Background While the negative impact of postoperative complications on hospital costs,
survival, and cancer recurrence is well known, few studies have quantified the impact of …

Background Measuring the quality of surgical care is essential to identifying areas of
weakness in the delivery of effective surgical care and to improving patient outcomes. Our …

Acne vulgaris is one of the most common skin diseases worldwide and causes great distress
to patients. In addition, most acne patients suffer from low self-esteem and social withdrawal…

Background The ability to measure surgical quality of care is important and can lead to
improvements in patient safety. As such, processes should be carried out in an identical fashion …

BACKGROUND: The implementation of work hour restrictions across North America have
resulted in decreased levels of self injury and medical errors for Residents. An arbitration …

Background Mozambique has had no policy-driven trauma system and no hospital-based
trauma registries, and injury was not a public health priority. In other low-income countries, …

In 2012 Quebec limited continuous in-hospital duty to 16 consecutive hours for all residents
regardless of postgraduate (PGY) level. The new restrictions in Quebec appeared to have a …

Recent surveys estimate that almost 30% of American and Canadian medical students gain
work experience abroad during their 4 years of medical school (1), and many experts expect …

Background Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are increasingly being recognized for their significant
economic impact. Mozambique, like other low‐income countries, suffers staggering rates of …

This paper presents a case study of implementing a trauma registry in Mozambique, a low-income
country with limited current trauma surveillance. An outline of the importance of …