SMJ articles in the category "gender"

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Identifying Gender-Related Differences in Graduate Medical Education with the Use of a Web-Based Professionalism Monitoring Tool

Objectives: Medical education is required to ensure a healthy training and learning environment for resident physicians. Trainees are expected to demonstrate professionalism with patients, faculty, and staff. West Virginia University Graduate Medical Education (GME) initiated a Web-based professionalism and mistreatment form (“button”) on our Web site for reporting professionalism breaches,…

Posted in: gender 7 medical education 73 professionalism 5 resident 5

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Assessing Mentorship Experiences of Faculty at a Military Academic Center: Challenge and Opportunity

Objectives: Mentor relationships are a key component of professional development within academic medicine. To date, there are no investigations into the prevalence and effects of mentor relationships within military academic medicine. This quality improvement initiative aimed to establish the prevalence and effects of mentorship, including whether sex differences exist among…

Posted in: academic medicine 7 gender 7 mentorship 6 military 5

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Pancreatic Cancer Survival Outcomes at a Tertiary Medical Center Based on Sex and Geographic Location

Objectives: To describe the survival outcomes of patients with histologically proven primary pancreatic cancer based on geographic location and sex. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of medical records from 2009 through 2013 of patients with pancreatic cancer using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code 157.9 and International Statistical…

Posted in: gender 7 pancreatic cancer 6

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Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Settings among Latinos with Limited English Proficiency in South Carolina

Objectives: Perceived discrimination in healthcare settings is reported frequently by Latino adults and is associated with reductions in healthcare utilization and having a usual source of care. Little is known about discrimination perceived by Latino adults with limited English proficiency (LEP) who also frequently experience difficulties with healthcare access and…

Posted in: gender 7 Latino 4 limited English proficiency 2 perceived discrimination 2

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Gender Differences With Respect to Psychiatric Comorbidity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Objectives: Psychiatric disorders are common in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS); however, interrelating factors influencing psychiatric comorbidity (PC) in OSAS are unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate gender related differences with PC in OSAS. Methods: Data of patients diagnosed as OSAS in University of Gaziantep from January…

Posted in: gender 7 psychiatry 6

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Sex Differences in Analgesia: A Randomized Trial of μ versus κ Opioid Agonists

Objectives: We sought to evaluate whether there is a sex difference in the analgesic response to μ versus κ opioids in the management of acute moderate to severe pain of injury in the emergency department. Methods: The study was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial comparing the prototypical μ-receptor agonist, morphine…

Posted in: gender 7 pain 18

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Medical Comorbidity in Black and White Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Background: Little is known about co-medical illnesses in black and white patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Methods: To address this question, we used two methods. In the first (Group I), black and white probable AD patients were matched on age at presentation to the clinic, age of onset of…

Posted in: gender 7 race 15
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