A programmatic taxonomy to define, differentiate, and classify nurse practitioner postgraduate training.

Postgraduate residencies and fellowships have become a growing foundational element in the early career path for new nurse practitioners (NPs) and for NPs changing areas of specialization. The proposed programmatic taxonomy provides a straightforward method to recognize and classify NP postgraduate training programs with differing missions, structures, and outcome objectives. Models of postgraduate training for NPs are identified, defined, and differentiated.

Predictors of educational outcome: factors impacting performance on a standardized clinical evaluation.

Background: To improve student skills specific to the evaluation of radiology studies during a required clerkship in surgery for 4th-year medical students, we initiated a self-study CD-ROM educational module midway through 2000-2001. We hypothesized that student performance would improve after implementation of this module and identified factors that predicted student performance.

Materials And Methods: Students (n = 98) chose one of two hospital sites for a clerkship that focuses on the care of acutely ill surgical patients.