Internship and Residency - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Tools for direct observation and assessment of clinical skills of medical trainees: a systematic review.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Direct observation of medical trainees with actual patients is important for performance-based clinical skills assessment. Multiple tools for direct observation are available, but their characteristics and outcomes have not been compared ... Read more...

Video self-assessment augments development of videoscopic suturing skill.

17 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Development of surgical skills on inanimate models has been popularized by efforts to improve patient safety and efficiency of resident training. We evaluated whether surgical residents' acquisition of videoscopic suturing skill is ... Read more...

Interdisciplinary curriculum to train internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology residents in ambulatory women's health: adapting problem-based learning to residency education.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Although residents in internal medicine (IM) and obstetrics-gynecology (OG) must provide primary care for women, studies indicate that both groups require more skills and training in women's health. Our goals were to assess the needs of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Internship and Residency - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Practice, rehearsal, and performance: an approach for simulation-based surgical and procedure training. 21 Sep 2009
• Tools for direct observation and assessment of clinical skills of medical trainees: a systematic review. 21 Sep 2009
• Education research: assessment of neurology resident clinical competencies in the neurology clinic. 20 Sep 2009
• Video self-assessment augments development of videoscopic suturing skill. 17 Sep 2009
• Implementing a structured oral examination into a residency program: a follow-up report. 30 Aug 2009
• Interdisciplinary curriculum to train internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology residents in ambulatory women's health: adapting problem-based learning to residency education. 30 Aug 2009
• High-fidelity medical simulation as an assessment tool for radiology residents' acute contrast reaction management skills. 30 Jul 2009
• Effectiveness of a novel training program for emergency medicine residents in ultrasound-guided insertion of central venous catheters. 29 Jun 2009
• Impact of an educational intervention on residents' knowledge of pediatric disaster medicine. 29 Jun 2009
• The interface between substance abuse and chronic pain management in primary care: a curriculum for medical residents. 29 Jun 2009
• The University of Missouri integrated residency: evaluating a 4-year curriculum. 29 Jun 2009
• A point system for resident scholarly activity. 29 Jun 2009
• Neurosurgical training: more hours needed or a new learning culture? 29 Jun 2009
• In this issue... 29 Jun 2009
• Strategies to enhance teaching about continuity of care. 30 May 2009
• Novel animal model for teaching chest tube placement. 30 May 2009
• Does mental imagery prior to cystoscopy make a difference? A randomized controlled trial. 28 May 2009
• Enhancing pediatric safety: assessing and improving resident competency in life-threatening events with a computer-based interactive resuscitation tool. 11 May 2009
• Training in neurology. 3 May 2009
• Gradient echo MRI: implementation of a training tutorial for intracranial hemorrhage diagnosis. 3 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Internship and Residency'

Definition: Programs of training in medicine and medical specialties offered by hospitals for graduates of medicine to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.

Descriptor UI: D007396

Alternative terms: Internship and Residency; Residency and Internship; Internship; Internships; Medical Residencies; Residencies, Medical; Residency, Medical; Medical Residency; Residency; Residencies; Residency, Dental; Residencies, Dental; Dental Residencies; Dental Residency; House Staff; House Staffs; Staff, House; Staffs, House; Internship, Dental; Internships, Dental; Dental Internship; Dental Internships;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.358.399.644;

Technical Notes: med & dent only; "junior physicians" are not interns: index under MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; DF: INTERNSHIP