BACKGROUND We sought to assess self-rated importance of the medical interview to clinical practice and competence in physician-patient communication among new internal medicine faculty at an academic medical center. METHODS Since 2001, new internal medicine faculty at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Rochester, Minnesota) have completed a survey on physician-patient communication. The sur...

Khorasani B1, Gholizadeh Pasha A2 1. Assistant professor, Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine, Tehran University of rehabilitation 2. Assistant professor, Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine, Babol University of medical sciences Abstract Background: Acute appendicitis is a completely known disease but for many physicians chronic appendicitis is unknown and some of them do...

IMPORTANCE Diversity initiatives have increased at US medical schools to address underrepresentation of minority faculty. OBJECTIVE To assess associations between minority faculty development programs at US medical schools and underrepresented minority faculty representation, recruitment, and promotion. DESIGN Secondary analysis of the Association of American Medical Colleges Faculty Roster...

Correction to: Effective Factors on Delayed Onset of Treatment in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction     Ensiyeh Rezaee1, Nasrin Hanifi2, Mahin Rohani3, Soghrat Faghih Zadeh4   1 MSc Student in Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Department of  Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursin...

1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Paramedical, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran 2Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Department of Nursing, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehra...

(1) Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey. (2) Department of Pediatric, Medical Faculty of Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey. (3) Department of Hematology, Hatay Antakya State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey. (4) Hemoglobinopathy Center, Hatay Antakya State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey. (5) Department of Internal Medicine, Medical F...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences. Golestan Hospital. Ahvaz, Khuzestan (Iran) 2 Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Golestan Hospital. Ahvaz, Khuzestan (Iran) 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Iman Hospital. ...

* Inonu University Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Malatya ** Firat University Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Disease, Elazig *** Hayat Private Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Malatya **** Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Antalya ***** Haseki Training and Investigation Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngol...

Mentoring skills are valuable assets for academic medicine faculty, who help shape the professionalism of the next generation of physicians. Mentors are role models who also act as guides for students' personal and professional development over time. Mentors can be instrumental in conveying explicit academic knowledge required to master curriculum content. Importantly, they can enhance implicit...