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Mashup Score: 1Transgender Care Is Family Medicine: A Call to Action - 1 month(s) ago
Currently in the United States, transgender * individuals account for 1.6 million people 13 years of age and older. 1 Unfortunately, they face a litany of health disparities when compared to their cisgender counterparts, including higher rates of death and disability from a variety of causes. 2, 3 The most notable discrepancies involve mental health conditions, with one study finding that transgender adults were more than six times as likely to have had suicidal ideation and more than four times as
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Mashup Score: 2Abortion Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A National Survey of Program Directors 5 Months After the Dobbs Decision - 2 month(s) ago
Background and Objectives: Routine abortion training during family medicine (FM) residency leads to higher rates of postresidency provision; increased availability of abortion care in the FM setting could greatly improve access. Especially in the post- Dobbs context, understanding the landscape of abortion training in US family medicine residency programs (FMRPs) is critical. Methods: We invited all directors of US FMRPs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to complete a
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Mashup Score: 1
Book Title: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine The classic origin story of epidemiology taught in introductory medical school and public health courses is that of Dr John Snow, who stopped a cholera outbreak in mid-19th century London by convincing authorities to remove the handle from a public pump which he had identified as the probable source of contaminated water. 1 This narrative is heroic, tidy, and incomplete. For those interested in the rest of the story,
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Mashup Score: 0Removing the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for the Military Increases the United States’ National Security Concerns - 1 year(s) ago
In response to a recent legislative mandate, the Department of Defense has officially eliminated the requirement for Active Duty military personnel to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Importantly, requirements for other current immunizations remain unchanged. 1 Military leaders are now considering COVID-19 vaccination status as one more factor in determining whether an individual service member…
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Mashup Score: 1A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease - 1 year(s) ago
Book Title: A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease Author: Shilpa Ravella, MD Publication Details: W.W. Norton & Co., 2022, 340 pp., $30.00, hardcover I rarely read a book by a physician that changes my perspective on an aspect of medicine; Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal 1 and Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies 2 come to mind. Before reading A Silent Fire: The…
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Mashup Score: 1
Background and Objectives: Resident physicians experience a high level of stress. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to offer medical students and physicians a healthier way to relate to daily stressors. We developed and pilot tested a mindfulness training program and assessed its impact on resident physician burnout and resilience. Methods: The residency program offered 17 family medicine…
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Mashup Score: 0
Background and Objectives: Due to COVID-19, residency programs could not conduct in-person interviews during the 2020-2021 match and were forced to implement a virtual format. We conducted a nationwide survey of US senior medical students to evaluate their perception of the virtual interview process and to solicit their recommendations for future virtual interview best practices. Methods: This…
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Mashup Score: 16A Very Short List of Common Pitfalls in Research Design, Data Analysis, and Reporting - 2 year(s) ago
Performing scientific research without falling victim to one of the many research design, analysis, and reporting pitfalls can be challenging. As a medical statistician with research experience in a variety of medical disciplines, I regularly come across (and sometimes have been the cause of) avoidable errors and inaccuracies. Without such errors, research would, at the very least, be more…
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Mashup Score: 4A Very Short List of Common Pitfalls in Research Design, Data Analysis, and Reporting - 2 year(s) ago
Performing scientific research without falling victim to one of the many research design, analysis, and reporting pitfalls can be challenging. As a medical statistician with research experience in a variety of medical disciplines, I regularly come across (and sometimes have been the cause of) avoidable errors and inaccuracies. Without such errors, research would, at the very least, be more…
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Mashup Score: 6A Very Short List of Common Pitfalls in Research Design, Data Analysis, and Reporting - 2 year(s) ago
Performing scientific research without falling victim to one of the many research design, analysis, and reporting pitfalls can be challenging. As a medical statistician with research experience in a variety of medical disciplines, I regularly come across (and sometimes have been the cause of) avoidable errors and inaccuracies. Without such errors, research would, at the very least, be more…
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RT @JosERodrguezMD1: https://t.co/Ko4oqZdaWR @uofu_dfpm leaders and national colleagues remind us that Family Medicine serves all patients,…