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..To increase error reporting, a better understanding of physicians' and nurses' perspectives regarding medical error reporting in hospitals, barriers to reporting, and possible ways to increase reporting is necessary...

..The authors sought to identify factors associated with contemporary medical graduates' career-setting plans...

..05). Findings can inform efforts to develop an academic medicine workforce that can meet our nation's healthcare needs and more equitably reflect the diversity of our society and medical student population...

..Predictors of U.S. allopathic medical-school graduates' board-certification plans have not been characterized...

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..More focused efforts are needed to help patients become aware of available antiretroviral drugs and to encourage greater use of these drugs among all patients for whom the drugs are indicated...

..We investigated characteristics associated with axillary lymph node (LN) status in patients with T3 breast cancers and hypothesized that LN status is an independent predictor of survival...

..g., comorbidity) also affect mortality. Whether racial disparities in mortality are evident within age and/or stage groups has not been reported, and risk factors for greater mortality among Black women are not well defined...

..Respondents identified multiple important influences-hence the potential for conflicting messages about HIV medications. These findings have implications for health education practices and behavioral research in the medical setting...

..Little is known about long-term improvements in medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and use of blood and body fluid precautions following preclinical training...

..To investigate differences in second-, third-, and fourth-year medical students' knowledge of bloodborne pathogen exposure risks, as well as their attitudes toward, and intentions to comply with, Universal Precautions (UP)...

..We tested the significance of associations among students' demographics, communication styles, and feedback received during clerkships...

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..Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represents 20-30% of mammographically detected breast cancers, but the role of lymph node assessment (LNA) in women with DCIS remains unclear...

..These findings suggest that there may be a greater need for increasing mammography use among white women, especially in the historic cluster area of late-stage breast cancer in St. Louis...

..They also examined the extent to which 6 pathways explained racial disparities in the development of metastases...

..Interventions to reduce late-stage breast cancer, focusing on areas of high poverty and targeting African Americans, may reduce disparities in breast cancer survival in the Detroit and Atlanta areas...

..We sought to identify risk factors for attrition among obstetrics and gynecology residents...

..To estimate the frequency of ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations (ACSHs) and to compare the risk of ACSH in breast cancer survivors living in high-poverty with that of those in low-poverty areas...

..The characteristics and career intentions of recent MD/PhD program and other MD program graduates have not been compared...

..To identify predictors of attrition during graduate medical education (GME) in a single medical school cohort of contemporary US medical school graduates...

..Several patient and tumor characteristics were significantly associated with surgical resection of the primary breast tumor in Stage IV disease. Further study of the surgery decision-making process is recommended...

..Evaluate the effectiveness of the 2005 to 2007 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellows Conference series in achieving predefined objectives in the domains of scholarship, leadership, and partnership...

..The relationship between increasing numbers and diversity of medical school enrollees and the US physician workforce size and composition has not been described...

..011). The impact of surgery type on body image within the first year of definitive surgical treatment was explained by surgical side-effects severity. After 2 years, body image problems did not differ significantly by surgery type...

..The authors sought to identify variables independently associated with full-time faculty appointment among recent medical graduates...

..To describe trends in specialty choice and to identify predictors of primary care specialty choices among graduates of U.S. MD-granting medical schools...

..We aimed to evaluate whether age-matched women with and without early-stage breast cancer differentially experience sexual problems over time and whether changes in patients' problems differ by type of surgical procedure...

..Educating early-stage breast cancer patients about their actual risk could result in more realistic recurrence-risk perceptions, and increasing social support could help alleviate anxiety associated with exaggerated risk perceptions...

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..Neoadjuvant chemotherapy reduces tumor size before surgery in women with breast cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of mammography and ultrasound to predict residual tumor size following neoadjuvant chemotherapy...

..A goal of Healthy People 2010 was to reduce health disparities. We determined the extent of reductions in geographic disparities in five breast cancer screening indicators...

..Efforts to target counties aimed at increasing breast-cancer screening based on their level of deprivation will not likely be beneficial...

..Estrogen deprivation therapy with aromatase inhibitors has been hypothesized to paradoxically sensitize hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer tumor cells to low-dose estradiol therapy...

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..Evaluate the effectiveness of the 2005 National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows' Conference in achieving predefined objectives in scholarship, leadership, and partnership...

..The relationship between US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 scores and core surgical-specialty match outcomes has not been well defined...

..To assess compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) evidence-based guidelines for the judicious use of antimicrobials in children with acute otitis media (AOM)...

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..The authors sought to compare categorical general surgery applicants with applicants in other specialties regarding their final specialty-choice ranking for residency positions...

..Variables associated with postgraduate year 1 (PGY-l) performance in surgical training have not been fully defined...

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..The purpose of this study was to compare breast cancer patients' self-report and surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) abstract data regarding type of treatment received (radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapies)...

..Academic and other student-specific variables associated with United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 3 performance have not been fully defined...

..To assess medical students' and housestaff's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding safe prescribing...

..Unlike the small survival benefit of radiotherapy after first primary breast cancer, omission of radiotherapy after metachronous contralateral breast cancer significantly increased the risk of cause-specific and all-cause mortality...

..The purpose of this study was to identify factors that could explain breast cancer underutilization among women age 40 and older with disabilities...

..Primary care physicians play an important role in screening for childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) that, if untreated, can result in serious complications...

..We sought to identify predictors of obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) specialty choice among US medical graduates over time...

..Because clinical clerkship grades are associated with resident selection and performance and are largely based on residents'/attendings' subjective ratings, it is important to identify variables associated with clinical clerkship grades...

..We sought to determine whether surgical removal of the primary tumor provides a survival advantage for women with metastatic breast cancer...

..We compared demographic characteristics of first-year residents entering obstetrics/gynecology with those entering primary care and surgery...

..To examine the benefits of mammography for elderly breast cancer survivors in community settings...

..Research has not established (1) if breast cancer screening varies by county-level proportion of uninsured or (2) whether county-level-proportion of uninsured correlates with county-level early-stage and late-stage breast cancer incidence...

..We sought to determine the extent to which recent increases in levels of gender and racial diversity in the overall resident-physician workforce were evident among core-surgical specialty resident workforces...

..We hypothesized that surgical excision of primary tumors in patients with stage IV breast cancer would be associated with increased survival...

..CONCLUSION: Further educational interventions for ED personnel are needed to increase their compliance with Universal Precautions...

..Differences in psychological outcomes of breast cancer patients with locally advanced disease who presented with abnormal screening mammograms or palpable mass have not been reported...

..0001) and general health (P=0.0017) than controls, possibly because of lingering treatment effects. DCIS patients' QOL was similar to that of controls two years after diagnosis, but some aspects of EIBC patients' QOL remained lower...

..Although a few studies have examined early-stage breast cancer survivors' perceived risk of recurrence, none have assessed the accuracy of survivors' perceived risk of recurrence...

..CONCLUSIONS: The OSAKA appears to be a useful instrument to measure physicians' knowledge about OSA, their views on its importance as a clinical disorder, and their confidence in identifying and managing patients with this disorder...

..Identification of correlates of contemporary US medical graduates' surgical career plans can provide insights about the emerging surgical workforce composition and inform future recruitment efforts...

..Little is known about positive airway pressure adherence among school-aged children and adolescents...

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..This paper describes development and pilot testing of a preliminary version of the CPI and describes its psychometric properties including its reliability and validity relative to established pain measures...

..Multiwave telephone interviews were conducted in 2002 with 1,656 inpatients from 12 Midwestern hospitals regarding patients' conceptualization of medical errors and perceived risk of seven types of medical errors...

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