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Reconstructive urology. Preoperative testing for urethroplasty is not associated with outcomes-a NQSIP study

OBJECTIVE To assess the current practice of routine preoperative testing before urethroplasty and to determine if the results are clinically significant. METHODS Data was obtained from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)…

Tags: 2020, Avila A, Bukavina L, Gonzalez CM, journalArticle, July 2020 List, low-risk, Mahran A, Mishra K, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Physicians, Ponsky LE, Raina R, Sidagam V, Urology

Patient Reports Of Preventable Problems And Harms In Primary Health Care

BACKGROUND Despite recent attention given to medical errors, little is known about the kinds and importance of medical errors in primary care. The principal aims of this study were to develop patient-focused typologies of medical errors and harms in…

Regionalization Of Emergency Care Future Directions And Research: Workforce Issues

Assessment Of A Measure Of Relational Communication For Doctor-patient Interactions

Acute Bronchitis: An Indication For Antibiotic Avoidance

Tags: 1999, adults, care, Community-acquired pneumonia, Current opinion in infectious diseases, File T M, Infectious Diseases, Physicians, respiratory-tract infections, trends

Personality, Vocational Interests, And Work Values Of Medical Students

Retrospective Evaluation Of The Advanced Nursing Education Expansion Program

Tags: 2017, Affordable Care Act, Bigley M B, care, Doyle J M, family nurse practitioner, Howie B A, Jnp-Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Medicine, nurse-midwife, Nursing, Physicians, practitioners, primary, primary-care, Workforce, Zangaro G A

Assessing medical students' personalities: A parallel comparison of normed and perception-based metrics

Various methodologies have been applied in the study of physicians' and medical students' personalities. Little, however, has been reported oil distinguishing medical students' self-perceptions from their objectively measured personality traits. 687…

Tags: 2005, academic-performance, Borges N J, Cubic B A, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Meit S S, Physicians, profiles, Psychological Reports, Psychology, Self-Assessment, specialty choice, Yasek V

RESIDENT TRAINING IN NURSING-HOME CARE - SURVEY OF SUCCESSFUL EDUCATIONAL-STRATEGIES

OBJECTIVE: To identify educational strategies for resident training in nursing home care deemed successful by a large number of programs. DESIGN: A mail survey with three follow-up mailings. PARTICIPANTS: Directors of accredited internal medicine and…

Tags: 1994, Counsell S R, experience, geriatric-medicine, Geriatrics & Gerontology, internal-medicine, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Karuza J, Katz P R, older persons, Physicians, programs, Sullivan G M

Depression in family medicine faculty

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Tags: 2005, care, Costa A J, Department of Family & Community Medicine, family medicine, General & Internal Medicine, general-practitioners, Job Satisfaction, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, McCord G, Mental Health, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physicians, predictors, quality, Ritter C, Schrop S L, Stress

A practice change model for quality improvement in primary care practice

Faced with a rapidly changing healthcare environment, primary care practices often have to change how they practice medicine. Yet change is difficult, and the process by which practice improvement can be understood and facilitated has not been well…

HARD CHOICES - THE GYNECOLOGIC CANCER-PATIENTS END-OF-LIFE PREFERENCES

Few reports in gynecologic literature have addressed patient preferences about terminal care. In light of the current discussions about end-of-life decision-making, a study was designed to assess the desires of patients with gynecologic cancer. A…

Tags: 1994, Attitudes, Brown D, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, care, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Elkins T E, Gynecologic oncology, Hopkins M, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Larson D, NEOMED College of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, oncology, perspective, Physicians, quality, Roberts J A

The consultation and referral process - A report from NEON

BACKGROUND. Consultation and referral are essential components of the practice of primary care. Despite this, little is known about the factors that contribute to the success of a referral. We examined the short-term outcomes of communication between…

Holland's theory applied to medical specialty choice

The present study tested the hypothesis that medical specialties classified as technique oriented or patient oriented would be distinguished by RIASEC code, with technique-oriented specialists resembling Investigative-Realistic types and…

Tags: 2004, Borges N J, Career Occupational Preference System Inventory, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Holland types, Jones B J, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Journal of Career Assessment, NEOMED College of Medicine, Personality, Physicians, primary care, Psychology, Savickas M L, Selection, specialty choice, Students

Personality and medical specialty choice: A literature review and integration

This review examines the literature on personality and medical specialty choice. First, it describes studies categorized by medical specialties that to date have used the same measures: Adjective Check List, California Psychological Inventory,…

