background non-diagnosed depression might postpone the physical healing of patients and negatively affects prognosis. the rate of major depressive disorder among patients of general practitioners in the united states reaches 10 percent and among patients admitted to the inner wards reaches 15 percent. patients and methods a cross sectional study on physician of two hospitals was performed. a qu...

IMPORTANCE Limited evidence exists on salary differences between male and female academic physicians, largely owing to difficulty obtaining data on salary and factors influencing salary. Existing studies have been limited by reliance on survey-based approaches to measuring sex differences in earnings, lack of contemporary data, small sample sizes, or limited geographic representation. OBJECTI...

BACKGROUND Standardized patients are widely used in training of medical students, both in teaching and assessment. They also frequently lead complete training sessions delivering physical examination skills without the aid of faculty teaching staff-acting as "patient instructors" (PIs). An important part of this training is their ability to provide detailed structured feedback to students which...

Clinical practice with community health perspective makes community medicine a unique specialty. In their health centers, community physicians not only implement disease prevention programs, assess community health needs, manage healthcare teams and advocate for health promoting policies but also diagnose and treat diseases. However, participation of community medicine faculty in the delivery o...

These are the duties of a physician: First... to heal his mind and to give help to himself before giving it to anyone else. — Epitaph of an Athenian physician, 2 AD S uicide, alcohol abuse, drug abuse and marital discord can be the unfortunate outcomes of workplace distress. The medical profession is not immune. Researchers have long recognized that physicians may have even higher risks for the...

BACKGROUND The Stanford Faculty Development Center (SFDC) at Stanford University developed a teaching improvement course for medical teachers that has been widely disseminated using a train-the-trainer model. We were curious to see if cultural factors might influence the applicability and impact of the course when delivered to non-American participants by a facilitator from that culture. METH...

This activity offers CE credits for: 1. Physicians (CME) 2. Other ACTIVITY GOAL To understand the psychiatric and psychosomatic aspects of chronic pain. LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to: • Discuss the factors that lead to pain in the absence of a medical diagnosis • Assess the underlying psychiatric and psychosomatic factors that lead to pain • ...