SMJ : February 2019 issue

February 6, 2019 // Randy Glick

The Southern Medical Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Medical Association. It has a multidisciplinary and inter-professional focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists, including medicine; surgery; women’s and children’s health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices.

Southern Medical Journal Vol. 112 • No. 02 • February 2019

Mental Health
Addressing Mental Health Needs among Physicians
Katherine Buck, PhD, LMFT, Aaron Grace, PsyD, Tina Runyan, PhD, ABPP, and Lauren Brown-Berchtold, MD

Bioethics & Medical Education
Comparison of Medical Student Communication Skills Measured by Standardized Patients During an OSCE and by Faculty During an In-Hospital Encounter
Mary Lacy, MD, Leonard Noronha, MD, Yuridia Leyva, MS, and John Rush Pierce, Jr, MD, MPH

What Attracts Medical Students to Primary Care? A Nominal Group Evaluation
Gustave Weiland, MD, Kathryn Cox, MS, Mary Katherine Sweeney, BS, Michael Belue, MA, Erin D. Snyder, MD, William D. Curry, MD, H. Hughes Evans, MD, PhD, B. Earl Salser, MD, and Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS

Commentary on “What Attracts Medical Students to Primary Care? A Nominal Group Evaluation”
Jacob A. Mitchell, BS, and José E. Rodríguez, MD

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Increasing Patient Notification of Test Results in an Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic
William Benton, MD, Erin D. Snyder, MD, Carlos A. Estrada, MD, MS, and Teresa J. Bryan, MD

Quality Care & Patient Safety
Curing Health Care by Adding Value: How About a Physical Examination?
Robert C. Goldszer, MD, MBA

Public Health & Environmental Medicine
The Importance of Health and Social Services Spending to Health Outcomes in Texas, 2010–2016
J. Mac McCullough, PhD, MPH, and Jonathon P. Leider, PhD

Healthcare Disparities in People with Disabilities: Is There a Cure?
Carolyn Ann Smith, MD, MPH, JD

OPEN: Strengthening Rural States’ Capacity to Prepare for and Respond to Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013–2015
Scott Santibañez, MD, MPHTM, Kimberly Spencer Bellis, MPH, Allison Bay, MPH, Christina L. Chung, MPH, Kristy Bradley, DVM, MPH, Deborah Gibson, MPH, MT, and Alvin Shultz, MPH

Commentary on “Strengthening Rural States’ Capacity to Prepare for and Respond to Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013–2015”
Mary Jane Burton, MD

Medicine & Medical Specialties
Can C-Reactive Protein Be Used to Predict Acute Septic Arthritis in the Adult Population?
Luke Thornton, MBBS, Neal Ormsby, MBBS, Victoria Allgar, PhD, BSc, and Glyn Thomas, FRCS

Cancer Risk Awareness among Uninsured Primary Care Patients
Akiko Kamimura, PhD, MSW, Samin Panahi, BS, Naveen Rathi, HBS, Shannon Weaver, HBS, and Jeanie Ashby, MPH

CME Article: Imaging in Acute Pyelonephritis: Utilization, Findings, and Effect on Management
Cason Pierce, MD, Angela Keniston, MSPH, and Richard K. Albert, MD

An Underappreciated and Prolonged Drug Interaction Leads to Ineffective Anticoagulation
Kelly C. Rogers, PharmD, Daniel W. Neu, PharmD, Melanie C. Jaeger, PharmD, Rahman Shah, MD, and Shannon W. Finks, PharmD

Outcomes in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Pacemakers, and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Undergoing Single Balloon Enteroscopy
Brijesh Patel, MD, Ashok Shiani, MD, Andrea C. Rodriguez, MD, Seth Lipka, MD, Ashley H. Davis-Yadley, MD, Kirbylee K. Nelson, MD, Roshanak Rabbanifard, MD, Ambuj Kumar, MD, MPH, and Patrick G. Brady, MD

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