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Prominent medical journals often provide insufficient information to assess the validity of studies with negative resultsRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 933W MUH, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Negat Results Biomed 1:1. 2002..Physicians reading the medical literature attempt to determine whether research studies are valid. However, articles with negative results may not provide sufficient information to allow physicians to properly assess validity...
Minimal prevalence of authorship misrepresentation among internal medicine residency applicants: do previous estimates of "misrepresentation" represent insufficient case finding?Randy S Hebert
John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Harrison Medical Library, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:390-2. 2003..High rates of authorship misrepresentation have been documented among medical trainees...
Re-examining the value of medical grand roundsRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Acad Med 78:1248-52. 2003..To study medical grand rounds, the cornerstone of a department of medicine's educational programs...
Grief support for informal caregivers of patients with ALS: a national surveyR S Hebert
Division of General Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, MUH 933 W, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Neurology 64:137-8. 2005..Respondents thought that grief and bereavement support was integral to ALS care but thought that the support provided by their centers was often inadequate...
Dementia patient suffering and caregiver depressionRichard Schulz
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 22:170-6. 2008..Medical treatment of patients that maintain or improve memory but do not address suffering may have little impact on the caregiver. Alzheimer disease patient suffering should be systematically assessed and treated by clinicians...
Preparing family caregivers for death and bereavement. Insights from caregivers of terminally ill patientsRandy S Hebert
Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 37:3-12. 2009....
Spousal suffering and partner's depression and cardiovascular disease: the Cardiovascular Health StudyRichard Schulz
Department of Psychiatry and University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:246-54. 2009..To assess the effects of suffering in a spouse on prevalent and incident psychiatric (depression) and physical morbidity (cardiovascular disease [CVD]) in their partner, controlling for known risk factors for depression and CVD...
Measuring the experience and perception of sufferingRichard Schulz
Department of Psychiatry and UCSUR, University of Pittsburgh, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Gerontologist 50:774-84. 2010..assess psychometric properties of scales developed to assess experience and perception of physical, psychological, and existential suffering in older individuals...
Religious beliefs and practices are associated with better mental health in family caregivers of patients with dementia: findings from the REACH studyRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15231, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:292-300. 2007..Our objective, then, is to explore the relationship between religion and mental health in active and bereaved dementia caregivers...
Factors associated with citation of internal medicine residency programs for lack of scholarly activityRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Teach Learn Med 17:328-31. 2005..The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires that residents demonstrate scholarly activity prior to completion of training...
Improving well-being in caregivers of terminally ill patients. Making the case for patient suffering as a focus for intervention researchRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 34:539-46. 2007..We will then discuss a conceptual framework for intervention design. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of implications and future directions for intervention research...
Conference attendance and performance on the in-training examination in internal medicineSuzanne M Cacamese
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Med Teach 26:640-4. 2004..05). The findings of this study suggest conference attendance does not influence ITE scores. Medical educators may need to rethink and study how best to impart medical knowledge...
Caregiving at the end of lifeRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1174-87. 2006..The importance of family caregiving to palliative care practice is emphasized...
Preparing caregivers for the death of a loved one: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future researchRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1164-71. 2006....
Resident research and scholarly activity in internal medicine residency training programsRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:155-9. 2005....
Patient suffering and caregiver compassion: new opportunities for research, practice, and policyRichard Schulz
University Center for Social and Urban Research, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Gerontologist 47:4-13. 2007..We conclude with a discussion of implications and future directions for clinical intervention, research, and policy...
Caregiver intervention research: an opportunity for collaboration between caregiving investigators and African-american faith communitiesRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:1510-4. 2006....
The three-headed mentor: rethinking the classical constructRachel B Levine
Division of GIM, B2N, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Med Educ 37:486. 2003
A systematic review of resident research curriculaRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Acad Med 78:61-8. 2003..While many curricula for resident research exist, the lack of detailed developmental information and meaningful evaluations hinders educators interested in adopting these curricula...
Preparedness for the death of a loved one and mental health in bereaved caregivers of patients with dementia: findings from the REACH studyRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Palliat Med 9:683-93. 2006..Although it has been suggested that family and friends who are prepared for the death of a loved one have less distress, the relationship between preparedness and bereavement mental health is inconclusive...
Self-doctoring: a qualitative study of physicians with cancerErik K Fromme
Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, L475, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
J Fam Pract 53:299-306. 2004..Expert authors warn physicians not to self-doctor, yet cross-sectional studies document that physicians frequently do. Explanations for this disparity remain speculative...
Response to "Should clinicians incorporate positive spirituality into their practices? What does this evidence say?"Randy S Hebert
Ann Behav Med 25:156; author reply 157-9. 2003
