EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS • Sr Research Scholar, Medicine Family & Community Medicine ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS • Director, Primary Care Associate Program, Family Medicine, (1974-2005) • Director of Evaluation, California Statewide AHEC Emergency Preparedness Program, (2003-2008) • Executive Advisor and Evaluation Director, California Statewide AHEC Program, (2005present) • Associate Director, Ce...

introduction: citation analysis reflects the extent to which published work has been recognized in the scientific community. the purpose of this study was to characterize the most cited publications in travel medicine.methods: travel medicine articles indexed on scopus which had been published in the english language through 2016 were retrieved independently by two researchers using various sea...

In February 2011, the medical specialty of Community Medicine was renamed as Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) to better reflect the roles and responsibilities of physician specialists in this field. While physician involvement in public health began in the early 20th century, the development of the formal PHPM specialty has closely paralleled the evolution of the Royal College of Ph...

the most productive researchers was the United States with 71.7% authors, followed by United Kingdom (7.5%), Canada (7.5%) and Germany (3.8%). In this list, no Latin American, African, or Asiatic researcher was included due to not meeting the inclusion criteria. The most common researchers worldwide were primary care physicians (family medicine, internal medicine, and community medicine) (24.5%...

J-AIM is completing eight years of successful and timely publications. The journal was established in 2010 by the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) with the goal of facilitating renaissance of traditional health systems and its evidence based integration with modern sciences and medicine. Since 2016, J-AIM is being published by Elsevier and has expanded its global...