BACKGROUND Residents are required to demonstrate competency in communication skills. Prostate cancer screening discussions are examples of complex physician-patient communication processes, requiring an objective presentation of the known risks, potential benefits, and scientific uncertainties surrounding screening. National organizations recommend shared decision making (SDM) in these discussi...

This activity offers CE credits for: 1. Physicians (CME) 2. Other ACTIVITY GOAL The focus of this article is on diagnostic and treatment considerations in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to: • Determine best assessment practices for ASD during the developmental stages of early childhood, middle childhood, adolescenc...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of understanding related to the significance of evidence-based medicine among physicians. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted between March and October 2012 using an online questionnaire that was sent out to physicians and academics working as faculty at training hospitals across Turkey. The questionnaire consisted of questions about the knowledge, at...

Publishing scholarly articles in traditional and newly-launched journals is a responsible task, requiring diligence from authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers. The current generation of scientific authors has ample opportunities for publicizing their research. However, they have to selectively target journals and publish in compliance with the established norms of publishing ethics. Over ...

We agree with Dupoux and Jacob (DJ) [1] that human moral capacities are, in ways yet to be understood, grounded in our biology. However, we disagree with DJ’s outright rejection of the linguistic analogy (LA). Fully cognizant that our present understanding of the moral faculty is no better, and perhaps is worse, than the state of affairs in linguistics circa 1950, we believe that it has opened ...

INTRODUCTION Physicians and basic scientists join medical school faculties after years of education. These individuals are then required to function in roles for which they have had little preparation. While competencies needed to perform in medical school, residency, and practice are defined, there is little guidance for faculty. METHODS An expert advisory group of the Faculty Futures Initia...