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Parents of Youth With Cancer Report on Their Psychosocial Care: iSTEPPP Survey Finds Alignment and Gaps With Standards

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families guide the provision of comprehensive psychosocial care. Parallel to research characterizing implementation of the Standards from the perspective of providers, this study examines implementation of the Standards from the perspective of parents of youth ...
Emily M. Pariseau, Kimberly Buff, Michele A. Scialla, Kimberly S. Canter, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi‐Brown, Julia B. Tager, Kamyar Arasteh, Anne E. Kazak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2015
IMPORTANCE The proportion of women at the rank of full professor in US medical schools has not increased since 1980 and remains below that of men.
A. Jena, D. Khullar, Oliver Ho, Andrew R. Olenski, Daniel M. Blumenthal   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Medical Ethics Curriculum in Medical Schools: Present and Future

Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2016
In this review article we describe the current scope, methods, and contents of medical ethics education in medical schools in Western English speaking countries (mainly the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia).
A. Giubilini, S. Milnes, Julian Savulescu   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The UKCAT-12 study: educational attainment, aptitude test performance, demographic and socio-economic contextual factors as predictors of first year outcome in a cross-sectional collaborative study of 12 UK medical schools [PDF]

, 2013
Most UK medical schools use aptitude tests during student selection, but large-scale studies of predictive validity are rare. This study assesses the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), and its four sub-scales, along with measures of ...
I C McManus, McManus, IC, Sandra Nicholson, McManus, I. C., Chris Dewberry, Nicholson, S., Dewbury, Chris, Jonathan S Dowell, Nicholson, Sandra, Dewberry, Chris, Dowell, Jonathan S., Dowell, JS, McManus, I.C., Dewberry, C, Nicholson, S, Dowell, J.S.   +15 more
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Perceptions, barriers, and career priorities among prospective medical school applicants in Scotland

BMC Medical Education
Background Total medical school applicant numbers in the UK are steadily declining. This is a particular problem in the devolved nations including Scotland, where the number of local applicants has not increased in line with the expansion of medical ...
Courtney Krstic, Emma Fletcher, Clare Owen, Sally Curtis, Paul Garrud, Gail Nicholls   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of question text properties for equality monitoring

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2018
Introduction Ongoing monitoring of cohort demographic variation is an essential part of quality assurance in medical education assessments, yet the methods employed to explore possible underlying causes of demographic variation in performance are limited.
Daniel Zahra, Steven A. Burr
doaj   +1 more source

Bedside ultrasound education in Canadian medical schools: A national survey

Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2016
Background This study was carried out to determine the extent and characteristics of bedside ultrasound teaching in medical schools across Canada. Methods A cross-sectional, survey-based study was used to assess undergraduate bedside ultrasound education
Peter Steinmetz, O. Dobrescu, Sharon Oleskevich, John Lewis   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham, Teyl Engstrom, Peter Baade, Natalie Bradford, Sarah Pont, Louise Marquart‐Wilson, Natasha Nassar, Jason D. Pole   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source