SMJ : May 2018 Issue
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. 111 • No. 5 • May 2018
Bioethics & Medical Education
At the Vatican, Physicians Debate Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Ramin Walter Parsa-Parsi, MD, MPH
Commentary on “At the Vatican, Physicians Debate Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide”
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, D Bioethics
Teaching Medical Educators How to Teach Communication Skills: More than a Decade of Experience
Carla L. Spagnoletti, MD, MS, Sarah Merriam, MD, MS, Laurel Milberg, PhD, William I. Cohen, MD, and Robert M. Arnold, MD
Commentary on “Teaching Medical Educators How to Teach Communication Skills: More than a Decade of Experience”
Patricia G. McBurney, MD, MSCR
And Now, Please Sign on the Dotted Line: Teaching Residents About Professional Life After Residency
Sherine Salib, MD, Victoria Valencia, MPH, and Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, MPH
Commentary on “And Now, Please Sign on the Dotted Line: Teaching Residents About Professional Life After Residency”
Lewis L. Hsu, MD, PhD, and Shivi Jain, MD
Assessing Mentorship Experiences of Faculty at a Military Academic Center: Challenge and Opportunity
Kevin C. McMains, MD, Rechell G. Rodriguez, MD (COL, USAF), Jennifer Peel, PhD, Heather C. Yun, MD (LtCol, USAF), Mark W. True, MD (COL, USAF), and Woodson S. Jones, MD (COL(ret), USAF
Mental Health
Management of Emotionally Challenging Responses of Hospitalized Patients with Cancer
Yelena Burklin, MD, and Daniel P. Hunt, MD
Women’s & Children’s Health
Alabama Children’s Body Mass Index, Nutritional Attitudes, and Food Consumption: An Exploratory Analysis
Vaughn Millner, PhD, Ryon C. McDermott, PhD, and Bernard H. Eichold, MD
Quality Care and Patient Safety
Patients’ Perceptions of Bedside Rounding
Allen F. Shih, AM, Nana O. Addo-Tabiri, MD, and Andre N. Sofair, MD, MPH
Medicine & Medical Specialties
Minimal Use of Opioids for Pain Relief in an Internal Medicine Department
Zvi Shimoni, MD, Danielle Varon, MD, and Paul Froom, MD
Mortality in Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap in the United States
Suchit Kumbhare, MBBS, MS, and Charlie Strange, MD
Evaluation of Renal Function Estimation Formulas Specific to Dynamic Renal Function for Drug Dosing in Critically Ill Patients
Lianjie Xiong, PharmD, MS, Z. Kevin Lu, PhD, April Miller Quidley, PharmD, Bebbyn S. Alford, PharmD, and P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD
Surgery & Surgical Specialties
Innovative Technique for Endoscopic Placement of Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube
Arleen M. Ortiz, MD, Cesar J. Garcia, MD, Mohamed O. Othman, MD, and Marc J. Zuckerman, MD