Most physicians believe that to provide the best possible care to their patients, they must commit to continuous learning. For the most part, it appears the learning activities currently available to physicians do not provide opportunities for meaningful continuous learning. At the same time there have been increasing concerns about the quality of health care, and a variety of groups within org...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the prevalence of violence directed at emergency department (ED) physicians in Turkey and confirm the factors influencing such violence. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey study. SETTING Country of Turkey. PARTICIPANTS Physicians currently practising in EDs in Turkey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The prevalence of violence directed at physicians and factors that may ...

OBJECTIVES  To estimate differences in annual income of physicians in the United States by race and sex adjusted for characteristics of physicians and practices. DESIGN  Cross sectional survey study. SETTING  Nationally representative samples of US physicians. PARTICIPANTS  The 2000-13 American Community Survey (ACS) included 43 213 white male, 1698 black male, 15 164 white female, and 12...

thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. this study surveys the pathologic characteristics of thyroid cancerin mashhad and study of papillary carcinoma in more detail. in this retrospective study, 108 out of 197 cases of thyroid cancer were papillary in type (55%), with female to male ratio of 1.91 which is lower than current reports. the age at the time of diagnosis ranged from ...

Research suggests that practice conditions can predict burnout, which is an important factor in physician performance and career choices. Understanding the personal characteristics and practice contexts that heighten burnout risk is a first step toward interventions that could minimize burnout. This study describes how burnout differs, across characteristics and contexts, among a sample of Miss...