AAEM, CORD, and SAEM reach a landmark position: consensus recommendations to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) for revisions to the FSMB May 1998 policy statement on physician licensure. American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors. Society for Academic Medicine.

As a result of months of meetings and deliberations coordinated with the Medical Board of California and chaperoned by the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (CAL/AAEM), the Society for Academic Medicine (SAEM), the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD), and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) recently reached a landmark agreement on recommendations to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) pertaining to controversial May 1998 FSMB recommendations regarding physician licensure. Endorsed unanimously by the boards of all three emergency medicine (EM) organizations, the recommendations of this consensus have been forwarded to the FSMB and await its official response. The recommendations will also be forwarded to remaining EM organizations and to the medical community for comment and to enlist their support.     

Does Interview Date Affect Match List Position in the Emergency Medicine National Residency Matching Program Match?

OBJECTIVE: Some residency applicants believe that the date on which they interview with a residency program influences how the program ranks them in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Therefore, the authors studied whether interview date affects match list position in the emergency medicine (EM) residency match. METHODS: Forty-four Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited EM residency programs participated in this multicenter study. The interview date and match list position were collected for each interviewee for the 1997-98 season. Programs were also asked about factors that might potentially bias interview date assignment. Statistical analyses were performed both with and without these programs included. Interview dates and match list positions were standardized into percentile date and percentile rank for each program and were compared using linear regression analysis. Scatterplots graphed interview date vs match list position. Two-sample t-tests compared interview dates for ranked and nonranked interviewees. RESULTS: Data were collected for 3,800 individual interviews; 14% of these resulted in unranked applicants. Twenty-three programs, representing 1,997 interviews, reported potential bias in their interview date assignment. Regression analysis revealed an R(2) of 0.018268 (correlation coefficient = 0. 1352, 95% CI = 0.0992 to 0.1617) for all programs, R(2) of 0.010626 (correlation coefficient = 0.1031, 95% CI = 0.0571 to 0.1485) for programs without reported potential bias, and R(2) of 0.02444 (correlation coefficient = 0.1563, 95% CI = 0.10887 to 0.20309) for programs with reported bias. Scatterplots revealed no linear correlation. Two-sample t-tests for all programs, and programs with and without reported bias showed no significant difference in average interview date for ranked and unranked interviewees (both with p > 0.2). CONCLUSION: In this study, interview date for EM residency positions in the 1997-98 season did not affect match list position among ranked applicants. Moreover, interview date had nno effect on the decision to leave candidates unranked.     

Evaluación de competencias en residentes de pediatría en el primer nivel de atención mediante la utilización del Mini-CEX

BackgroundA residency is a professional training system based on supervised clinical practice. The Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) is a method of assessment through direct observation that enables the design of strategies to improve professional performance.The purpose of this study is to analyze the results of implementing the Mini-CEX to assess pediatric residents during their rotation at the first level of care while exploring differences according to the training site to which they belong.MethodsWe conducted an analytical cross-sectional study that included 2nd-year pediatric residents on rotation at the first level of care in pediatric and general hospitals. Each resident underwent two Mini-CEX encounters for the assessment of 8 domains: history taking, communication skills with patients and with caregivers, physical examination, clinical judgment, clinical management, professionalism, and organization.ResultsThirty-four residents participated in the study. The total overall rating of residents from pediatric hospitals and general hospitals was 4.20 (4.07-4.34) and 4.14 (3.94-4.34), respectively. We found no statistically significant differences in the areas assessed according to the residents’ training site.ConclusionThe Mini-CEX as an assessment tool within the first level of care allowed the detection of strengths and weaknesses in residents’ training. Implementation was affected by limitations inherent to this setting. Standardization of assessors was a key element for criteria unification.     

从住院医师规范化培训角度分析天津市专科医师制度建立的可行性与存在问题

对天津市实行了近20年住院医师规范化培训中积累的经验和存在的问题进行分析,由此阐述专科医师制度建立的可行性并提出建议。     

网络及数字病理资源在病理住院医师培训和继续教育中的应用

网络为计算机和信息交流带来了巨大的变革,逐渐成为世界范围内的信息交流工具,加之数字病理资源的开发和逐渐普及使其成为病理住院医师培训和继续教育中的有益辅助工具。本文分析了互联网及数字病理资源在病理住院医师培训及低年资医生继续教育中的优点及其具体应用,并列举了一些对病理住院医师培训非常有帮助的医学和病理学专业网站,希望能够在传统教学模式的基础上,利用现代化的信息学技术对以形态学为主的病理学专业住院医师培训提供必要的辅助。网络及数字病理资源的广泛使用,将会成为病理住院医师规范化培训的有益补充,缩短不同级别医院低年资病理医师继续教育的差距。     

A Qualitative,Cross-Sectional Study of Positive and Negative Comments of Residency Programs Across 9 Medical and Surgical Specialties

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Residency applicants often use social media to discuss the positive and negative features of prospective training programs. An examination of the content discussed by applicants could provide guidance for how a medical education faculty can better engage with prospective trainees and adapt to meet the educational expectations of a new generation of digital-native physicians.

CBL结合循证医学理念在儿科住院医师培训中的作用

目的探讨以病例为基础的学习（ease—basedlearning,CBL）结合循证医学方法在儿科住院医师培训中的实施效果。方法将52名住院医师随机分为实验组（CBL结合循证医学理念教学组26人）和对照组（灌输式教学组26人）,教学均围绕病房患儿病例展开。实验组住院医师以2人为小组,由带组教师提出问题,住院医师下班后查阅文献;在每周固定的全科教学查房时间结合该病例进行循证医学证据总结汇报;全科室人员参与病例讨论和学习,带组教师进行总结。对照组采用传统的灌输式教学,以带教教师的临床经验指导住院医师作病例分析;住院医师有问题提出时,带教教师直接给予回答。轮转时问为4个月。教学效果评价分为问卷调查、理论试卷考试、临床技能考核三部分。用SPSS16．0软件对考核成绩进行统计学分析,试卷考试和技能考核成绩用均数±标准差（面±s）表示,行t检验,以P〈0．05为差异具有统计学意义。结果实验组住院医师认为,自身所接受的培养方式在提高自学能力、文献检索查阅能力、医师间团队合作精神、临床思维、幻灯片制作技术和语言表达能力方面更有优势。理论考试成绩显示,实验组平均成绩（75．460±6．646）分高于对照组（71．380±4．758）分,差异有统计学意义（P=0．014）;尤其表现在主观题部分。临床技能考核显示,实验组病例书写及临床思维成绩优于对照组。结论CBL结合循证医学教学在提高自学能力、培养临床思维能力及文献检索和语言表达等方面明显优于传统的灌输式教学,适用于儿科住院医师培训。