Health Care Education and Training

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The New Frontier, Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Surgical and Medical Specialties

The basic principles are straightforward and well supported by research findings and clinical experience.

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School-based Drug Prevention: Challenges in Designing and Analyzing Social Experiments

Many important public-policy decisions rely on evaluating the effectiveness of social interventions.

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Reducing Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate During Child Health Visits: How Effective Are Parent Education and Case Management?

Reducing Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate During Child Health Visits: How Effective Are Parent Education and Case Management?

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Self-study from Web-Based and Printed Guideline Materials: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Among Resident Physicians

On-line physician education is increasing, but its efficacy in comparison with existing self-study methods is unknown.

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Training Agendas and Materials for Expert Leaders, Depression Nurse Specialists, and Psychotherapists

These training materials will help plan educational sessions for clinicians in a practice, and training sessions for the individuals who will implement the quality improvement programs.

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What Students Bring to Medical School: Attitudes Toward Health Promotion and Prevention

Health care providers positive attitudes toward prevention and health promotion are important in achieving national health care goals.

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Se siente usted... Cansado, Triste, Enojado, Enfadado, Irritable, Sin Esperanza?

This is a Spanish version of the patient education brochure (RAND/MR-1198/11-AHRQ).

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Self-reported Physician Specialties and the Primary Care Content of Medical Practice: A Study of the AMA Physician Masterfile

Many internal medicine physicians report both primary and secondary specialties in the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile.

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The Influence of Gatekeeping and Utilization Review on Patient Satisfaction

Influence of utilization review and denial of specialty referrals on patient satisfaction, willingness to recommend physician, and desire to disenroll

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School-based Substance-Abuse Prevention: What Works, for Whom, and How?

The author assesses the degree to which drug use, risk factors, and program effectiveness vary across different racial/ethnic groups.

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How Can We Prevent Emotional Disturbances in Youth Exposed to Violence in Schools?

The authors study examined rates of violence exposure and related distress among youth referred to school district mental health services.

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Measuring the Social Responsiveness of Medical Schools: Setting the Standards

This article calls for medical schools to use a new set of standards to gauge how well they contribute to social welfare.

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Medical, Law, and Business Students' Perceptions of the Changing Health Care System

Even at entry students may differ on issues that are likely to have an economic impact on their careers.

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The Relationship of Specialty and Training Site on Residents' Attitudes Toward a Changing Health Care System

The results suggest that the attitudes held by residents toward changes occurring in health care may develop prior to entering postgraduate training.

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A Comparative Study of Chiropractic and Medical Education

Chiropractic and allopathic medicine differ the greatest in clinical practice, which in medical school far exceeds that in chiropractic school.

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How Practicing Surgeons Trained for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

This paper describes a 1989-1991 study on the training for laparoscopic cholecystectomy received by general surgeons.

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The Effect of a Medical School's Admission and Curriculum Policies on Increasing the Number of Physicians in Primary Care Specialties

Authors determine whether Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science's students are pursuing career paths consistent with the institution's mission to graduate physicians who are primary care specialists and/or practice in underserved areas.

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Restructuring VA Ambulatory Care and Medical Education: The PACE Model of Primary Care

Describes the transitional phases of the PACE program that are relevant for other institutions that are shifting to training programs emphasizing primary and ambulatory care.

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Bringing the Fundamentals of Gender Studies into Safer-Sex Education