Online Professionalism Investigations by State Medical Boards
January 15, 2013 | Journal Article
With the widespread adoption of online networking and social media, doctors are expected to uphold high standards of online professionalism.
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Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers
May 5, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the quality of press releases from medical centers that conduct medical research. Since press releases are an important source of information for reporters, their quality may impact the quality of news coverage of health and science.
Focusing on Primary Care at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The University of Massachusetts Medical Center developed a strategy to increase to 50 percent both the proportion of entering students interested in primary care and the proportion of graduating students intending to practice as generalists.
New Professional Association Formed for Chiefs of Internal Medicine
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Society of General Internal Medicine created the Association of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine to provide internal medicine division chiefs with new opportunities for professional development and leadership training.
Moving the Discourse on Quality in Pediatrics
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Clinical Scholar thought leaders are among the investigators seeking to improve the quality of health care delivered to children in the United States.
Residents' Duty Hours: Toward an Empirical Narrative
November 22, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the debate around medical resident duty hours, specifically noting the discrepancy between duty-hour limits and the evidence base to support them. The authors suggest Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) grant programs a research exemption to address the issues of evaluation.
Alliances Between Academic Health Centers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Address Disparities
October 22, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions fostered formal relationships between historically Black colleges and universities and health professions schools with few minority students.
Using the Teamlet Model to Improve Chronic Care in an Academic Primary Care Practice
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Team care can improve management of chronic conditions, but implementing a team approach in an academic primary care clinic presents unique challenges. (This article was not funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, but has been included as an a ...
What's Been Learned about How to Support Diversity in Academic Medicine
July 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2008, researchers at Yale University School of Medicine interviewed and surveyed former participants in the Minority Medical Faculty Development Program about their program experience, their subsequent career and the relationship between the two.
Social Relationships and Depression: Ten-Year Follow-Up from a Nationally Representative Study
April 30, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examined the role of social relationships in the development of major depression. The overall quality of social relationships was associated with a significantly higher risk of depression.