Background: Behavioral, social, psychological and biological factors influence health and disease; and, to achieve professional competency, physicians should be knowledgeable about their society and its inhabitants’ behavior. This knowledge will help physicians to become competent in communication, professional behavior, self-awareness, ethical reasoning, and understanding cultural and ...

We evaluated the Oral Physician Program, a dental residency sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Cambridge Health Alliance that offers an innovative model for training dentists to provide limited primary care. The didactic and clinical experiences increased residents' medical knowledge and interviewing skills, and faculty assessments supported their ro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate knowledge and practice of the Pap test, the role of HPV in the etiology of cervical cancer, and attitudes regarding the HPV vaccine of female physicians in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study using an interview with a structured questionnaire to obtain information regarding cervical cancer, practice in screening for cervical ca...

BOOKS. Source. Vols. College of Physicians, Philadelphia ..... IooO Library of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, Balt., IooO New York Acade,my of Medicine ... 12 Associated Physicians of Long Island...2........ . 12 Cook County Hospital.............. ........... 7 American Pediatric Society..................... 30 Medical Society, State of Tennessee ... 50 Dr. George M. Gould . ................ ...

background: clinical supervision is an important factor in the development of competency in residency program. attending physicians play a key role in supervision of residents. however little is known about how attending physicians and residents perceive the quality of clinical supervision. the aim of this study was to explore the differences between perceived qualities of supervision in these ...

the editorial “non-physician clinicians in sub-saharan africa and the evolving role of physicians” by eyal et al describes non-physician clinicians’ (npc) need for mentorship and support from physicians. we emphasise the same need of support for front line generalist primary healthcare providers who carry out complex tasks yet may have an inadequate skill mix.

In recent years, academic health centers have made a considerable effort to encourage medical students and physicians-in-training to consider academic medicine as a career choice. For physicians, selecting a career in academic medicine may be the first hurdle, but the challenge of successfully maintaining an academic career is perhaps a more formidable task. Mentoring is a much-needed response ...

To address physician depression and suicide at one U.S. medical school, a faculty committee launched a Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program in 2009 whose focus is medical students', residents', and faculty physicians' mental health. The program consists of a two-pronged approach: (1) screening, assessment, and referral and (2) education. The screening process is anonymous, confid...