s: Articles should not include an abstract. Please note that we will consider articles outside of the theme.The Residents’ Journal accepts manuscripts authored by medical students, resident physicians, and fellows; manuscripts authored by members of faculty cannot be accepted. To submit a manuscript, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/appi-ajp, and select “Residents” in the manusc...

1. Manager, Health and Nutrition Tracking Service, Health Action in Crisis Cluster, World Health Organization, and Henrik H. Bendixen Professor of Clinical International Nursing, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York USA 2. Technical Officer, Health Action in Crisis Cluster, World Health Organization, and Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Phy...

s: Articles should not include an abstract. Please note that we will consider articles outside of the theme.The Residents’ Journal accepts manuscripts authored by medical students, resident physicians, and fellows; manuscripts authored by members of faculty cannot be accepted. To submit a manuscript, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/appi-ajp, and select “Residents” in the manusc...

s: Articles should not include an abstract. Please note that we will consider articles outside of the theme.The Residents’ Journal accepts manuscripts authored by medical students, resident physicians, and fellows; manuscripts authored by members of faculty cannot be accepted. Upcoming Issue Themes

BACKGROUND From 1980 to 2003 Liberia entered into a period of conflict and civil wars. During this time Liberia's health and educational services were severely disrupted. Equipment and supplies were stolen from the Medical School and the buildings damaged severely. A majority of health care workers, university faculty, and hospital and medical school administrators fled the country. OBJECTIVE...

BACKGROUND Medical students' attitudes and beliefs about homeless people may be shaped by the attitudes of their teachers and one of the most common sites for learning about homeless patients is the emergency department. The objective of this study was to determine if medical students in the preclinical and clinical years and emergency medicine faculty and residents have different attitudes and...

Jim Smiley (1907-1988) was the most important and eminent occupational medical specialist Ulster has produced this century, perhaps ever. From a provincial base as industrial medical officer to several Belfast companies, most notably Short Bros. and Harland, and as Appointed Factory Doctor for East Belfast, he scaled every peak the practising specialty had to offer in these islands, as well as ...

BACKGROUND The development of self-assessment and self-directed learning skills is essential to lifelong learning and becoming an effective physician. Pediatric residents in the United States are now required to use Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) to document self-assessment and self-directed learning. A better understanding of resident and faculty attitudes and skills about self-assessmen...

BACKGROUND Departments of family medicine in Israel were established in the 1970s. Until now, little or no effort has been made to characterize the productivity of Israeli board-certified family medicine physicians in publishing peer-reviewed scientific articles. METHODS Publications were identified by 2 methods. First, a PubMed search by names of current and past faculty from all the departm...

BACKGROUND As a result of managed care mandates for primary care and the growing community presence of the 6 million mentally handicapped persons in the United States, primary care of this population will increasingly be provided by family physicians. How much family practice residencies emphasize training for care of this population is the focus of this study. METHODS A questionnaire was mai...