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| M B StephensSummaryAffiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Country: USA Publications
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Sports and nutritional supplement use in USMC recruits: a pilot studyColin R Young
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Mil Med 174:158-61. 2009..This is a pilot study to describe patterns of nutritional supplement use by recruits entering the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)...- Physical fitness during medical school: a 4-year study at the Uniformed Services UniversityMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
Fam Med 44:694-7. 2012..Medical school is stressful. Students commonly exhibit changes in dietary and physical activity patterns in response. We tracked measurements of physical fitness over 4 years in a cohort of students at the Uniformed Services University... 
Health perceptions and levels of attachment: owners and pets exercising togetherMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:923-6. 2012..Obesity is a parallel problem in canine and human populations. We describe health perceptions and levels of companion animal attachment in a cohort of dog owners...- Obstetric analgesiaM B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Prim Care 27:203-20. 2000..Continued patient-doctor communication throughout labor is essential. Patient preferences, tempered by sound medical judgement, should guide the selection of the optimal modality for pain control during labor... - Cardiac rehabilitationMark B Stephens
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Am Fam Physician 80:955-9; hand-out 960. 2009.... - Teaching principles of practice management and electronic medical record clinical documentation to third-year medical studentsMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Med Pract Manage 25:222-5. 2010.... - Institutional support for handheld computing: clinical and educational lessons learnedMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814 4799, USA
Med Ref Serv Q 29:28-36. 2010..This article reports clinical and educational lessons learned from a longitudinal institutional initiative designed to provide medical students with PDAs to facilitate patient care and assist with clinical learning... - Commentary: The RIME/EMR scheme: an educational approach to clinical documentation in electronic medical recordsMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, F Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
Acad Med 86:11-4. 2011..The Reporter-Interpreter-Manager-Educator scheme is one approach to teach and evaluate clinical documentation skills using EMRs in the context of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core educational competencies... - Coding and obesity: room to growMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:329-30. 2011..Obesity is the leading health problem in the United States. Providers often fail to document obesity in patients whose body mass index (BMI) is more than 30... - Adult learning models for large-group continuing medical education activitiesMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Fam Med 43:334-7. 2011..Despite evidence suggesting that other learning modalities are more effective, large-group continuing medical education (CME) activities continue to be predominantly lecture based... - Four-year training in family medicine: strength through versatility using the uniformed services as a modelMark Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Fam Med 43:664-6. 2011..Given increasing training requirements for family physicians, we investigated attitudes within the military regarding 4-year postgraduate training in family medicine... - Musculoskeletal injections: a review of the evidenceMark B Stephens
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Am Fam Physician 78:971-6. 2008..Patients with diabetes who receive periarticular or soft tissue steroid injections should closely monitor their blood glucose for two weeks following injection... - Behavioral risks associated with tattooingMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Fam Med 35:52-4. 2003..Tattoos are an increasingly prevalent form of self-expression, especially for adolescents. This study was conducted to determine health-risk behaviors associated with tattoos in young men and women entering military service... - Are children of military parents more physically fit than children of civilian parents?Mark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Fam Med 35:404-7. 2003..Members of the military are required to maintain standards of physical fitness, whereas the civilian population is not. We conducted this study to compare fitness levels of children in military and civilian families... - Preventive health counseling for adolescentsMark B Stephens
US Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA
Am Fam Physician 74:1151-6. 2006..The key to providing relevant and useful preventive counseling for adolescent patients is developing the trust necessary to discuss the specific issues that impact this age group... - Ergogenic supplements and health risk behaviorsM B Stephens
Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
J Fam Pract 50:696-9. 2001..Our goals were to determine the prevalence of ergogenic supplement use in a young healthy population and to examine the extent to which supplement use is associated with specific health risk behaviors... - The maternal perspective on prenatal ultrasoundM B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
J Fam Pract 49:601-4. 2000..Most women in the United States will have a routine sonogram during pregnancy. The medical necessity of this is debatable. The goal of our study was to examine maternal beliefs about prenatal sonography... - A novel approach using an electronic medical record to identify children and adolescents at risk for dyslipidemia: a study from the Primary Care Education and Research Learning (PEARL) networkMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:356-7. 2008..Purpose: We conducted a retrospective analysis to identify children and adolescents in the Primary Care Education and Research Learning practice-based research network (PBRN) who were at risk for dyslipidemia... - Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMark B Stephens
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Am Fam Physician 78:87-92. 2008..Other advanced testing is usually not necessary... - Learning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship studentsScott M Strayer
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Fam Med 40:696-9. 2008..The feasibility and acceptability of teaching medical students to use PDA clinical decision support tools via a Web-based course have not been previously evaluated... - Military medical informatics: accessing information in the deployed environmentMark B Stephens
Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Mil Med 174:259-64. 2009..Physicians use multiple sources of information to search for answers to clinical questions. These sources include textbooks, journals, colleagues, and electronic resources, including the Internet... - Body composition and physical fitness in a cohort of US military medical studentsSarah D Mitchell
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:165-7. 2008..Although students were able to maintain muscular endurance and body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, as measured by a timed 1.5-mile run, declined significantly over a 2-yr period... - Pre-pregnancy fitness levels and delivery outcomesMark B Stephens
Fam Med 40:312. 2008 - Pre-pregnancy fitness levels and delivery outcomesMark B Stephens
Fam Med 40:387-8. 2008