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View article: Non-random Rotation Matching Algorithm
Non-random Rotation Matching Algorithm Open
A bstract Assigning clerkship positions to third-year medical students is crucial for their professional development. However, the process is challenging due to limited positions and the requirement to align students with suitable clerkshi…
View article: “Flipped” clinical rotations: A novel approach
“Flipped” clinical rotations: A novel approach Open
Background Near the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States, medical students were pulled out of all in‐person patient care activities. This resulted in massive disruption to the required clinical rotations (clerkships), ne…
View article: Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline Open
Background Adult patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia account for over 30% of noncritically ill hospitalized patients. These patients are at increased risk for adverse clinical outcomes in the absence of defined approac…
View article: Lab Wisely in Canada: Enhancing and highlighting the role of all clinical laboratory professionals in reducing harm and waste
Lab Wisely in Canada: Enhancing and highlighting the role of all clinical laboratory professionals in reducing harm and waste Open
Introduction/Objective Stewardship initiatives are a key strategy for addressing inappropriate utilization of clinical laboratory resources. These approaches require engagement of multiple types of stakeholders. Some professional groups ar…
View article: An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss
An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss Open
Steroid treatment for suspected giant cell arteritis brought no improvement in vision or headache severity.
View article: Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)? Open
View article: Social Media as an Early Proxy for Social Distancing Indicated by the COVID-19 Reproduction Number: Observational Study
Social Media as an Early Proxy for Social Distancing Indicated by the COVID-19 Reproduction Number: Observational Study Open
Background The magnitude and time course of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States depends on early interventions to reduce the basic reproductive number to below 1. It is imperative, then, to develop methods to actively assess where q…
View article: Running in place: The uncertain future of primary care internal medicine
Running in place: The uncertain future of primary care internal medicine Open
The future of primary care internal medicine physicians is uncertain. According to a 2018 survey of internal medicine residents conducted by the American College of Physicians, only 11% were considering primary care as a career path.[1][1]…
View article: Men’s health 2018: BPH, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, supplements
Men’s health 2018: BPH, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, supplements Open
This review describes the latest research and guidelines for 4 topics in men's health commonly addressed by primary care physicians: the diagnosis and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and erectile dysfuncti…
View article: Medication management in older adults
Medication management in older adults Open
Managing medications is a major part of providing care to older adults. Polypharmacy is common in the elderly and is fraught with risks. A careful and systematic approach is needed for managing drug therapy in these patients, recognizing t…
View article: Ranolazine and Hallucinations
Ranolazine and Hallucinations Open
Ranolazine is a piperazine derivative which produces its anti-ischemic effect by decreasing myocardial oxygen demand and enhancing myocardial perfusion without having any effect on heart rate or blood pressure. Many trials have proved its …
View article: Ranolazine and Hallucinations
Ranolazine and Hallucinations Open
Ranolazine is a piperazine derivative which produces its anti-ischemic effect by decreasing myocardial oxygen demand and enhancing myocardial perfusion without having any effect on heart rate or blood pressure. Many trials have proved its …
View article: Quantitative and qualitative perceptions of the 2011 residency duty hour restrictions: a multicenter, multispecialty cross-sectional study
Quantitative and qualitative perceptions of the 2011 residency duty hour restrictions: a multicenter, multispecialty cross-sectional study Open
This study characterizes responses to the new duty hour restrictions from a variety of perspectives. Our findings show that individual (type of undergraduate medical education, role in graduate medical education) and program-wide (e.g., sp…