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Ethical Concerns Related to Grateful Patient Philanthropy: The Physician's PerspectiveScott M Wright
Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:645-51. 2013..The goal of this study was to identify the ethical concerns associated with philanthropic gifts from grateful patients...
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...
Creating an academy of clinical excellence at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: a 3-year experienceScott M Wright
Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Acad Med 85:1833-9. 2010..While membership in the academy is honorific, the members of this working academy are committed to influencing institutional culture as they collaborate on advocacy, scholarship, and educational initiatives...
Well-being in residency: effects on relationships with patients, interactions with colleagues, performance, and motivationNeda Ratanawongsa
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Patient Educ Couns 72:194-200. 2008..Previous studies about resident well-being have focused on negative aspects of well-being. We conducted this study to explore residents' conceptions of well-being and how it affects their work...
Clinical excellence in academia: perspectives from masterful academic cliniciansColleen Christmas
Division of Geriatrics, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 83:989-94. 2008..To better understand and characterize clinical excellence in academia by exploring the perspectives of clinically excellent faculty in the top American departments of medicine...
Addressing obesity in the hospitalized patient: a needs assessmentErica E Howe
Division of Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
South Med J 103:500-4. 2010..To perform a needs assessment to determine the extent to which hospitalist providers recognize and intervene upon obese patients in the hospital setting...
Similarities and differences between international medical graduates and U.S. medical graduates at six Maryland community-based internal medicine residency training programsAysegul Gozu
Department of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Acad Med 84:385-90. 2009..S. health care system may be difficult and challenging. This study sought to identify the similarities and differences between IMGs and U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) working together in residency training programs...
An innovative approach to supporting hospitalist physicians towards academic successEric Howell
Collaborative Inpatient Medical Service, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Hosp Med 3:314-8. 2008..The appreciable growth of hospital medicine groups in recent years, as has occurred at our institution, compounds the predicament by diluting the limited resources that are available to support these physicians...
Physician characteristics associated with proficiency in feedback skillsElizabeth P Menachery
Department of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:440-6. 2006..This study's primary objective was to identify characteristics that are associated with physician teachers' proficiency with feedback...
Pilot study comparing patients' valuation of health-care services with Medicare's relative value unitsSteven J Kravet
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Health Expect 11:391-9. 2008..This study sought to compare patients' valuation of health-care services to Medicare's relative value unit (RVU) assessments and to discover patients' perceptions about the relative differences in incomes across physician specialties...
Personal growth and its correlates during residency trainingScott M Wright
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Med Educ 40:737-45. 2006..To explore the characteristics of and factors associated with personal growth during residency training...
Qualitative assessment of the long-term impact of a faculty development programme in teaching skillsAmy M Knight
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Med Educ 41:592-600. 2007..The long-term impact of faculty development programmes (FDPs) is poorly understood, and most assessments of them have been quantitative in nature...
Facing the malpractice crisis: academic physicians' willingness to accept quick fix solutionsRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, B2N, Rom 235, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
South Med J 99:1334-6. 2006..We sought to determine the willingness of academic physicians to accept strategies to contain institutional malpractice costs...
Case study: a midclerkship crisis-lessons learned from advising a medical student with career indecisionRachel B Levine
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21214, USA
Acad Med 85:654-9. 2010..Many of these questions, together with the key advising principles, are generalizable to a variety of advising scenarios between advisors and learners at all levels of training...
Commentary: using medical student case presentations to help faculty learn to be better advisersRobert B Shochet
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Acad Med 85:578-9. 2010..This model may be applicable to other schools or training programs wishing to enhance faculty advising skills...
Long-term follow-up of a longitudinal faculty development program in teaching skillsAmy M Knight
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:721-5. 2005..The long-term impact of longitudinal faculty development programs (FDPs) is not well understood...
Formative experiences of emerging physicians: gauging the impact of events that occur during medical schoolBeth B Murinson
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Acad Med 85:1331-7. 2010..This study sought to identify and gauge the impact of highly evocative experiences occurring during medical school...
Physician-teacher characteristics associated with learner-centered teaching skillsElizabeth P Menachery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Teach 30:e137-44. 2008..Academic institutions do not have a way to identify physician-teachers who are proficient in learner-centered teaching...
The impact of working part-time on measures of academic productivity among general internistsRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1995-2000. 2010..Faculty and institutional leaders may have concerns about the potential for academic advancement among PT faculty. Our objective was to determine the impact of working PT on measures of academic productivity...
Stories from early-career women physicians who have left academic medicine: a qualitative study at a single institutionRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Acad Med 86:752-8. 2011..The authors investigated the reasons why women leave careers in academic medicine...
Implications of academic medicine's failure to recognize clinical excellenceSamuel C Durso
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Clin Med Res 7:127-33. 2009..To better understand the implications of inadequately recognizing clinical excellence in academia by exploring the perspectives of clinically excellent faculty within prominent American departments of medicine...
