SMA News

SMJ: January 2022 Vol. 115, No. 1

January 10, 2022 // Randy Glick

The Southern Medical Journal(SMJ) 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.

The Patient-Resident Physician Covenant

Benjamin W. Frush, MD, MA

How Food Insecurity and Financial Difficulty Relate to Emotional Well-Being and Social Functioning

Akiko Kamimura, PhD, MSW, Rebecca Higham, MPH, Samin Panahi, MS, Edward Lee, MS, Rachel J. Griffin, BA, Justine Sundrud, BS, Mary Lucero, MPA

The Safe Discharge Checklist: A Standardized Discharge Planning Curriculum for Medicine Trainees

Elizabeth L. Eden, MD, MS, Scott Rothenberger, PhD, Allison DeKosky, MD, Anna K. Donovan, MD, MS

OPEN: An Epidemic Supplanted by a Pandemic: Vaping-Related Illness and COVID-19

Yoo Mee Shin, MD, Daniel P. Hunt, MD, Joyce Akwe, MD, MPH

Stigma, Social Support, and Substance Use in Diverse Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women Living with HIV in the US Southeast

Katherine R. Schafer, MD, Amanda E. Tanner, PhD, MPH, Lilli Mann-Jackson, MPH, Jorge Alonzo, JD, Eunyoung Y. Song, PhD, Scott D. Rhodes, PhD, MPH

Postdischarge Evaluation for Individuals Hospitalized with COVID-19

Gail Berkenblit, MD, PhD, Kaelin O’Connell, MD, Sara Mixter, MD, MPH, Caitlin Dowd-Green, PharmD, Rosalyn W. Stewart, MD, MS