This article uses data on a recent cohort of Social Security retired-worker beneficiaries to examine the predictors of work after initial receipt of benefits. It focuses on two factors: an analysis of the effects of ill health and of employment in a physically demanding occupation in the year preceding receipt of benefits. Based on responses received during the Social Security Administration's ...

BACKGROUND We now live, learn, teach and practice medicine in the digital era. Social networking sites are used by at least half of all adults. Engagement with social media can be personal, professional, or both, for health-related and educational purposes. Use is often public. Lapses in professionalism can have devastating consequences, but when used well social media can enhance the lives of ...

According to the Bylaws of the AACP, the Academic Affairs Committee shall consider any matter relating to the conduct of pharmaceutical education to be within its purview, including but not limited to curriculum, resources, faculty, and students. The committee also considers matters extending beyond pharmaceutical education to higher education, especially those elements concerned with health pr...

UNLABELLED The practice of clinical supervision (CS) is recommended for allied health professionals. Preliminary evidence suggests that CS can be effective, but it is unknown for which allied health professions it is most effective. METHOD The effectiveness of CS was measured using the allied health-specific modified Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale (MCSS-26). Subscales of the MCSS-26 we...

Although continuing education in the health professions is an important endeavor, it has been largely neglected in the professional literature. Few studies have been done on (a) conceptual models to guide the design and implementation of continuing education and (b) the use of such models in continuing education. To fill this gap, two such models are described in this article: (a) instructional...

Campylobacter and Salmonella are leading causes of bacterial gastroenteritis in the United States and are estimated to cause >1 million episodes of domestically acquired illness annually (1). Campylobacter and Salmonella are primarily transmitted through contaminated food, but animal-to-human and human-to-human transmission can also occur (2,3). Although occupationally acquired infections have ...

A Global Need Workers cut firewood to light a brick kiln in Kabul, Afghanistan. The few health studies that have been conducted on kiln workers typically reveal musculoskeletal effects and health effects similar to those seen in other smoky, dusty occupations.

Evidence-based healthcare as it is contemporarily conceived is based on the view that clinical decisions should be based on the best available scientific evidence but recognising patient preferences, the context of healthcare and the judgement of the clinician. The ongoing debate on the nature of evidence for practice across all of the health professions is influenced by the experience of clini...

This article discusses the issue of legal, technical, and political legitimacy for formulating a public policy aimed at organizing the training of health professionals in accordance with the population's health needs, while highlighting the competencies of the education and health sectors in this construction. Comprehensiveness is viewed as the main thrust for proposing and supporting the chang...

BACKGROUND The medical community has only recently begun to address how human error affects patient safety. In order to confront human error in medicine, there is a need to teach students who are entering the health professions how potential errors may manifest and train them to prevent or mitigate these problems. PURPOSE The objective is to describe a semester-long, interdisciplinary, human ...