Personal growth during internship: a qualitative analysis of interns' responses to key questionsRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:564-9. 2006..During clinical training, house officers frequently encounter intense experiences that may affect their personal growth. The purpose of this study was to explore processes related to personal growth during internship...
Hospitalist physician leadership skills: perspectives from participants of a leadership conferenceChristine Soong
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Hosp Med 5:E1-4. 2010..To characterize how the use of behavioral contracts may serve to focus individuals' intentions to grow as leaders...
The closure of a medical practice forces older patients to make difficult decisions: a qualitative study of a natural experimentMary Anne J Nidiry
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1576-80. 2008..This study explores the perspectives of the older patients affected by this change...
Educational research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: a grassroots developmentPatricia A Thomas
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Room 9033, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Acad Med 79:975-80. 2004..While there has been a move toward more institutional support of educational research, it is clear that further growth in the educational research program will require noninstitutional resources...
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...
The new and improved learning community at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine resembles that at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WizardryRosalyn W Stewart
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Med Teach 29:353-7. 2007..The cultural and structural changes that emerged with the creation of this program have resulted in JHUSOM bearing a resemblance to J. K. Rowling's fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
Research in progress conference for hospitalists provides valuable peer mentoringMarwan S Abougergi
Division of Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Hosp Med 6:43-6. 2011..In such groups, peer mentoring may be valuable. To formalize collaboration, we instituted a research-in-progress conference at our institution, and this article describes the format and evaluation data...
Gauging events that influence students' perceptions of the medical school learning environment: findings from one institutionRobert B Shochet
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Acad Med 88:246-52. 2013..Among these myriad experiences, the authors sought to gauge what students judge as influencing their perceptions of the LE...
Assessing the evolving definition of underrepresented minority and its application in academic medicineKathleen Raquel Page
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Acad Med 88:67-72. 2013..S. academic health centers (AHCs) define the term underrepresented minority (URM) and apply it to their diversity programs, following the 2003 revision of the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC's) definition of URM...
The Creating Incentives and Continuity Leading to Efficiency staffing model: a quality improvement initiative in hospital medicineShalini Chandra
Division of Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 87:364-71. 2012..To determine the effect of a hospitalist-developed, continuity-centered hospitalist staffing model on patient outcomes and resource use...
The impact of prompted narrative writing during internship on reflective practice: a qualitative studyRachel B Levine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Mason F Lord Building, Center Tower, Suite 2300, Baltimore, MD 21224 2780, USA
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 13:723-33. 2008..Prompted narrative writing led to reflection among interns and promoted self-awareness. Educators may consider incorporating narrative writing into residency education...
Patient factors associated with following a relocated primary care provider among older adultsAysegul Gozu
Division of Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:195-200. 2009..To use a natural experiment to identify patient factors associated with the decision to follow one's primary care provider (PCP) to a more distant location after the closure of a medical practice...
Well-being in residency: a time for temporary imbalance?Neda Ratanawongsa
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Med Educ 41:273-80. 2007..Previous quantitative studies about doctor well-being have focused primarily on negative well-being, such as burnout. We conducted this study to understand residents' perspectives on well-being...
Completing a scholarly project during residency training. Perspectives of residents who have been successfulJosette A Rivera
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:366-9. 2005..Teaching research skills more explicitly with a focused curriculum and providing adequate protected time may enable residents to be successful...
Health care utilization and the proportion of primary care physiciansSteven J Kravet
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Am J Med 121:142-8. 2008..The impact of primary care physicians on health care utilization remains controversial. Some have hypothesized that primary care physicians decrease health care utilization through enhanced coordination of care and a preventive care focus...
What interns talk aboutDarius A Rastegar
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Med Teach 27:177-9. 2005..Providing housestaff with more opportunities to formally teach each other may improve the educational experience of residency training...
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....
Medical student engagement and leadership within a new learning communityMark Bicket
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Med Educ 10:20. 2010..This study sought to understand issues related to active involvement among students who chose to become highly engaged in a newly developed learning community...
What motivates physicians throughout their careers in medicine?Neda Ratanawongsa
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Compr Ther 32:210-7. 2006..Opportunities to maximize self-awareness may allow physicians to structure their work in ways that maximize meaning and fulfillment over the long-term...
Faculty development in teaching skills: an intensive longitudinal modelKaran A Cole
Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Program in Teaching Skills, and Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Acad Med 79:469-80. 2004..001). Evaluation results demonstrate a positive impact of this alternative approach to faculty development on clinician-educator perceptions of their attitudes and behaviors towards learners and colleagues...
Procedures performed by hospitalist and non-hospitalist general internistsRajiv Thakkar
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224 2735, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:448-52. 2010..In caring exclusively for inpatients, hospitalists are expected to perform hospital procedures. The type and frequency of procedures they perform are not well characterized...
