As many of you know, PRESENT Courseware for Resident Education is growing at a very fast pace. Our 117 lecture on-line curriculum is now part of the academic structure at over 90% of the nation’s podiatric residency programs and our website has hosted over 30,000 lecture viewings. We are very proud to make this new resource available to you and want to make sure that you know all the best ways to take advantage of it. 
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The 117 (and growing) lecture bank is the foundation of the entire program. We have recently upgraded the platform which runs the lectures and we think you will notice many improvements. Keep in mind that when viewing a lecture you have several additional resources available to you such as the actual transcript of the lecture, references for further research, ability to read a bio of the author, and the option of sending the author an email question or comment.

Introduced July 2005, this system provides a structure by which you can view the on-line lectures in an orderly and progressive nature. The Curriculum is designed for a 2 or 3 year residency program with minimal overlap to emphasize key learning points. Although we recommend you utilize this as a ‘lesson plan’ for viewing the lectures, you should remember that ALL of the lectures are available to you at anytime you wish to view them.

We publish several weekly columns to help you best utilize PRESENT. Sunday night is This Week which briefly reviews the assigned lectures for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year residents as outlined by the curriculum. Tuesday nights is a new publication entitled Residency Rap which is a peer driven column for exchange of resident ideas within you group. Wednesday night is this column Residency Insight which is used for helpful hints, discussions, and case presentations. We also have numerous “Featured Lecture” reviews on the website which can help you get a quick overview of particular lectures and their authors. Another new periodic column is the Dermatology Corner which features learning points from Dr. Bakotic on skin pathology.

This very successful peer competition is run approximately twice per academic year. The Rumble facilitates inter-program competition based on challenging clinical questions which must be answered correctly in a time sensitive scoring environment. Prizes are awarded to the winning programs and have included iPods, Digital Cameras, and Plasma Screen TV’s…

Thanks for being part of this and I look forward to working with you in the coming year!

John S. Steinberg, DPM
Editor, PRESENT

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