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Medical education in the United States: do residents feel prepared?
(Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, 2015)Background: Medical schools face a growing challenge in providing a comprehensive educational experience. Students must graduate with not only the medical knowledge but also the requisite skills to care for patients and ... -
Medical Education on Human Trafficking
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Medical Evidence of Human Rights Violations against Non-Arabic-Speaking Civilians in Darfur: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has resulted in a severe humanitarian crisis. We sought to characterize the nature and geographic scope of allegations of human rights violations perpetrated against ... -
Medical History: Surgical Travellers: Tapestry to Bayeux
(The Ulster Medical Society, 2014)The planning for surgery in war was revisited in 1937 when Ian Fraser was elected a member of the Surgical Travellers. At their 1938 Surgical Travellers meeting in Vienna, Ian and Eleanor Fraser were evicted from their ... -
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2004
(2004)In this paper we present a framework for unsupervised segmentation of white matter fiber traces obtained from diffusion weighted MRI data. Fiber traces are compared pairwise to create a weighted undirected graph which is ... -
Medical Information Systems: A Foundation for Healthcare Technologies in Developing Countries
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Medical Oncologists’ Experiences in Using Genomic Testing for Lung and Colorectal Cancer Care
(American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017)Purpose: Genomic testing improves outcomes for many at-risk individuals and patients with cancer; however, little is known about how genomic testing for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) is ... -
Medical Record Review to Differentiate between Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism: A Danish Record Linkage Study with 10 Years of Follow-Up
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)Background:. The electronic medical records provide new and unprecedented opportunities for large population-based and clinical studies if valid and reliable diagnoses can be obtained, to determine what information is ... -
The Medical Research Council Myeloma IX Trial: The Impact on Treatment Paradigms
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2011)Osteolytic bone disease is a hallmark of symptomatic multiple myeloma. Bisphosphonates have been the mainstay of treatment to preserve skeletal integrity and prevent skeletal-related events in patients with myeloma-related ... -
Medical Student Documentation in the Electronic Medical Record: Patterns of Use and Barriers
(Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2017)Introduction: Electronic health records (EHR) have become ubiquitous in emergency departments. Medical students rotating on emergency medicine (EM) clerkships at these sites have constant exposure to EHRs as they learn ... -
Medical student web-based formative assessment tool for renal pathology
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)Background: Web-based formative assessment tools have become widely recognized in medical education as valuable resources for self-directed learning. Objectives: To explore the educational value of formative assessment ... -
Medical students’ characteristics as predictors of career practice location: retrospective cohort study tracking graduates of Nepal’s first medical college
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2012)Objective: To determine, in one low income country (Nepal), which characteristics of medical students are associated with graduate doctors staying to practise in the country or in its rural areas. Design: Observational ... -
The Medical System in Ghana
(YJBM, 2014)Ghana is a developing country in West Africa with a population of about 25 million. Medical illnesses in Ghana overlap with those in developed countries, but infection, trauma, and women’s health problems are much more ... -
Medicare Chronic Care Management Payments and Financial Returns to Primary Care Practices
(American College of Physicians, 2015)Background: Physicians have traditionally been reimbursed for face-to-face visits. A new non–visit-based payment for chronic care management (CCM) of Medicare patients took effect in January 2015. Objective: To estimate ... -
Medicare formulary coverage for top-selling biologics
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Medicare Part D Payments for Topical Steroids
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2017)Question What are the trends, drivers, and potential modifiers of Medicare spending on topical steroids? Findings In this retrospective analysis of Medicare Part D claims data between 2011 and 2015, Medicare spent ... -
Medicare Part D's Exclusion of Benzodiazepines and Fracture Risk in Nursing Homes
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2010)Background Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepine medications from coverage, and some state Medicaid programs also limit coverage. We assessed whether such policies decrease the risk of fractures in elderly individuals ... -
Medication Errors Observed in 36 Health Care Facilities
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2002-09-09)Background: Medication errors are a national concern. Objective: To identify the prevalence of medication errors (doses administered differently than ordered). Design: A prospective cohort study. Setting: Hospitals ... -
Medication use in juvenile uveitis patients enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: There is not yet a commonly accepted, standardized approach in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic uveitis when initial steroid therapy is insufficient. We sought to assess current practice patterns within a ... -
Medications as a potential source of exposure to phthalates in the U.S. population
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)Background: Widespread human exposure to phthalates, some of which are developmental and reproductive toxicants in experimental animals, raises concerns about potential human health risks. Underappreciated sources of ...