OBJECTIVE This study explored the unique challenges and strategies of women in academic family medicine who are in dual physician families. METHODS An e-mail survey was sent to all female physician members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) who were listed in the on-line database. The survey collected demographic information, details of job descriptions and family life, and ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A brief and psychometrically sound scale to measure patients' overall satisfaction with their primary care physicians would be useful in studies where a longer instrument is impractical. The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the psychometrics of a brief instrument to measure patients' overall satisfaction with their primary care physicians. METHODS Res...

OBJECTIVES To assess Saudi mother's preferences regarding Saudi children's physicians' attire, and its influence on the parents' level of trust and confidence. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to April 2014. Our sample comprised mothers of pediatric patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings at National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mothers...

Patient satisfaction and how it is measured is an important field of study in healthcare. Consequently, there have been many patient satisfaction studies. However, there is a lack of studies that focused on how male and female patients perceive, or weigh, their overall satisfaction. Determining the weights of these attributes by gender is an important outcome to determine overall patient satisf...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between physician and patient gender and physicians' self-reported likelihood of providing smoking cessation advice to smokers using hypothetical case scenarios in primary care. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of a self-administered questionnaire. SUBJECTS National random sample of Australian general practitioners (GPs). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Self-repo...

To elucidate the difference between ratios of nurse consultation sought by senior rheumatologists and junior physicians in rheumatology residency training, and also to evaluate physician efficiency index respecting patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Data regarding outpatient visits for RA patients between November 2013 and 2015 were extracted. The mean interval (day) between consultations,...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to assess comparative female representation trends for trainees and full-time faculty in the academic radiation oncology and hematology oncology workforce of the United States over 3 decades. METHODS AND MATERIALS Simple linear regression models with year as the independent variable were used to determine changes in female percentage representation per year and associa...

Introduction: Hazardous materials (HazMat) training is not a requirement for accreditation of US Emergency Medicine (EM) residencies, nor EM board certification by the American Board (ABEM). However, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires hospitals train all personnel expected to deal with contaminated patients. This QI project aimed develop an physician-specific HazMat c...