Reporter-Interpreter-Manager-Educator (RIME) descriptive ratings as an evaluation tool in an emergency medicine clerkship.

Background: Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkships traditionally assess students using numerical ratings of clinical performance. The descriptive ratings of the Reporter, Interpreter, Manager, and Educator (RIME) method have been shown to be valuable in other specialties.

Objectives: We hypothesized that the RIME descriptive ratings would correlate with clinical performance and examination scores in an EM clerkship, indicating that the RIME ratings are a valid measure of performance.

The epidemiology of childhood injury in Maputo, Mozambique.

Background: Injury remains a major cause of death and disability worldwide.

Aims: This study describes the characteristics of childhood injury at three hospitals in Maputo, Mozambique.

Methods: An observational, prospective convenience study was conducted in June and July 2007.

Effectiveness of a simulation-based medical student course on managing life-threatening medical conditions.

Objectives: To assess the competency and the comfort level of medical students in lifesaving skills after a simulation-based training session and then determine skill retention after 1 year.

Methods: Prospective observational before-after case series of medical students entering the third year. Each student participated in a half-day "How to Save a Life" course.

Differences in female and male victims and perpetrators of partner violence with respect to WEB scores.

Measurements of intimate partner violence (IPV) based on acts of violence have repeatedly found substantial bilateral violence between intimates. However, the context of this violence is not well defined by acts alone. The objective of this research was to compare differences in women and men within each IPV status category (victim, perpetrator, and both) with respect to levels of battering as defined by their scores on the Women's Experience With Battering Scale (WEB), which asks gender-neutral questions about the abuse of power and control and fear in an intimate relationship.