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May I long experience the joy of healing: professional and personal wellbeing among physicians from a Canadian provinceBrenda L Lovell
University of Manitoba, Department of Business Administration, Manitoba, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 10:18. 2009..The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify and discuss the reported factors that hinder wellbeing, as well as the reported factors that would promote wellbeing among physicians...
Sex-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
University of British Columbia, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Obstet Gynecol 112:311-9. 2008..To understand the personal and clinical safe-sex-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of U.S. medical students...- Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal surveyErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
BMJ 333:682. 2006..To determine medical students' perceptions of having been harassed or belittled and their correlates, for the purposes of reducing such abuses... 
Satisfaction with career choice among US medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Arch Intern Med 168:1712-6. 2008- Physical activity levels and counseling practices of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:413-21. 2008..In this paper, we describe U.S. medical students' PA levels and factors predicting relevance and frequency of their PA counseling of patients... - U.S. medical students' attitudes about patients' access to careErica Frank
University of British Columbia, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
Prev Med 47:140-5. 2008..Accessing adequate medical services remains a major struggle for many Americans, but U.S. medical students' beliefs regarding access to care have not been thoroughly examined... - Predictors of Canadian physicians' prevention counseling practicesErica Frank
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 101:390-5. 2010..To understand predictors of Canadian physicians' prevention counseling practices... - Political self-characterization of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 22:514-7. 2007..S. physicians-in-training, and little is known about physicians' political leanings or the critical relationship between medical issues and political orientations of physicians and physicians-in-training... - Predictors of US medical students' prevention counseling practicesErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Prev Med 44:76-81. 2007..To understand predictors of medical students' prevention counseling practices... - Predictors of nutrition counseling behaviors and attitudes in US medical studentsElsa H Spencer
School of Medicine and the School of Public Health, Biostatistics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:655-62. 2006..Interventions may be warranted to improve the professional nutritional practices of medical students... - Personal and clinical tobacco-related practices and attitudes of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
University of British Columbia, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, and Department of Family Practice, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prev Med 49:233-9. 2009.... - Basic demographics, health practices, and health status of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:499-505. 2006..There has never been a nationally representative survey of medical students' personal health-related practices, although they are inherently of interest and may affect students' patient-counseling practices... - Learning amid controversy: prostate cancer knowledge and screening practices among US medical studentsDavid M Werny
Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Cancer Educ 23:108-13. 2008..We hypothesized that students' race and extent of training on these techniques would be associated with their administration of them... - A description and qualitative assessment of a 4-year intervention to improve patient counseling by improving medical student healthErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MedGenMed 7:4. 2005.... - A Quantitative assessment of a 4-year intervention that improved patient counseling through improving medical student healthErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MedGenMed 9:58. 2007.... - Personal health promotion at US medical schools: a quantitative study and qualitative description of deans' and students' perceptionsErica Frank
Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr, Drive, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
BMC Med Educ 4:29. 2004..We therefore wished to describe both typical and outstanding personal health promotion environments experienced by students in U.S. medical schools... - Alcohol consumption and alcohol counselling behaviour among US medical students: cohort studyErica Frank
University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, and Department of Family Practice, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BMJ 337:a2155. 2008..To determine which factors affect alcohol counselling practices among medical students... - Stress and depressive symptoms/dysphoria among US medical students: results from a large, nationally representative surveyMichael T Compton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:891-7. 2008.... - Exercise counseling and personal exercise habits of US women physiciansErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Am Med Womens Assoc 58:178-84. 2003..CONCLUSION: Women physicians are relatively good exercise role models for their patients. However, many (especially those not regularly exercising themselves) could more frequently counsel their patients regarding exercise... - Clinical and personal intimate partner violence training experiences of U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:1071-9. 2006..To learn about U.S. medical students' attitudes, experiences, and practices regarding intimate partner violence (IPV)... - Health practices of Canadian physiciansErica Frank
Professor and Canada Research Chair, School of Population and Public Health and Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Can Fam Physician 55:810-811.e7. 2009..To study the health and health practices of Canadian physicians, which can often influence patient health... - Factors affecting weight counseling attitudes and behaviors among U.S. medical studentsAdria E Rose
