Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A prospective randomized trial of a residents-as-teachers training program.
To develop, implement, and evaluate a course for improving the teaching skills of surgery residents. ⋯ This study demonstrates the value of a needs assessment in developing a course to improve residents' teaching skills. Such courses must provide active learning with opportunities for practicing skills and, following the course, ongoing feedback to maintain changes in teaching behaviors. The curriculum developed in this study has been put into a transportable form that includes an instructor's manual providing guidelines and suggestions for implementation.
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To evaluate the effect that increased numbers of women medical school graduates have had on the composition of orthopedic surgery residencies, and to evaluate trends over time in the likelihood of women medical students to select orthopedic residencies. ⋯ Orthopedics remains an unattractive career choice for women medical students compared with their men counterparts. Biases and stereotypes about women and about orthopedic surgery may account for this difference.