Community-Based Teaching about Health Disparities
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Community-based disparities education allows future physicians to more fully understand and appreciate how social and contextual factors impact health.
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A Nurse-Midwife and a PhD Candidate
May 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I have not been able to figure out how to combine the important and, to me, impressive fact that while, yes, I am a nurse-midwife, I am also very capable of conversing about, researching and representing many other issues. The American College of Nu ...
The Role of Self-Efficacy in Developing Women Leaders
November 1, 2009 | Book
In academic medicine, women take on fewer leadership roles than men. This essay describes experiences of women in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.
An Evaluation of Information-Seeking Behaviors of General Pediatricians
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
While use of computer resources at the point of care has a positive effect on physician decision making, pediatricians' information-seeking behaviors are not well characterized. The goal of this study was to characterize quantitatively the information-seeking behaviors of general pediatricians and specifically compare their use of computers including digital libraries, before and after an educational intervention. General pediatric residents and faculty at a U.S. midwestern children's hospital participated in a control versus intervention group design. The intervention group received a 10-minute individual training session and a handout on how to use a pediatric digital library. Both groups were telephoned later for interviews and asked, "What pediatric question(s) did you have that you needed additional information to answer?" The data indicates that pediatricians were slightly less likely to pursue answers after the intervention with the primary reason cited for both groups as a lack of time. While pediatricians in each group were about equally successful in finding answers, the intervention group spent on average less than half the time searching for answers. The authors conclude that pediatricians who seek answers at the point of care should begin to shift their information-seeking behaviors towards computer-based resources, as they are less time consuming and equally effective. Toll-free access made available with permission.