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Acad Med 86:1463-72. 2011..To identify the factors associated with perceived relevance and reported frequency of weight counseling among medical students... - Vitamin and mineral supplement use among US medical students: A longitudinal studyElsa H Spencer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:1975-83. 2006..Medical students, especially nonunderweight and nonexercising students, may be particularly important targets for messages regarding appropriate and adequate vitamin/mineral use... - Health care providers' advice to quit smoking, National Health Interview Survey, 2000, 2005, and 2010Judy Kruger
Epidemiology Branch, Office on Smoking and Health, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS K50, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E130. 2012..The percentage of smokers who received cessation advice was 53.3% in 2000, 58.9% in 2005, and 50.7% in 2010. To affect noticeably declining rates, HCPs should increase their efforts to advise smokers to quit... - Changes in U.S. medical students' specialty interests over the course of medical schoolMichael T Compton
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1095-100. 2008..Studies have examined factors affecting medical students' specialty choice, but little research exists on stability of these specialty interests... - Personal and clinical exercise-related attitudes and behaviors of freshmen U.S. medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 75:112-21. 2004.... - Self-report of quality of medical student health careSusan J Henderson
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgi 30303, USA
Med Educ 41:632-7. 2007.... - Mental health concerns among Canadian physicians: results from the 2007-2008 Canadian Physician Health StudyMichael T Compton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Compr Psychiatry 52:542-7. 2011.... - Clinical and personal relationships between oral contraceptive and hormone replacement therapy use among US women physiciansErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Menopause 10:133-41. 2003..To examine relationships between a history of oral contraceptive (OC) use and current use of or intention to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... - Pro bono work and nonmedical volunteerism among U.S. women physiciansErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:589-98. 2003..We examined data from the Women Physician's Health Study (WPHS), a cross-sectional survey conducted in 1993-1994 of 4501 U.S. women physicians aged 30-70 years... - Firearm-related personal and clinical characteristics of US medical studentsErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
South Med J 99:216-25. 2006..influence physicians' willingness to counsel, it would be valuable to know how frequently guns are kept in the homes of physicians-in-training, as well as their perceptions and current rates of counseling about firearm injury prevention... - Health and professional characteristics of lesbian and heterosexual women physiciansDonna J Brogan
Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Am Med Womens Assoc 58:10-9. 2003..However, even with the buffer of high socioeconomic status and medical education, lesbian physicians seem to have a somewhat higher cumulative risk of disease compared to their heterosexual female colleagues... - Transgenerational persistence of education as a health risk: findings from the Women Physicians' Health StudyErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:505-12. 2003..Whereas the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on morbidity and mortality is well known, little is known about its transgenerational persistence... - The unwillingness of future U.S. physicians to limit adolescent prevention counseling to abstinence-only messagesSallyann Coleman King
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 23:237-41. 2010..Open family planning discussions are essential, though until very recently curtailed in the U.S., yet no study has evaluated future physicians' willingness to curtail their counseling... - Validation of a brief diet survey instrument among medical studentsElsa H Spencer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University Medical School, 69 Butler Street, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:802-6. 2005..50. This brief FFQ provides acceptably reproducible and valid estimates of fruit and vegetable servings per day among most groups of medical students, but overestimates fat as a percentage of energy intake... - Do US medical students report more training on evidence-based prevention topics?Erica Frank
School of Population and Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3
Health Educ Res 28:265-75. 2013..Although some bemoan the overall low levels of US medical students' prevention-related training and practice, we demonstrate that at least they are preferentially evidence-based, a novel and encouraging finding for preventionists... - STUDENTJAMA. Physician health and patient careErica Frank
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
JAMA 291:637. 2004 - A transformation in health sciences education: a description of health sciences onlineErica Frank
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Stud Health Technol Inform 150:992-6. 2009..This article describes the site and the resources currently available through HSO, and our plans for further development of this resource... - Medical outreach following a remote disaster: lessons learned from Hurricane KatrinaAnne Lang Dunlop
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Disaster Med 2:121-32. 2007..In the current study, these considerations were identified as instrumental in effectively meeting the healthcare needs of the evacuated population... - Smoking cessation counseling: training and practice among women pediatriciansAnn Malarcher
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 41:341-9. 2002..Pediatricians 50-70 years of age were 1.8 times as likely as those 30-39 years of age to perform frequent counseling (p<0.01). Programs to promote smoking cessation training and counseling among pediatricians are needed... - Characteristics of women internistsErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
MedGenMed 4:11. 2002..The authors wished to describe characteristics of US women general and subspecialized internists and to compare them with each other and with other US women physicians... - Personal and professional nutrition-related practices of US female physiciansErica Frank
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:326-32. 2002..The extent to which female physicians personally and clinically adhere to dietary recommendations is unknown and has implications for patients... - Personal and professional correlates of US medical students' vegetarianismElsa Helene Spencer
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:72-8. 2007..To determine prevalence and correlates of US medical students' self-identification as vegetarians... - We physicians preach what we practice, and that mattersErica Frank
MedGenMed 9:59. 2007