Tags: 2002, 5-factor model, Borges N J, Department of Family & Community Medicine, indicator, Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication, Journal of Career Assessment, myers-briggs type, NEOMED College of Medicine, Performance, Personality, perspective, Physicians, Psychology, Residents, Savickas M L, specialty choice, traits

Personality patterns of physicians in person-oriented and technique-oriented specialties

This study investigated differences in personality patterns between person-oriented and technique-oriented physicians. It tested an integrative framework by converting the scores on the Personality Research Form (PRF) to the Big-Five factors and…

Drug samples in dermatology: Special considerations and recommendations for the future

Background: The use of drug samples is a controversial issue in medicine. Objective: We sought to determine the pros and cons of drug sampling, and how drug sampling in general medicine differs from dermatology. Methods: Literature searches were…

Illuminating the 'black box' - A description of 4454 patient visits to 138 family physicians

BACKGROUND. The content and context of family practice outpatient visits have never been fully described, leaving many aspects of family practice in a "black box," unseen by policymakers and understood only in isolation. This article describes…

Factors associated with imaging overuse in the emergency department: A systematic review

Background: Emergency departments (ED) are sites of prevalent imaging overuse; however, determinants that drive imaging in this setting are not well-characterized. We systematically reviewed the literature to summarize the determinants of imaging…

Personality and values as predictors of medical specialty choice

Research rarely considers the combined influence of personality traits and values in predicting behavioral outcomes. We aimed to advance a germinal line of inquiry that addresses this gap by separately and simultaneously examining personality traits…

Global Health Partnerships for Continuing Medical Education: Lessons from Successful Partnerships

The past decade has witnessed an increase in global partnerships created to strengthen health systems and provide training to health professionals in low- and middle-income countries. These partnerships are complex interventions. This study focused…

Health Information Exchange in Emergency Medicine

Emergency physicians often must make critical, time-sensitive decisions with a paucity of information with the realization that additional unavailable health information may exist. Health information exchange enables clinician access to patient…

Construction of a Physician Skills Inventory

The current study applied Holland's RIASEC typology to develop a Physician Skills Inventory. We identified the transferable skills and abilities that are critical to effective performance in medicine and had 140 physicians in 25 different specialties…

Tags: 2012, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Holland typology, Journal Article, Journal of Career Assessment, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physicians, Psychology, Richard G V, Savickas M L, scale development, skill assessment, specialty choice, Students, transferable skills, Zarconi J

Spirituality in medicine: A comparison of medical students' attitudes and clinical performance

Objective: The authors sought to examine attitudes about spirituality in medicine among medical students in psychiatric clerkships and determine whether instruction on concepts of spirituality in medicine had an effect on students' clinical…

Tags: 2003, Academic Psychiatry, Cheever T R, Curriculum, Education & Educational Research, Ethics, Journal Article, Musick D W, Nora L M, Physicians, Psychiatry, Quinlivan S

A medieval physician: Amirdovlat Amasiatsi (1420-1495)

We aimed to acquaint the reader with a medieval physician, Amirdovlat Amasiatsi, who lived and practiced in the 15th century Anatolia. Amirdovlat wrote several books on medicine mainly focusing on phytotherapy and pharmacology using medicinal plants,…

Injury prevention research: quo vadis?

Tags: 2004, Academic Emergency Medicine, Degutis LC, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency, Emergency Care, Emergency Medicine, Gerson L W, Healthy People 2010, Larkin GL, Medical, Medical Practice, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physicians, Research, Research-Based, Safety, Wounds and Injuries – Prevention and Control

A research agenda for geriatric emergency medicine.

OBJECTIVES: The Research Agenda Setting Process (RASP), part of the American Geriatric Society's (AGS's) project 'Increasing Geriatric Expertise in Surgical and Related Medical Specialties,' was designed to define a research agenda for the geriatrics…

Tags: 2003, Academic Emergency Medicine, Aged, Emergency – Education, Emergency Care – In Old Age, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Service, Geriatric Assessment, Gerson L W, Health Resource Utilization, Health Services Research, Physicians, prehospital care, Research Priorities, Trauma – Therapy – In Old Age, Wilber S T

Patient Preferences in Choosing a Primary Care Physician.

Cardiac computed tomographic angiography and the primary care physician.

Through advancements in computer processing speed and storage capacity, new cardiac imaging modalities have become clinically feasible and useful. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography, a new diagnostic imaging modality, is capable of assessing…

Optimal Older Adult Emergency Care: Introducing Multidisciplinary Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines From the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association, and Society for Academic...

Nothing more can be done' may be shortsighted view.