52 precepts that medical trainees and physicians should consider regularlyScott M Wright
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Am J Med 118:435-8. 2005..The list of precepts may also be useful to medical educators who wish to successfully mold the physicians of tomorrow...
Morbidity and mortality conference, grand rounds, and the ACGME's core competenciesSteven J Kravet
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1192-4. 2006..When presented at grand rounds in a novel format, M&M conference has not only maintained support for the quality improvement efforts in the Department, but has served to improve the educational impact of the conference...
Writing more informative letters of referenceScott M Wright
Department of Medicine, John Hopkins Bayview Medical Ccenter, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:588-93. 2004..This report offers suggestions that should help physicians write more informative letters of reference...
Feedback on assessment of risk and risk reductionDarius A Rastegar
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centre, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Med Educ 38:567-8. 2004
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...
Excellence in role modelling: insight and perspectives from the prosScott M Wright
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224 2780, USA
CMAJ 167:638-43. 2002..Role modelling is an effective teaching method in medical education. We sought to better understand role modelling by examining the insights of respected physician role models...
Expanding the roles of hospitalist physicians to include public healthFlora Kisuule
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Hosp Med 2:93-101. 2007..Insightful hospitalists will recognize and embrace these responsibilities in caring for patients and society...
Faculty diversity programs in U.S. medical schools and characteristics associated with higher faculty diversityKathleen Raquel Page
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Acad Med 86:1221-8. 2011..To describe diversity programs for racial and ethnic minority faculty in U.S. medical schools and identify characteristics associated with higher faculty diversity...
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...
Discharging patients earlier in the day: a concept worth evaluatingSteven J Kravet
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Health Care Manag (Frederick) 26:142-6. 2007..Mean time of day of discharge was 13:39 for the intervention group versus 15:45 for the control group (P<.001). If reproduced successfully, this process could improve quality at an important transition point in patient care...
A resident's reflections on becoming an agent of curricular changeWendy L Bennett
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Med Educ 41:2-5. 2007
Challenges in systematic reviews of educational intervention studiesDarcy Reed
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:1080-9. 2005..We offer suggestions for addressing these challenges and make recommendations for reporting, reviewing, and appraising interventions in medical education...
Serving as a physician role model for a diverse population of medical learnersScott M Wright
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Acad Med 78:623-8. 2003....
Motivating factors for academic physicians within departments of medicineScott M Wright
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224 2780, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 79:1145-50. 2004..To understand what motivates academic physicians at a time when physician dissatisfaction is prevalent...
A randomized trial to evaluate methodologies for engaging academic physicians in grateful patient fundraisingSteven Rum
Johns Hopkins Medicine, The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Acad Med 87:55-9. 2012..Donations from grateful patients can support medical education, research, and clinical programs. This study sought to compare the effectiveness of three approaches to educating physicians about grateful patient fundraising...
Acquired methemoglobinemia: a retrospective series of 138 cases at 2 teaching hospitalsRachel Ash-Bernal
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Medicine (Baltimore) 83:265-73. 2004..We hope that a heightened awareness of methemoglobinemia will result in improved recognition and treatment. Primary prevention efforts have the potential to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition...
Clinician-teachers' self-assessments versus learners' perceptionsDonna M Windish
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:554-7. 2004..Though it is unclear whether teachers' or learners' assessments are a more accurate reflection of the truth, the more positive learner ratings should promote self-confidence in clinician-educators regarding their teaching abilities...
Comparing patient and physician perception of weight status with body mass indexSuzanne M Caccamese
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Med 112:662-6. 2002
The hybrid progress note: semiautomating daily progress notes to achieve high-quality documentation and improve provider efficiencyGeorge J Kargul
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Med Qual 28:25-32. 2013..The hybrid progress note improves documentation and provider efficiency, promotes quality care, and initiates the development of the forthcoming electronic progress note...
Patients' understanding of the regulation of dietary supplementsBimal H Ashar
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N Caroline Street, 7143, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Community Health 33:22-30. 2008..60; 95% CI 1.48-4.57). Based on these results, patients seem unclear about the government's role in the regulation of dietary supplements. Educational efforts should be geared towards clarifying these issues...
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
What do academic primary care physicians want in an electronic journal?Dario M Torre
Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:209-12. 2003..05). We conclude that academic general internists and family physicians have strong but not identical interests in specific features of electronic publication that primary care-oriented journals should consider...
Insufficient treatment of hypercholesterolemia among patients hospitalized with chest painEric E Howell
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Clin Cardiol 29:259-62. 2006..This oversight represents a lost opportunity for making an impact on the health of this population...
Comprehensive discharge planning with postdischarge support for older patients with congestive heart failure: a meta-analysisChristopher O Phillips
Quality of Care Research and General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
JAMA 291:1358-67. 2004..CONCLUSION: Comprehensive discharge planning plus postdischarge support for older patients with CHF significantly reduced readmission rates and may improve health outcomes such as survival and QOL without increasing costs...
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...
