The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. e166-e172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah K. Schubert ◽  
Kristi Hendrickson ◽  
Moyed Miften ◽  
Monica McNulty ◽  
Yevgeniy Y. Vinogradskiy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current State

scholarly journals Current State of Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes in North America

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Linville ◽  
Yanwen Shen ◽  
May M. Wu ◽  
Meltem Urgun-Demirtas
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
North America ◽  
Organic Wastes ◽  
Current State

The Current State of Diversity and Multicultural Training in Urology Residency Programs

2008 ◽  
Vol 180 (2) ◽  
pp. 668-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijaya M. Vemulakonda ◽  
Mathew D. Sorensen ◽  
Byron D. Joyner
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Training ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current State ◽  
Urology Residency

Medical Physics residency programs in nonacademic facilities should affiliate themselves with a university-based program

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jatinder Saini ◽  
Jason R. Sherman ◽  
Colin G. Orton
Keyword(s):  
Medical Physics ◽  
Residency Programs

scholarly journals Current US neurosurgical resident involvement, interest, and barriers in global neurosurgery

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. E16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige Lundy ◽  
Christopher Miller ◽  
Sarah Woodrow
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current State ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Interest Level ◽  
Limited Opportunity ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level ◽  
Training Opportunities

OBJECTIVEIt is estimated that nearly 47 million preventable deaths occur annually due the current worldwide deficit in surgical care; subsequently, the World Health Organization resolved unanimously to endorse a decree to address this deficit. Neurosurgeons from industrialized nations can help address the needs of underserved regions. Exposure during training is critical for young neurosurgeons to gain experience in international work and to cultivate career-long interest. Here, the authors explore the opinions of current residents and interest in global neurosurgery as well as the current state of international involvement, opportunities, and barriers in North American residency training.METHODSAn internet-based questionnaire was developed using the authors’ university’s REDCap database and distributed to neurosurgical residents from US ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education)–approved programs. Questions focused on the resident’s program’s involvement and logistics regarding international rotations and the resident’s interest level in pursuing these opportunities.RESULTSA 15% response rate was obtained from a broad range of training locations. Twenty-nine percent of respondents reported that their residency program offered elective training opportunities in developing countries, and 7.6% reported having participated in these programs. This cohort unanimously felt that the international rotation was a beneficial experience and agreed that they would do it again. Of those who had not participated, 81.3% reported interest or strong interest in international rotations.CONCLUSIONSThe authors’ results indicate that, despite a high level of desire for involvement in international rotations, there is limited opportunity for residents to become involved. Barriers such as funding and rotation approval were recognized. It is the authors’ hope that governing organizations and residency programs will work to break down these barriers and help establish rotations for trainees to learn abroad and begin to join the cause of meeting global surgical needs. To meet overarching international neurosurgical needs, neurosurgeons of the future must be trained in global neurosurgery.

scholarly journals EEG education in Brazil: a national survey of adult neurology residents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elora Sampaio Lourenço ◽  
Dora Pedroso Kowacs ◽  
Jay Raman Gavvala ◽  
Pedro André Kowacs ◽  
Fábio Augusto NASCIMENTO
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Education System ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current State ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Education Requirements ◽  
Education In Brazil

ABSTRACT Background: In light of the established challenges of resident EEG education worldwide, we sought to better understand the current state of neurology resident EEG education in Brazil. Objective: To define Brazilian EEG practices including in-residency requirements for EEG training and competency. Methods: We assessed the perspectives of adult residents (PGY1-3) on EEG education and their level of confidence interpreting EEG with a 24-question online survey. Results: We analyzed 102 responses from 52 Brazilian neurology residency programs distributed in 14 states. There were 18 PGY1s, 45 PGY2s, and 39 PGY3s. Ninety-six percent of participants reported that learning how to read EEG during residency was very or extremely important. The most commonly reported barriers to EEG education were insufficient EEG exposure (70%) and ineffective didactics (46%). Residents believed that standard EEG lectures were the most efficient EEG teaching method followed by interpreting EEG with attendings’ supervision. Roughly half of residents (45%) reported not being able to read EEG even with supervision, and approximately 70% of all participants did not feel confident writing an EEG report independently. Conclusion: Despite the well-established residency EEG education requirements recommended by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (ABN), there seems to be a significant lack of comfort interpreting EEG among Brazilian adult neurology residents. We encourage Brazilian neurology residency leadership to re-evaluate the current EEG education system in order to ensure that residency programs are following EEG education requirements and to assess whether EEG benchmarks require modifications.