The article suggests that ophthalmologists should avoid saying "nothing more can be done" to their patients. Topics covered include referral of patients to specialists, willingness of ophthalmologists to engage colleagues in determining the…

Tags: 2015, Eye Diseases, Health Knowledge, Multidisciplinary Care Team, Ophthalmology Times, Physicians, Private Practice Management, Professional Role, Weinstock Frank J

Why societies?

The article presents a 2016 American Physician Scientists Association Presidential Address on clinical investigation.

Tags: 2016, DelloStritto Daniel J, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Medical Organizations, Physicians, Scales, United States

Optimizing Antimicrobial Utilization: Job of a Steward, or Time for a Pilot?...Bush LM, Kaye D. Optimizing antimicrobial utilization: job of a steward, or time for a pilot? Clin Infect Dis 2017; 65:1195

Laundry [commentary].

Tags: *Death, *Physician-Patient Relations, 2004, Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physicians, Wear Delese, Women

Dermatology elective curriculum: Birdwatching list and travel guide.

Primary care physicians often see patients with dermatologic complaints, but do not perform as well as dermatologists in the diagnoses of common dermatologic conditions. This article describes a dermatology curriculum that aims to close the clinical…

Tags: 2011, Curriculum, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology online journal, Dermatology/*education/ethics, Education, Graduate/*methods, Humans, Internship and Residency/ethics, Medical, Mostow Eliot N, NEOMED College of Medicine, Patadia Deepa D, Physicians, Primary Care/*education/ethics, Skin Diseases/diagnosis, Students

Delays in immunizations of high-risk infants during the first two years of life: special care for the high-risk infant should not mean special immunization schedules.

Because experience in our newborn intensive care unit follow-up clinic since 1982 suggested that immunizations of newborn intensive care unit graduates in the first 2 years of life were inappropriately delayed, questionnaires were sent to families…

Preventive health care for adolescents.

Physicians, parents or guardians, and the community all have an important role in preventive care for adolescents. Adolescents desire more interaction with their primary care providers. Physicians can influence the health care of adolescents by…

Tags: *Adolescent Health Services, *Preventive Health Services, 1994, Adolescent, Alexander E, Family, Gilchrist V, Humans, Physician-Patient Relations, Physician's Role, Physicians, primary care, Psychology

The consultation and referral process. A report from NEON. Northeastern Ohio Network Research Group.

BACKGROUND: Consultation and referral are essential components of the practice of primary care. Despite this, little is known about the factors that contribute to the success of a referral. We examined the short-term outcomes of communication between…

Development of a Scale to Assess Physician Advance Care Planning Self-Efficacy.

BACKGROUND: Although patients prefer that physicians initiate advance care planning (ACP) conversations, few physicians regularly do so. Physicians may be reluctant to initiate ACP conversations because they lack self-efficacy in their skills. Yet,…

Tags: *Self Efficacy, 2017, Adult, advance care planning, Advance Care Planning/*organization & administration, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitudes, Baughman Kristin R, Chronic Disease, College of Medicine, Communication, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Drost Jennifer, end-of-life care, Exploratory Research, family medicine, Family/*psychology, Female, Fischbein Rebecca, Health Knowledge, Hewit Mike, Human, Humans, Instrument Construction, Instrument Validation, Kropp Denise, Ludwick Ruth, Male, McCormick Kenelm, Meeker James, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Physicians – Psychosocial Factors, Practice, Reliability and Validity, scale development, Scales, self-efficacy, Self-Efficacy – Evaluation, Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards, Terminal Care/psychology, The American journal of hospice & palliative care, Validation Studies

Outcomes of Patients With Syncope and Suspected Dementia.

OBJECTIVES: Syncope and near-syncope are common in patients with dementia and a leading cause of emergency department (ED) evaluation and subsequent hospitalization. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical trajectory and short-term…

Tags: 2018, 80 and over, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Adler David H, Aged, Bastani Aveh, Baugh Christopher W, Caterino Jeffrey M, Clark Carol L, Dementia – Diagnosis – In Old Age, Dementia – Risk Factors, Dementia – Therapy, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diercks Deborah B, Emergency, Gibson Tommy A, Holden Timothy R, Hollander Judd E, Human, Iatrogenic Disease, Inpatients, interviews, Length of Stay, Malveau Susan E, Middle Age, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nicks Bret A, Nishijima Daniel K, Office Visits, Outcome Assessment, Outcomes (Health Care), Patient Assessment, Patient Discharge, Physicians, Prospective Studies, Shah Manish N, Stiffler Kirk A, Storrow Alan B, Sun Benjamin C, Surveys, Syncope – Diagnosis, Syncope – In Old Age, Syncope – Mortality, Weiss Robert E, Wilber Scott T, Yagapen Annick N

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