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The Patient Safety Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Students as a First Step Toward Improving Patient Safety
25 May 2012
Sun Jung Myung, Jwa-Seop Shin, Ji Hyung Kim, HyeRin Roh, Yoon Kim, Jeongeun Kim, Sang-il Lee, Jae-Ho Lee, Suk Wha Kim
Objective: Despite the growing emphasis on patient safety and the need for patient safety education, few schools have included this subject in their curriculum. Medical students need to understand and...
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The Development of a Cultural Standardized Patient Examination for a General Surgery Residency Program
25 May 2012
Maria B.J. Chun, Keane G.M. Young, Andrea F. Honda, Gary F. Belcher, Gregory G. Maskarinec
Background: Cultural competency and cross-cultural care issues in surgery resident education are areas of recognized need. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has develope...
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Proficiency of Surgical Faculty and Residents with Ethical Dilemmas: Is Modeling Enough?
25 May 2012
Kamela K. Scott, David J. Chesire, J. Bracken Burns, Michael S. Nussbaum
Objective: Professionalism, an Accreditation Commission for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency, embraces the concept of adherence to ethical principles. Despite this, most surgical residenc...
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Does Success on the American Board of Surgery General Surgery Qualifying Examination Guarantee Certifying Examination Success?
14 May 2012
Thomas W. Biester, Jonathan D. Rubright, Andrew T. Jones, Mark A. Malangoni
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between qualifying examination (QE) and certifying examination (CE) results and to determine whether an appropriate cut-point on th...
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The Utility of the ABS In-Training Examination (ABSITE) Score Forms: Percent Correct and Percentile Score in the Assessment of Surgical Residents
11 May 2012
Deepa Taggarshe, Vijay Mittal
Objective: The American Board of Surgery (ABS) provides program directors with ABS In-Training Examination (ABSITE) scores in the following forms: Percent correct score and percentile score. It is of ...
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