The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM
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J Educ Perioper Med · Jul 2016
Gender Diversity in Anesthesiology Programs: The Role of Current Residents and Department Leadership in the 2014 Match Results.
Nearly half of graduates of American medical colleges are women, yet the percentage of women entering accredited anesthesiology programs remains less than 40%. There are obviously many factors that influence the choice of a residency training program, from geography to reputation to the atmosphere, composition and camaraderie of the department. We examined whether a greater number of current female residents, a female Chair, or a female Program Director were associated with a program matching a greater number of female candidates in the 2014 NRMP Match. ⋯ The results of the 2013 NRMP anesthesiology match indicate that programs with a higher proportion of female residents were able to sustain that diversity and successfully match a higher percentage of female candidates. No correlation was seen with Chair and Program Director gender, suggesting further work is needed to define the influence of female role models on female applicants' choice of anesthesiology residency programs.
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J Educ Perioper Med · Jul 2015
Assessing the Academic Productivity of Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Resident Scholars.
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Resident Scholar Program (RSP) supports academically promising anesthesiology residents to attend mentoring seminars at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. The objective of this study was to describe the career paths of RSP participants. ⋯ This program may be a model for supporting the development of future academic anesthesiologists.
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J Educ Perioper Med · Jul 2014
A Novel Core Competencies-Based Academic Medicine Curriculum: Description and Preliminary Results.
Physicians practice health care in a rapidly changing system that requires more than the delivery of safe and effective care. Modern physicians must also acquire skills beyond direct patient care. Residency programs must, therefore, prepare physicians to meet these demands by providing appropriate education and training. ⋯ We found that the academic medicine rotation (AMR) is feasible in a large academic setting. Furthermore, the AMR allows early exposure to and improvement in essential non-patient contact related physician skills required by the ACGME core competencies and assessed through the milestones.
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J Educ Perioper Med · Jan 2014
Use of social media resources by applicants during the residency selection process.
The attitudes of residency applicants regarding social media resources and how these resources affect their decisions during residency selection have not been well-studied. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of electronic and social media resources by residency applicants and the impact of these resources on their residency selection decisions. ⋯ Social media resources serve a valuable role for residency applicants. Applicants who accessed our program's Facebook page reported that it made them more likely to apply to our program, interview at our program, and that it increased the position of our program on their rank order lists.
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J Educ Perioper Med · Jan 2014
Predicting Success: Does Performance on the Anesthesia Knowledge Test - 6 (AKT-6) correlate with the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) Licensing Exam first-time pass rate?
We sought to determine the relationship between residents' Anesthesia Knowledge Test 6 (AKT-6) scores and their first-time success/failure on the American Board of Anesthesiology written licensing examination. Reliable early identification of residents at risk for failing the ABA exam would be an invaluable screening tool for program leadership and facilitate timely remediation for struggling residents. ⋯ Observations from this work help to validate educators' use of AKT-6 exam performance as a marker for likelihood of success/failure on the ABA written licensing exam. Our analysis, based on data from eight training programs, yielded definitive cut points for ABA exam failure and passing. ROC analysis of our data supports a recommendation for educators to intervene with trainees scoring at or below the 36(th) percentile or 56% correct on AKT-6 testing. Our results likely require confirmation in a larger subset of anesthesiology residency programs.