Cancer continuously ranks among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States. The burden of cancer is particularly elevated in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its 54-county Appalachian region, where cancer is the leading cause of death. Kentucky’s high rates of cancer have been attributed to a…
Objectives: The proportion of food consumed by children from restaurants tripled during the last 4 decades and that coincided with the increased rate of obesity. Despite the presence of data linking quick-service (QS) food consumption to poor diet quality, studies comparing the nutrition content of the children’s menu items at…
What do you get when a physician, nurse, social worker, and physical therapist walk into a patient’s room? No, this is not the start of some joke, but rather just a regular day at the hospital. I often think about one of my first trauma call nights as a student….
Objectives: Engagement with online cultural competency training has not been well studied. We examined knowledge, attitudes, and skills differences among medical students, physicians, and other professionals in an online cultural competency education program. Methods: A total of 1745 participants completed up to four online modules aimed at exploring stereotype, bias,…
Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify risk factors and clinical profile of the patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We further evaluated the utility of the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in the accurate identification of these patients if used before their coronary event. Methods: We…
Objectives: Despite the efforts of various leading organizations in medical education, representation of black students in US medical schools has declined since the mid-1990s. The Florida State University College of Medicine (FSUCOM) has undertaken efforts to increase black and other underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) representation in medical school through…
In this issue of the Southern Medical Journal, Aman Pandey, a medical student under the mentorship of Dr Jennifer Jackson, presents a perspective on the importance of interdisciplinary medical education preparatory to the responsibility for clinical care of patients.1 I could not agree with Pandey more. In fact, presenting interprofessional…
To the Editor: I recently had an opportunity to read the article ‘‘Diagnosis of Child Maltreatment: A Family Medicine Physician’s Dilemma,’’ by Eniola and Evarts,1 which appeared in the May 2017 issue of the Southern Medical Journal. Having practiced in family medicine for >35 years in rural settings as well…
Objectives: Inappropriate antibiotic use for respiratory tract infection (RTI) is an ongoing problem linked to the emergence of drug resistance and other adverse effects. Less is known about the prescribing practices of individual physicians or the impact of physician prescribing habits on patient outcomes. We studied the prescribing practices of…
Objectives: Hospitalization-associated disability affects up to 60% of older adults; however, standardized measures of function are not routinely used and documented. We sought to determine whether nursing documentation in electronic medical records can be used to determine mobility status and associated clinical outcomes. Methods: A retrospective study of 2383 medical…
Objectives: Auscultation is an important clue to the presence of aortic stenosis (AS). We sought to assess the effect of symptom status, prior knowledge of diagnosis, and other patient factors on murmur detection. Methods: Patients with moderate-to-severe AS by echocardiography at a single center between June 2015 and June 2016…
Objectives: To evaluate young women’s awareness of ovarian reserve testing and oocyte cryopreservation (OC) and assess how testing ovarian reserve may affect the desire for fertility preservation. Methods: Three questionnaire-based observational studies were conducted among female students/young professionals 20 years of age and older. The third survey was completed after…
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