We are working in a school because no hotel in Jacmel can accommodate our crew -- 120 trainees plus 40 international faculty, interns, interpreters and staff.
Compared to medical students and interns, faculty who teach or intend to integrate CAM into their instruction had significantly (p <.0005) more positive attitudes and used CAM modalities significantly (p <.0005) more often.
Demographics for each type of respondent (student, intern and faculty) were reported in aggregate.
For example, in her study of the outcomes of undergraduate science research internships, Kardash (2000) compared perceptions of both student interns and faculty mentors of the gains interns made from participating in research.
To design and implement a month-long, low-cost, comprehensive surgical skills curriculum built to address the needs of orthopedic surgery interns with high satisfaction among both interns and faculty.
Prior to the start of their courses, interns and faculty each completed the same pretest on emergency US (see Additional file 1).
Six months after the completion of their respective introductory courses, all interns and faculty completed a post-test consisting of the exact same questions as the pre-test.
The six control group interns and faculty participants had subjective comments of which the following is more representative: "This course helped familiarize me with ultrasound but I am still not sure I am confident in my abilities to make diagnoses independently".
Both of these DHR have necessitated significant adaptations by residency programs, which have the potential to alter intern, resident, and faculty perceptions of the new training environment, as well as patient care outcomes.
Today, most physicians practicing at Elmhurst are interns, residents, and faculty professors at Mount Sinai.
