Much blame for what ails residency education has been heaped on limited resources, the rapid growth in medical knowledge and technology, shifts in lifestyle attitudes of trainees, and marked changes affecting the health care industry. By contrast, less heed has been given to the possibility that inertia and ineffective leadership or oversight may be the major stumbling blocks to better education. This essay is dedicated to the belief that what residents are taught and how they are taught are of seminal importance to the future of our specialty. It focuses attention on constructive mechanisms and strategies that, if employed, might improve the processes of teaching and learning during residency. Finally, it advances the notion that all dermatologists (academicians and community practitioners alike) should harbor concern and demonstrate responsibility for the education of our future colleagues.
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BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Save the Children International, Qalai Fatullah, PD 10, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Background: This study examined the wealth-related inequality in women healthcare seeking behaviour for under-five children illness in Afghanistan and its determinants.
Methods: Data of 32409 mothers/caregivers of children under-five were extracted from Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey conducted in 2022. Wealth-related inequalities in women healthcare seeking behaviour for under-five children illness was investigated using Erreygers and Wagstaff concentration indices and curve.
BMC Med Educ
January 2025
Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410000, China.
Introduction: Artificial intelligence technology has a wide range of application prospects in the field of medical education. The aim of the study was to measure the effectiveness of ChatGPT-assisted problem-based learning (PBL) teaching for urology medical interns in comparison with traditional teaching.
Methods: A cohort of urology interns was randomly assigned to two groups; one underwent ChatGPT-assisted PBL teaching, while the other received traditional teaching over a period of two weeks.
BMC Cancer
January 2025
Department of Community & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 151001, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
Introduction: Existing evidence suggests a lower uptake of cervical cancer screening among Indian women. Coverage is lower in rural than urban women, but such disparities are less explored. So, the present study was conducted to explore the self-reported coverage of cervical cancer screening in urban and rural areas stratified by socio-demographic characteristics, determine the spatial patterns and identify any regional variations, ascertain the factors contributing to urban-rural disparities and those influencing the likelihood of screening among women aged 30-49 years factors residing in urban, rural, and overall Indian settings.
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January 2025
School of Public Health, College Of Health Sciences and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Introduction: Morbidity and mortality associated with congenital anomalies are higher in low-income countries. People's knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes towards congenital anomalies vary from community to community. In some communities, it is believed to be untreatable and the burden remains devastating.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Outpatient training for resident physicians has been attracting attention in recent years. However, to our knowledge, there have only been a few surveys on outpatient training, particularly in Japan. This study evaluates outpatient care among Japanese resident physicians by determining how the volume of outpatient encounters and length of outpatient training correlate with residents' clinical competence.
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