Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) are sparsely represented within plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) and recent changes including the elimination of step 1 scoring have further disadvantaged...
A cross-sectional study was created, including ACGME-accredited PRS program trainees during the 2020 to 2021 academic year. DO and MD trainee demographics and scholarly accomplishments were compared u...
Web-based publicly available information was collected for subjects....
A total of 1092 PRS MD and DO trainees were identified. DOs made up only 2.7% (n = 30) and MDs made up 97.3% (n = 1062)....
More DOs trained in independent programs (63.3%) than integrated (36.7%) compared to MDs (88.2% v. 11.8%, p < 0.001) and more DOs trained at lower ranked PRS programs (60.0% of DOs and 18.1% of MDs tr...
DO candidates should consider research years in the field of PRS and optimize clinical experience opportunities to increase the competitiveness of their PRS applications. Special attention should be p...
To develop and implement a resident-led firearm safety curriculum, delivered to pediatrics residents, and to evaluate outcomes....
A firearm safety curriculum was developed in 2019-2020 at a single academic center, using Kern's framework and cognitive load theory. The curriculum was organized using the "Be SMART" firearm safety m...
The curriculum was provided to 41/66 (62%) pediatrics residents. Knowledge improved (67% to 77% correct) when comparing pre-intervention with post-intervention. A total of 1477 charts were reviewed. C...
A firearm safety curriculum designed by pediatrics residents and administered to their peers resulted in a statistically significant improvement in inquiries about firearm ownership and safety counsel...
This article describes the implementation of trauma-informed care (TIC) didactic training, using a novel, interdisciplinary peer-to-peer teaching model to improve confidence surrounding trauma-informe...
Eight psychiatry residents and two medical students with a background in psychological trauma and TIC and an interest in medical education were recruited to participate in three 2-hour "train the trai...
Surgical interns reported significantly improved understanding of the physiology of trauma, knowledge of TIC approaches, and confidence and comfort with TIC and practices. Among surgical interns, unde...
This TIC curriculum delivered via a peer-to-peer training model presents an effective way to improve comfort and confidence surrounding TIC practices and approaches in a surgical residency training pr...
Scholarly activity is a requirement for most graduate medical education training programs. However, barriers exist for residents to accomplish projects....
To evaluate the correlation between a resident research mentoring team (RRMT) program and meeting presentations and publications of resident research projects. We further plan to report feasibility of...
We performed a before-and-after study of meeting presentations and/or publication of resident research projects before institution of the RRMT (2004-2011) and post-RRMT implementation (2016-2019). The...
Seventy-four residents were in the pre-RRMT group and 40 were in the post-RRMT group. Post-RRMT residents published, presented, and combined published or presented their projects more frequently than ...
Support of resident scholarly activity, such as thorough implementation of a program like the RRMT, is associated with increased presentations and publications of research projects....
Pharmacy residents are especially vulnerable to burnout given the professional and personal stressors associated with postgraduate training. Residency programs need to prioritize burnout reduction str...
In this study, radiation oncology residents were surveyed on perceptions of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in their residency training programs....
A 23-item survey was developed by the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee resident members and faculty advisors. The survey was divided into 4 sections: in...
The survey was issued to 757 residents. A total of 319 residents completed the survey, for a response rate of 42%. All postgraduate years and geographic regions were represented. Significant racial, e...
This survey reveals that experiences of support, mentorship, inclusion, and bias vary significantly among radiation oncology residents based on race, ethnicity, and gender. Radiation oncology has oppo...
» Distinct from the burnout and wellness continuum, resilience is a developed and refined characteristic that propels an individual toward personal and professional success.» We propose a clinical res...
With the recent implementation of Competency-based Medical Education (CBME) and emphasis on direct observation of learners, there is an increased interest in the concept of clinical coaching. While th...
We performed an exploratory qualitative study, using 45 minutes semi-structured interviews. We did a thematic analysis of the interview transcripts using both inductive and deductive coding....
We invited and interviewed 5 surgical and 5 nonsurgical residents, and 3 surgical and 3 nonsurgical attending staff. Residents were recruited from all post graduate levels and from a variety of progra...
Our study was done in a large tertiary teaching hospital....
Residents perceived that they have a significant role as coaches for junior learners, different from the attending's role. The proximity between the coach and the coaches leads to a different supervis...
Residents have distinct roles as coaches, driven by their recent experience being coached and as near peers. More research is needed to evaluate concrete measures to optimize residents' role as coache...
Lack of formal national robotic curriculum results in a void of knowledge regarding appropriate progression of autonomy in robotic general surgery training. One midwestern academic surgical training p...
The policies regarding resident physician work hours are constantly being evaluated and changed. However, the results of randomised control trials (RCTs) are mixed. This systematic review of RCTs aims...
A comprehensive search of the Cochrane Library, EMBASE and PubMed was conducted from inception until 31 July 2020. Any RCT evaluating the impact of longer resident physician work hours compared to sho...
Of the 873 references, nine RCTs met the inclusion criteria. A shorter shift length compared with longer shift length was associated with significantly less emotional exhaustion (standardised mean dif...
Shorter resident duty hours is possibly associated with improvement in resident-based outcomes, specifically, emotional exhaustion, dissatisfaction with overall well-being, sleep duration and sleepine...
