Describes a curriculum intended to culminate in a resident-produced, evidence-based guideline for the care of patients with diabetes. Evaluation of the curriculum showed that learners appreciated the skills and knowledge gained in devising guidelines in an evidence-based manner but were uncertain that their searches were complete. Clinical…

The study compared resident-patient encounters with 107 family practice residents over a 10-year period. Although the mean number of encounters were similar, 70.5 percent of the women residents' encounters were with female patients, compared with 63.1 percent of men residents' encounters. (Author/DB)

Analysis of results of the program's 1986 matches do not support claims that results are biased to favor programs, with student success in receiving higher-ranked choices greater than hospital success. Factors affecting hospitals' and students' success in the match are analyzed and strategies for improvement are suggested. (Author/MSE)

Detailed recommendations for integrating preventive medicine into residency education and the continuum of medical care are outlined, with the goal of putting the patient's health rather than disease process into the forefront of primary care. Suggestions are based on a guide assessing the effectiveness of 169 types of preventive intervention.…

Residents benefit from general practice dental residencies by getting training in areas not adequately covered in the undergraduate curriculum and having time to mature professionally. Patients benefit from improved care and increased access to services. Greater attention should go to the quality and types of services such programs make possible.…

Describes and evaluates academic problems of international medical graduates (IMGs) within one community-based residency program. Suggests that many problems may be caused by difficulty with English, differences in medical education, length of time since previous training, different life stage, or cultural differences in beliefs about…

Presents the official listing of accredited internship and postdoctoral residency programs, which reflects all decisions by the Committee on Accreditation through July 2001. The listings present contact information as well as the original date of accreditation for each program and the date of the next regularly scheduled site visit or submission…

Increased accountability for facilitating and demonstrating the continued competence of physicians and improvements in the quality of health care are being called for by government, the public, and organized medicine. Areas of critical skills have been identified by the Institute of Medicine, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical…

Objective: Childhood and adolescence represent a critical period for the potential initiation of substance use, and thus it is important that child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) residents learn to screen, assess, refer, and/or treat children and adolescents who have substance abuse diagnoses. Method: The authors conducted a survey by mail of…

OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed residents' perceptions of techniques used to evaluate competency. METHODS: Psychiatry residents from a single program rated 12 evaluation techniques for their effectiveness to measure resident competency. They rated each method for 25 selected skills reflecting the six general competencies. RESULTS: Sixteen…

In addition to learning about confidentiality, civil commitment, informed consent, and other ethical issues, psychiatry residents must deal with less visible ethical dilemmas that arise from the training process itself. Residents grapple with three inherent conflicting duties between their dual roles as physician and learner, as physician and…

This report analyzes a program designed to help educate physicians at the residency level in ways of understanding and treating older adults in a context broader than an acute or chronic care setting. The program involves the collaboration between a well-established multi-purpose senior center and a multi-purpose community hospital affiliated with…

An evaluation of the Wright State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) educational program is presented. The major objectives of the medical school's program are the graduation of physicians who (1) perform competently in their residencies, (2) practice humanistic medicine, (3) are skilled in self-directed learning, and (4) are interested in…

The number of U.S. graduates who enrolled in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in 1984 increased by 577 from a year ago. The most competitive programs were in emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedic surgery, otolarynology, urology, and diagnostic radiology. (MLW)

The value of a critical analysis of the process of education in family practice residency programs is demonstrated. Such an analysis is seen as maybe the most valuable aspect in the evaluation of any curriculum, considering the limitations of time, resources, and demands on family practice teachers. (MLW)