Comments: The Characteristics and Purpose of Resident Scholarship [PDF]
Experts may present a variety of arguments to justify scholarship requirements. Yet all would agree on the central tenet that successful scholarship breeds successful physicians. In that spirit, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education should revise common resident scholarship requirements to establish a set of criteria defining ...
Dean A, Seehusen, Christy J W, Ledford
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Geriatrics Fact Sheet in Korea 2021 [PDF]
South Korea became an aged society in 2017 and is predicted to become a super-aged society by 2025. Therefore, knowing the trends among older adults and identifying the geriatric burden are crucial for both healthcare professionals and policymakers.
Ji Yeon Baek +3 more
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Characteristics of Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in Colombia [PDF]
Emergency medicine (EM) is in different stages of development around the world. Colombia has made significant strides in EM development in the last two decades and recognized it as a medical specialty in 2005. The country now has seven EM residency programs: three in the capital city of Bogotá, two in Medellin, one in Manizales, and one in Cali.
Patiño, Andres M. +17 more
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Association between individual-level and community-level socio-economic status and blood pressure among Inuit in Greenland [PDF]
Background: Despite abundant evidence that socio-economic status (SES) is a fundamental determinant of health, there is a dearth of research examining association between SES, measured at the individual and community levels, and cardiovascular risk ...
Mylène Riva +2 more
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Objective To analyze the effect of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis on the progression of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in Shunyi cohort community population.
PAN Zi⁃ang +13 more
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Resident-Performed Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery: Impact of Resident-Level Characteristics
Purpose: To evaluate the rate of complications in resident-performed phacoemulsification and influencing factors. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, the outcomes of cataract surgeries performed by 18 ophthalmology residents were analyzed.
Karimi, Saeed +4 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEROPREVALENCE OF HUMAN TOXOCARIASIS AMONG THE POPULATION OF NORTH-EASTERN BULGARIA [PDF]
Toxocariasis is a tissue zoonosis caused by Toxocara spp. and the exposure to these geohelminths varies in different parts of the population in a particular region.
Tatyana Cvetkova +3 more
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Introduction: Self-rated health is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. It is largely influenced by individual factors but also by individuals’ social surroundings and environment.
Beatriz Caicedo-Velásquez +1 more
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The individual and neighborhood factors associated with the use of emergency medical services in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
Objective The utilization of emergency medical services (EMS) varies widely among communities. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between the use of EMS by patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and the individual and ...
Hanzo Choi +5 more
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Gait Characteristics in Nondisabled Community-Residing Nonagenarians [PDF]
To determine gait performance in community-residing nonagenarians.Nested case-control study.Community.Thirty-one nondisabled nonagenarians (17 women) and 170 young-old controls (age range, 70-85y) participating in a longitudinal study.Not applicable.Systematic clinical and quantitative gait assessments. We also examined the association of gait velocity
Mahesh, Krishnamurthy, Joe, Verghese
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