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Knowledge of Driving Vehicle Licensing Agency guidelines among NHS doctors:A multicentre observational study [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Over half of the UK population holds a driver's licence. The DVLA have produced guidelines to ensure drivers with medical conditions drive safely. Doctors should ensure that patients are given appropriate information and advice if they have a
Garnham, Jack, Gollop, Nicholas D, Green, Ben L, Maruthappu, Mahiben, Ng, Ka Y Bonnie, Shalhoub, Joseph, Syed, Usama M, Watson, Robert   +7 more
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How and why do French medical students choose the specialty of infectious and tropical diseases? A national cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background Infectious and tropical diseases (ID) physicians are needed now more than ever to tackle existing and emerging global threats. However, in many countries, ID is not recognized as a qualifying specialty.
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, François-Daniel Ardellier, Pauline Thill, Anne-Lise Beaumont, Gaud Catho, Lindsay Osei, Vincent Dubée, Alexandre Bleibtreu, Adrien Lemaignen, Michaël Thy   +9 more
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Addictionology a medical specialty and sub-specialty of psychiatry

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2019
Addictionology as a component of the health sciences is rapidly becoming recognized as a medical discipline, specifically as a subspecialty of psychiatry.
Martín Nizama Valladolid, Fernando Luna, Carlos Cachay   +2 more
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The national MD-PhD program outcomes study: Relationships between medical specialty, training duration, research effort, and career paths.

JCI Insight, 2019
MD-PhD programs were established in the 1950s as a new curriculum for training physician-scientists. Since then, the number of programs has grown considerably; however, concerns about the health of the US physician-scientist workforce have grown, as well.
L. Brass, M. Akabas
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History of medical specialty interest assessment

Cogent Education, 2016
Medical specialties require decidedly different abilities, skills, and talents; which results in divergent experiences, lifestyles, skill sets, and income levels.
Stephanie T. Burns
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Women’s Representation Among Members and Leaders of National Medical Specialty Societies

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2019
Purpose National medical specialty societies speak for their respective fields in policy debates, influence research, affect trainees’ specialization decisions, provide career development opportunities, and confer awards and recognitions.
R. Jagsi, Olivia C. Means, Diana M Lautenberger, Rochelle D Jones, K. Griffith, T. Flotte, L. Gordon, K. Rexrode, Lori Wagner, Archana Chatterjee   +9 more
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Patient-Reported and Parent Proxy-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Medical Specialty Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review of Implementation.

Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2019
OBJECTIVE Youth with chronic illness are at higher risk for psychosocial difficulties, leading to a call for screening via patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
L. Anderson, J. Papadakis, A. Vesco, J. Shapiro, Marissa A Feldman, Meredyth A. Evans, J. Weissberg-Benchell   +6 more
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Medical School, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Education: how we do it in Brazil’s scenario?

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021
Choosing a surgical specialty can be a hard decision for a medical student. Several studies present data showing that most medical students fear the surgical field and end up switching to another specialty.
Tiago Santos Ribeiro, Renato Max Faria, Magaly Arrais dos Santos   +2 more
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On the relevance of the “genetics-based” approach to medicine for sociological perspectives on medical specialization [PDF]

, 2008
This paper draws on a study on the development of medical genetics as a medical specialism in the UK and Canada to reflect on how local and national contexts affect specialty formation.
Abbott, Allen, British Paediatric Association., Bucher, Burnham, Burnham, Burrage, Childs, Childs, Committee on Genetics As It Relates to Social Problems (Genetics Society of Canada)., Cox, Crosland, Davidson, Department of Health and Social Security., Department of Health and Social Security., Department of Health and Social Security., Department of Health and Social Security., Ford, Ford, Foucault, Freidson, Geison, Gesell, Glaser, Gould, Graham, Hagstrom, Hall, Harwood, Haug, Hedgecoe, Herndon, Hickman, Hughes, Hughes, Janowitz, Johnson, Johnson, Johnston, Keating, Kerr, Kevles, Larson, Lassen, Leeming, Leeming, Leeming, Lejeune, Levine, Lewis, Lewis, Lin-Fu, Lindee, Macklin, Macklin, McClelland, McLaren, Medical Research Council Sub-Committee on Genetics., Medical Research Council/Department of Health and Social Security Joint Working Group on Genetics., Merton, Miller, Miller, Motulsky, Neel, Paul, Pernick, Powell, Ramsey, Reed, Riccardi, Riccardi, Ritzer, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Rueschemeyer, Rushton, Sapp, Scarbrough, Shinn, Shortt, Snyder, Steering Committee., Stevenson, Storer, Subcommittee on Objectives of Teaching, Association of American Medical Colleges., Thompson, Thompson, Weisz, Wilensky, William Leeming, Yoxen, Zola   +92 more
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Where Are the Women? The Underrepresentation of Women Physicians Among Recognition Award Recipients From Medical Specialty Societies

PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 2017
Membership in medical societies is associated with a number of benefits to members that may include professional education, opportunities to present research, scientific and/or leadership training, networking, and others. In this perspective article, the
J. Silver, C. Slocum, Anna M. Bank, S. Bhatnagar, C. Blauwet, J. A. Poorman, A. Villablanca, S. Parangi   +7 more
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