical skills is essential for learning, promotion, and remediation. Competency is defined as what a physician can do, whereas performance is what a physician does in everyday practice. There is an ongoing need for valid and reliable measures of resident clinical performance. METHODS Anesthesia residents were evaluated confid...

background and purpose:the tasks of faculty members and their weights particularly in integrated system of iran are not well defined. methods:to address this issue, in a comprehensive project, we explored all rules, regulations and officialdocuments in national level, collected the opinion of experts around the country using in-depthinterview and defined the weights of main tasks in a group dis...

Najeh Bouraoui: PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax in Tunisia. Member of a Research Unit on Management Studies Amira Bouhamed: PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax in Tunisia. Member of a Research Unit on Management Studies Jamil Chaabouni: Professor in Management Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax in Tunisia. Leader ...

A career in pharmacy can lead one down several different paths; however, I chose a career in academia because I knew that it would allow me to have the daily variety of responsibilities I enjoy, provide opportunities to promote the profession, and teach future generations. My experiences as a junior faculty member have been challenging as well as rewarding. I write this reflection for new junio...

[Purpose] To examine agreement rates between faculty members and clinical supervisors as OSCE examiners. [Subjects] The study subjects were involved physical and occupational therapists working in clinical environments for 1 to 5 years after graduating from training schools as OSCE examinees, and a physical or occupational therapy faculty member and a clinical supervisor as examiners. Another c...

1. Manager, Health and Nutrition Tracking Service, Health Action in Crisis Cluster, World Health Organization, and Henrik H. Bendixen Professor of Clinical International Nursing, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York USA 2. Technical Officer, Health Action in Crisis Cluster, World Health Organization, and Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Phy...

Alfred Blalock had a remarkable career as a clinical surgeon, laboratory investigator, and a teacher of medical students and residents. This article examines certain potential critical influences on his career, including Drs William Halsted and Barney Brooks, and Dr Blalock's early years as a resident and subsequently a faculty member at Vanderbilt. It is intended as a focused review, utilizing...

OBJECTIVE To gather preliminary data on the mini-CEX (clinical evaluation exercise), a device for assessing the clinical skills of residents. DESIGN Evaluation of residents by faculty members using the mini-CEX. SETTING 5 internal medicine training programs in Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS 388 mini-CEX encounters involving 88 residents and 97 evaluators. MEASUREMENTS A mini-CEX encounter c...

Dr. Ronald A. House completed his B.Sc. (Genetics) and his MD, CM degrees at McGill University. He subsequently did training in occupational health at the University of Toronto. He was awarded his fellowship in occupational medicine (FRCPC) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1988. He also completed a M.Sc. degree in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University in 1986....