SMJ : October 2020 Vol. 113, No. 10

October 7, 2020 // 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.

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Human-Centered Design for a Women’s Health Screening Tool: Participant Experiences

Bayla Ostrach, MA, PhD

Improving Preventive Care for Women through a Provider Reminder Tool

Suellen A. Romero de Mello Sa, MD, Lazarus K. Mramba, PhD, Maryam Sattari, MD, MS

Association of Prepregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, and Child Birth Weight with Metabolic Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents with Obesity

Kelsey Pearson, MS, RD, Kristine C. Jordan, PhD, MPH, Julie Metos, PhD, MPH, Richard Holubkov, PhD, M. Nazeem Nanjee, PhD, Nicole L. Mihalopoulos, MD, MPH

CME Article: Use of e-Cigarettes and Development of Respiratory Conditions in Women of Childbearing Age

Tarang Parekh, MBBS, MSc, Constance Owens, MPH, Kathryn Fay, RN, MHA, Joseph Phillips, MHA, Panagiota Kitsantas, PhD

In Search of a Femtor: The Complexities of Female Mentorship in Academic Medicine

Doris Lin, MD, MS

Promoting Wellness and Resiliency: Faculty Development Professionals Respond to a Mass Shooting

Zuber D. Mulla, PhD, Consuelo Rosales, BS, Eduardo Vazquez, MS, Marco A. Rodriguez, MS, Med, Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, MD, PhD

Novel Opiate-Free Anesthetic Technique for Major Urologic Procedures

Susan A. Smith, MD, Hussam Ghabra, MD, Daniah G. Dhaifallah, MD, Alexander Rahnema, MD, Bryan M. Evans, MD, Bobby D. Nossaman, MD, William D. Sumrall, MD, Stephen F. Bardot, MD, Daniel J. Canter, MD

Streamlining Electronic Medical Records: Remove the Copy-Forward Option

Bruce F. Farber, MD, Vasupradha Vethantham, PhD, Prashant Malhotra, MD

Discharge against Medical Advice

Gururaj J. Kolar, MD, Eric D. Valder, DO

Cardiovascular Diseases Health Literacy among Patients, Health Professionals, and Community-Based Stakeholders in a Predominantly Medically Underserved Rural Environment

Hadii M. Mamudu, PhD, MPA, Liang Wang, DrPH, MD, Amy M. Poole, MS, Cynthia J. Blair, BA, Mary Ann Littleton, PhD, Rob Gregory, BA, Lynn Frierson, BA, Carl Voigt, BA, Timir K. Paul, MD, PhD