SMJ : September 2020 Vol. 113, No. 09
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.
Effect of Payor-Mandated Review of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Opioid Prescriber Rates
Samuel O. Schumann, MD, MSCR, Jingwen Zhang, MS, Jenna L. McCauley, PhD, Khosrow Heidari, MS, Sarah J. Ball, PharmD
Global Health Lessons from a District Hospital
Masahiro J. Morikawa, MD, MPH
Understanding Income and Health Inequities in the Deep South
Jennifer Mandelbaum, MPH
Voting Rights in the Era of COVID-19
Neil J. Nusbaum, JD, MD
Cystic Fibrosis and COVID-19
Kyle D. Chapman, MD, Kathryn S. Moffett, MD
Prediction of Functional Limitations in Balance after Tests of Tandem Walking and Standing Balance in Older Adults
Helen S. Cohen, EdD, OTR, Haleh Sangi-Haghpeykar, PhD, Susan P. Williams, MD
Implications of Frailty among Men with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Katherine Picel, MD, Tien N. Vo, MS, Jessica Kealhofer, MD, Vidhu Anand, MD, Kristine E. Ensrud, MD, MPH, Selcuk Adabag, MD, MS
Travel Histories in Children: How Well Do Interns and Medical Students Do?
Shaundra Blakemore, MD, Meghan E. Hofto, MD, Nipam Shah, MBBS, MPH, Stacy L. Gaither, MSN, RN, Pranaya Chilukuri, BS, Nancy M. Tofil, MD
Segmental Withdrawal During Screening Colonoscopy Does Not Increase Adenoma Detection Rate
Danny J. Avalos, MD, Yi Jia, MD, PhD, Marc J. Zuckerman, MD, Majd Michael, MD, Jose Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, Antonio Mendoza-Ladd, MD, Cesar J. Garcia, MD, Joseph Sunny, MD, Veronica C. Delgado, RN, Berenice Hernandez, RN, Alok K. Dwivedi, PhD, Indika V. Mallawaarachchi, MS, Christopher Dodoo, MS, Mohamed O. Othman, MD
Attending an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting: A Pilot Study of an Experiential Learning Activity on the Family Medicine Clerkship
Marquita Samuels, MBA, Sarah E. Stumbar, MD, MPH, Suzanne Minor, MD
CME Article: Assessment of Written Feedback for Emergency Medicine Residents
Barry Hahn, MD, Elizabeth D. Waring, MD, Jerel Chacko, MD, Gabriella Trovato, RN, Amanda Tice, RN, Josh Greenstein, MD
Self-Directed Learning among Internal Medicine Residents in the Information Age
Matthew Kelleher, MD, MEd, Rebecca E. Miller, MD, Ashley Duckett, MD, Paul O’Rourke, MD, MPH, Lindsey Hall, MPH, Miao-Shan Yen, MS, Stephanie A. Call, MD, MSPH, Steven E. Bishop, MD, Sean Tackett, MD, MPH
US Dermatology Resident Responses about the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Nationwide Survey
Yumeng M. Li, MD, MS, Fabrizio Galimberti, MD, PhD, Michael Abrouk, MD, Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD
Psychiatric Morbidities among COVID-19 Survivors
Lalasa Doppalapudi, MD, Steven Lippmann, MD
