Training and certifying Physician Nutrition Specialists: the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists (ABPNS)

Training physician nutrition specialists: a fellow's perspective.

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Content Validation of Nutrition Diagnostic Term Involuntary Weight Loss by Board Certified Specialists in Gerontological Nutrition

The purpose of this study was to validate content of the Nutrition Diagnostic Term NC-3.2 Involuntary Weight Loss using expert raters. This descriptive survey invited all Board Certified Specialists in Gerontological Nutrition (CSG) to participate by mail. An instrument was developed that included the definition, etiologies, and signs and symptoms of the diagnosis with items added from literatu...

Board Certification of Pharmacist Specialists.

How physician obesity specialists use drugs to treat obesity.

Specialist physicians may have prescribing habits that are different from nonspecialist physicians. Little is known about the prescribing habits of physicians specializing in the treatment of obesity. An anonymous survey was given to the physician members of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP). There was a 35% response rate (266 physicians) to the questionnaire that was represen...

A comparison of cancer incidence among physician specialists and the general population: a Taiwanese cohort study.

BACKGROUND Physicians are frequently studied as a population that experiences extremely high stress, burnout, and prolonged working hours that might harm one's health. However, they have sound medical knowledge and have easy access to medical resources. We studied the incidence of cancer among Taiwanese physicians using a nationwide cohort study design. METHODS Data were obtained from the Nat...