SU-F-E-12: Elective International Rotations in Medical Physics Residency Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6Part5) ◽  
pp. 3355-3355
Author(s):  
D Brown ◽  
A Mundt ◽  
J Einck ◽  
T Pawlicki
Keyword(s):  
Medical Physics ◽  
Residency Programs

Impact of PhORCAS references on overall application score for postgraduate year 1 pharmacy residency candidates

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (15) ◽  
pp. 1237-1242
Author(s):  
Sara A Atyia ◽  
Frank P Paloucek ◽  
Allison R Butts ◽  
Douglas R Oyler ◽  
Craig A Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Application System ◽  
Average Characteristic ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current State ◽  
Candidate Characteristics

Abstract Purpose The disparity between the number of applicants for postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residency positions and the number of available residency positions increases the need to optimize how applicants are evaluated. The purpose of the study described here was to evaluate the correlation of ratings of residency candidate characteristics by academic and professional references listed on residency applications with overall application score, applicant ranking, and the likelihood of candidates receiving an invitation to interview. Methods A multicenter, retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the correlation of reference writers’ ratings of 13 candidate characteristics and their overall recommendations with program-determined outcomes (eg, final application score, applicant ranking, and invitation to interview) through analysis of PGY1 applications submitted through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application System (PhORCAS) from 2015 through 2018. Keywords and themes within the open-ended section of letters of reference were also analyzed for correlation with overall application score. Results A total of 5,923 references listed on 1,867 applications to 4 PGY1 pharmacy residency programs processed by PhORCAS were included in the analysis. For the majority of applicant characteristic ratings (ie, 74% of 56,872 ratings overall), reference writers rated candidates as exceeding expectations, and applicants were “highly recommended” by these evaluators in 91% of cases. References’ average characteristic ratings and overall recommendations were poorly correlated with final application score (R2 = 0.12 [P < 0.0001] and R2 = 0.08 [P < 0.0001], respectively), final ranking (R2 = 0.02 [P < 0.0001] and R2 = 0.03 [P < 0.0001], respectively), and invitation to interview (R2 = 0.07 [P < 0.0001] and R2 = 0.04 [P < 0.0001], respectively). For the themes evaluated, references’ use of teaching words best correlated with normalized final application score, although the correlation was poor (R2 = 0.007, P = 0.0001). Conclusion Reference writers’ ratings of PGY1 residency candidate characteristics in PhORCAS are poorly correlated with application score, applicant ranking, and invitation to interview. The results of this study suggest that the existing PhORCAS standardized form for submitting references is of limited utility in its current state.

The Changing Face of US Protestant Overseas Ministries: Trends from 1951 to 2016

2020 ◽  
pp. 239693932093024
Author(s):  
Jared Bok
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Global Missions ◽  
Current State

The release of the 22nd edition of the Mission Handbook (2017) has provided rich opportunities for scholars and practitioners to learn more about the current state of global missions from North America. Based on data from all twenty-two of the Handbook’s print editions, this article summarizes broad trends from 1951 to 2016. These include an overall increase in the number of agencies, even as founding rates have been declining; an overall growth in overseas budgets; the increasing prominence of evangelical agencies that are not denominationally affiliated; and a mixed series of patterns among core and peripheral ministry activities.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document