What's new in academic medicine? Simulation in medical education: An imperative for efficient learning, patient safety, and interprofessional collaboration
Like aviation, medicine is a high-risk industry where errors can be fatal and extremely expensive. The need for creating a controlled and safe environment where doctors (both juniors and seniors) can ...
The shortage of psychiatrists and other mental health providers: Causes, current state, and potential solutions
Introduction
Psychiatry developed into a medical specialty area in the late 18th century in France.[1] By the 19th century, the thought of psychiatry as a field of medicine began gai...
The quality reporting reality at a large Academic Medical Center: Reporting 1600 unique measures to 49 different sources
Objective: This paper explores the complexity and costs associated with quality reporting at a large, tertiary Academic Medical Center (AMC).
Methods: For each quality measure reporte...
Association between intentional ingestion of foreign objects and psychiatric disease among prisoners: A retrospective study
Introduction: Intentional ingestion of foreign objects (IIFO) is prevalent among U.S. prisoners. IIFOs often require surgical or endoscopic interventions, extended hospital stays, and may res...
Does the STarT Back screening tool correlate with the focus on therapeutic outcomes functional scale in patients with low back pain?
Study Design: Cross-sectional correlational.
Objectives: Examine the relationship between the STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) and the Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO) functional ...
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