scholarly journals Emergency medicine training in Canada: a survey of medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and preferences

CJEM ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan Hillier ◽  
Shelley McLeod ◽  
Danny Mendelsohn ◽  
Bradley Moffat ◽  
Audra Smallfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The University ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACTObjectives:The objective of this study was to assess medical students' knowledge of and attitudes toward the two Canadian emergency medicine (EM) residency programs (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada [FRCPC] and Certificant of the College of Family Physicians-Emergency Medicine [CCFP-EM]). Additionally, medical students interested in EM were asked to select factors affecting their preferred choice of residency training program and their intended future practice.Methods:Medical students enrolled at The University of Western Ontario for the 2008–2009 academic year were invited to complete an online 47-item questionnaire pertaining to their knowledge, opinions, and attitudes toward EM residency training.Results:Of the 563 students invited to participate, 406 (72.1%) completed the survey. Of the respondents, 178 (43.8%) expressed an interest in applying to an EM residency training program, with 85 (47.8%) most interested in applying to the CCFP-EM program.The majority of respondents (54.1%) interested in EM believed that there should be two streams to EM certification, whereas 18.0% disagreed. Family life and control over work schedule appeared to be common priorities seen as benefits of any career in EM. Other high-ranking factors influencing career choice differed between the groups interested in CCFP-EM and FRCPC. The majority of students interested in the CCFP-EM residency program (78%) reported that they intend to blend their EM with their family medicine practice. Only 2% of students planned to practice only EM with no family medicine.Conclusions:This is the first survey of Canadian medical students to describe disparities in factors influencing choice of EM residency stream, perceptions of postgraduate work life, and anticipated practice environment.

scholarly journals Designing and Implementing a Competency-Based Training Program for Anesthesiology Residents at the University of Ottawa

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J. Stodel ◽  
Anna Wyand ◽  
Simone Crooks ◽  
Stéphane Moffett ◽  
Michelle Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Competency Based Medical Education ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Specialty Practice ◽  
The University

Competency-based medical education is gaining traction as a solution to address the challenges associated with the current time-based models of physician training. Competency-based medical education is an outcomes-based approach that involves identifying the abilities required of physicians and then designing the curriculum to support the achievement and assessment of these competencies. This paradigm defies the assumption that competence is achieved based on time spent on rotations and instead requires residents to demonstrate competence. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) has launched Competence by Design (CBD), a competency-based approach for residency training and specialty practice. The first residents to be trained within this model will be those in medical oncology and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in July, 2016. However, with approval from the RCPSC, the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, launched an innovative competency-based residency training program July 1, 2015. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the program and offer a blueprint for other programs planning similar curricular reform. The program is structured according to the RCPSC CBD stages and addresses all CanMEDS roles. While our program retains some aspects of the traditional design, we have made many transformational changes.

Factors Affecting Choice of Surgical Residency Training Program

2001 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin L. Mayer ◽  
Richard V. Perez ◽  
Hung S. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Surgical Residency

scholarly journals Building for the future: the creation of a residency training track to foster innovation through clinical informatics in psychiatry

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1747-1751
Author(s):  
Evan Vitiello ◽  
Michael Kane ◽  
Alissa Hutto ◽  
Austin Hall
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Psychiatry Residency ◽  
Residency Training Program ◽  
Clinical Informatics ◽  
Psychiatry Residency Training ◽  
North Carolina Department ◽  
Resident Physicians ◽  
The University

Abstract Early clinical informatics (CI) education provides an introduction to CI methodologies for resident physicians to apply within their boarded specialties. A specialty notably absent from the effort to train residents in CI is psychiatry. We present a novel means of integrating CI exposure into a structured educational track within a psychiatry residency training program. The clinical informatics track at the University of North Carolina Department of Psychiatry is a 3-year, longitudinal experience open to residents starting in postgraduate year 2. To our knowledge, this is the first track of its kind within a psychiatry residency training program.

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