Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers.

Objective: The aims of this study were to describe pediatric emergency department (ED) referrals from urgent care centers and to determine the percentage of referrals considered essential and serious.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted between April 2013 and April 2015 on patients younger than 21 years referred directly to an ED in central Pennsylvania from surrounding urgent care centers. Referrals were considered essential or serious based on investigations/procedures performed or medications/consultations received in the ED.

A comparative study of resident performance on standardized training examinations and the american board of ophthalmology written examination.

Purpose: To investigate the relationships between ophthalmology resident performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), the Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program (OKAP) exam and the American Board of Ophthalmology written qualifying examination (ABO-WQE).

Design: Cohort study.

Participants: We included 76 residents from 15 consecutive training classes (1991-2006) at 1 ophthalmologic residency training program.