Validation of a form for assessing the professional performance of residents in cardiology by nurses.

Background: There is a strong need for transformation in our assessment systems from one that evaluates performance based on levels of training to another that focuses on professional competence to meet the expected requirements for the practice of the profession. The aim of this study is to validate for the first time a Spanish version of a new tool for assessing the professional performance of residents by nurses newly developed in the Ottawa Hospital (O-RON).

Materials And Methods: After the author's written authorization, the original O-RON form was translated and cross-culturally adapted.

Learning climate and self-perception of empathy in a teaching hospital's medical residency programs: a cross-sectional study.

In order to explore whether there is a correlation between the learning climate (LC) and the selfperception of empathy by medical residents, we conducted an observational, cross sectional study in a teaching hospital using the D-RECT (Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test) and the Jefferson scale (empathy) in 140 residents from 9 specialties during 2019 and 2020. We documented a low to moderate and statistically significant correlation (Spearman's Rho: 0.34, p<0.

Virtual interviews for admission to health care residency programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic forced residency programs to adapt their selection processes. Our objective was to describe the experience of virtual interviews conducted to select residents through applicants' perception.

Population And Methods: An electronic questionnaire was sent to health care residency applicants after their interviews conducted in 2020.

[Remote presentation of thesis and final postgraduate works during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there advantages in the non-face-to-face presentations?].

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic limited in person presentation of final works and theses for the completion of specializations, masters and doctorates.

Objective: To describe the experience in remote presentations of summative essays and thesis.

Materials And Methods: A qualitative-quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical skills training in pediatric surgery residents.

Purpose: To analyze the initial impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on surgical skills training and performance of Pediatric Surgery Residents.

Methods: Retrospective study considering the modifications on the Pediatric Surgery Residency training from March 1st-May 31st, 2020. Exposure to OR learning opportunities was compared to the same 2018-2019 trimesters.

Adaptation and validation of the Argentine version of an instrument to assess continuing professional development activities.

Introduction: Canadian researchers developed a self-administered questionnaire to ask participants of continuing professional development (CPD) activities about their intention to translate the knowledge acquired in the classroom into clinical practice. The questionnaire may facilitate quality improvement processes in such CPD activities.

Objective: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the original English REACTION questionnaire (A theoRy-basEd instrument to assess the impACT of continuing professional development activities on professional behavIOr chaNge) for its use in Argentina.

Reliability and acceptability of the multiple mini-interview for selection of residents in cardiology.

Introduction: The multiple mini-interview (MMI) model can be useful to evaluate non-cognitive domains and guide the selection process in medical residency programs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and acceptability of the MMI model for the selection of residents in a cardiology residency program.

Methods: We conducted an observational and prospective study.

[Transcultural validation of the Maastricht Clinical Teaching Questionnaire].

The evaluation of the clinical teacher's performance provides feedback to motivate them to improve their teaching skills. To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Maastricht Clinical Teaching Questionnaire, the International Guide for the Adaptation of the Questionnaires was followed. The validity of content, response process, construct and reliability were investigated.

[Competencies of Primary Care residents in the management of prevalent problems of the ear, nose and throat].

Ear, nose and throat problems are very common in Primary Care settings. Numerous studies have reported that Primary Care physicians feel dissatisfied with their performance and insufficient training to diagnose and manage these problems. The objective of this study was to assess the competency in diagnosis and management of prevalent ear, nose and throat problems in medical residents of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at a University Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination.

Communication during patient handoff in the areas of intensive care of a university hospital: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To assess how the quality of communication is perceived during patient handoff in areas of intensive care.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted at a university hospital. The study assessed the perception of the quality of information received during patient handoff and the chance of physicians working on-call shifts in intensive care areas mistaking the information of one patient with that of another one.

Correlation between the educational environment and burn-out syndrome in residency programs at a university hospital.

Introduction: The educational environment (EE) is related to satisfaction and achievement. A high prevalence of professional burnout (BO) syndrome has been reported in the residency. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between EE and the presence of burnout in residency programs at a university hospital.

To improve postgraduate training: medical residents' input in residency quality improvement.

Introduction: The "Open Space Technology" (OST) is an innovative group process introduced by Harrison Owen in 1997. There is some evidence for its effectiveness in education quality improvement. However, its application in higher education has not been reported.