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Emergency Medicine
Danya Khoujah, Ahmed Ibrahim
Summary: We conducted a qualitative study to explore non-US international medical graduates' perceptions of challenges they face in team dynamics during their first year of an emergency medicine residency. The study identified system-based challenges such as a new power dynamic and understanding the local hospital system, as well as interpersonal challenges such as establishing rapport and articulation of critical thinking.
WESTERN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Otorhinolaryngology
Alexandros Georgolios, Oswaldo A. Henriquez
Summary: International Medical Graduates (IMGs) account for a minority in the medical field and make up 25% of the US physician workforce. However, compared to other specialties, the integration of IMGs in Otolaryngology has not been given much attention. This article reviews the recruitment data of IMGs in Otolaryngology residency programs and emphasizes the need for a strategic effort to increase their participation in US residency programs. This effort can bring benefits such as promoting workforce inclusivity and diversity, and increasing support for underserved communities.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
(2023)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Mo Al-Haddad
Summary: This article explores the wider context of migration and acculturation for international medical graduates (IMGs) and discusses its impact on IMGs' performance. It also highlights the importance of using acculturation theory to inform interventions and support measures.
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Environmental Studies
Christopher J. Watterson, Jean-Annet de Saint Rapt, Eunha Yun
Summary: Chinese state-owned enterprises are heavily involved in international port development, using their access to state capital to finance, build, and operate ports globally. However, the political nature of these investments has introduced various economic, strategic, and political risks for recipient countries. These risks, including port overcapacity, military entrapment, espionage, and economic coercion, are specifically caused by state ownership and can be seen in China's state-led foreign port investments. Therefore, we argue for national-level FDI screening to manage the risks associated with foreign investments in critical infrastructure.
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Communication
Brooke Nixon, Nicole R. Guajardo
Summary: Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) is a framework used to analyze and predict linguistic and behavioral adjustments within interpersonal communication. This theory is applied to computer-mediated communication (CMC) to gain insights into how people communicate through screens. Two studies explored these adjustments in text-message screenshots and found that likability, empathy, gender, and textisms all play a role in how digital communications are perceived and interacted with. The implications of these findings are discussed.
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Patrice Lazure, Jeremy W. Tomlinson, Kris Kowdley, Paolo Magni, Raul D. Santos, Ginny Jacobs, Suzanne Murray
Summary: When managing patients with NASH, healthcare professionals face challenges in collaborating with primary care, lack familiarity with relevant blood markers and diagnostic methods, and have knowledge and skill gaps in managing comorbidities and facilitating patient lifestyle changes.
LIVER INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Mo Al-Haddad, Susan Jamieson, Evi Germeni
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive overview of the experiences and challenges faced by international medical graduates (IMGs) before and after migration, based on a synthesis of diverse qualitative studies. The findings can guide the development of interventions to support IMGs and meet the targets set by the General Medical Council (GMC).
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sherry S. Chesak, Kaia C. Yngve, Julie M. Taylor, Elida R. Voth, Anjali Bhagra
Summary: Physician mothers face unique challenges related to family planning, pregnancy, childcare, work-life integration, inequities, and biases. Understanding these challenges and potential solutions is crucial to addressing biases and barriers affecting physician mothers.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2021)
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Business
Jean-Francois Hennart, Dylan Sutherland
Summary: The article agrees that international business is not uniquely complex, but argues that it faces two unique challenges: limited and unreliable data, and limited applicability of theories. By studying secondary data, the article highlights the serious shortcomings of FDI data and problems with using firm-level data. It also examines cultural biases in transaction cost theory and proposes ways to overcome them for a more general theory.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
(2022)
Editorial Material
Dermatology
Muhammad N. Mahmood
Summary: A diverse medical workforce is important for patient care, and dermatology, as the second-least diverse medical specialty in the United States, needs to address this issue. Including more international medical graduates in residency programs can help improve diversity and eliminate disparities in dermatological care delivery.
CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Junfeng Du, Gwendolyn Mayer, Elisabetta Posenato, Svenja Hummel, Ali Zafar, Till Baernighausen, Jobst-Hendrik Schultz
Summary: This survey reports on the status of communication skills (CS) training in medical education in China and the experiences and attitudes of physicians towards CS training. The results showed that the majority of Chinese physicians have a positive attitude towards CS training and value further training. CS training can improve the patient-physician relationship.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
J. G. Ernakovich, N. Eklund, R. K. Varner, N. Kirchner, J. Jeuring, K. Duderstadt, A. Granebeck, E. Golubeva
Summary: The Arctic faces multiple pressures and requires a convergence of academic disciplines and international perspectives to meaningfully contribute to solving its challenges. Lessons and strategies for success in convergence research are discussed based on the ASIAQ project focused on the health of Arctic waters.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Carlos Murillo Zepeda, Francisco Omar Alcala Aguirre, Edgar Manuel Luna Landa, Edgardo Nahum Reyes Guereque, Gilberto Perez Rodriguez Garcia, Lilian Sabinne Diaz Montoya
Summary: International medical graduates face various challenges in transitioning to the US graduate medical education and healthcare system, including navigation, cultural adaptation, communication skills, racial discrimination, emotional distress, and financial issues.
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Clarice S. C. Chan
Summary: This study investigates how three recent Hong Kong graduates learned to use English for work and overcame communication challenges, finding that difficulties were mainly due to a lack of field knowledge or English proficiency. Graduates used various strategies to learn workplace communication and solve language-related problems, but their vulnerable professional identity sometimes hindered more effective ways of overcoming communication challenges, such as seeking help from experienced community members.
Editorial Material
Oncology
Fawzi Abu Rous, Ivy Riano
Summary: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a global crisis by WHO, leading to border closures, stay-at-home mandates, and reduced government operations. The delays in visa processing and renewal had a significant impact on the training of international medical graduates (IMGs) holding J-1 visas. This manuscript discusses the challenges faced by IMGs during the pandemic.
CANCER INVESTIGATION
(2023)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Christopher A. Harle, Elizabeth H. Golembiewski, Kiarash P. Rahmanian, Janice L. Krieger, Dorothy Hagmajer, Arch G. Mainous, Ray E. Moseley
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Samantha R. Paige, M. David Miller, Janice L. Krieger, Michael Stellefson, JeeWon Cheong
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Oncology
Elizabeth Flood-Grady, Jordan M. Neil, Samantha R. Paige, Donghee Lee, Rachel E. Damiani, Deaven Hough, Zack Savitsky, Thomas J. George, Janice L. Krieger
JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION
(2020)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Elizabeth Flood-Grady, Lauren B. Solberg, Claire Baralt, Meghan Meyer, Jeff Stevens, Janice L. Krieger
Summary: The study established replicable procedures for utilizing social media in research participant recruitment by investigating social media use cases, conducting a scoping review of web-based materials, and obtaining feedback from end users.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Donghee N. Lee, Myiah J. Hutchens, Thomas J. George, Danyell Wilson-Howard, Eric J. Cooks, Janice L. Krieger
Summary: This pilot study used virtual clinicians to investigate how linguistic features affect patient perceptions of Black healthcare providers, and whether linguistic cues increase or decrease racial bias in healthcare interactions.
MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE
(2022)
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Health Policy & Services
Angel B. Algarin, Zhi Zhou, Shantrel Canidate, Nioud Mulugeta Gebru, Janice L. Krieger, Jordan M. Neil, Robert L. Cook, Gladys E. Ibanez
Summary: Florida ranks 2nd in the U.S. for HIV prevalence and incidence rates. A study was conducted to examine PrEP awareness among PLWH in Florida, finding urban location, sexual partner's PrEP use, viral suppression, and engagement in transactional sex as significant correlates. Care providers and HIV/AIDS support groups were the most common and trusted sources of PrEP information for participants.
AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV
(2021)
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Communication
Samantha R. Paige, Ramzi G. Salloum, Janice L. Krieger, Maribeth Williams, Wei Xue, Babette Brumback
JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2020)
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Oncology
Melissa J. Vilaro, Danyell S. Wilson-Howard, Lauren N. Griffin, Fatemeh Tavassoli, Mohan S. Zalake, Benjamin C. Lok, Francois P. Modave, Thomas J. George, Peter J. Carek, Janice L. Krieger
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Communication
Samantha R. Paige, Michael Stellefson, Janice L. Krieger, M. David Miller, Jeewon Cheong, Charkarra Anderson-Lewis
JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2019)
Article
Communication
YoungJu Shin, Jonathan Pettigrew, Michelle Miller-Day, Michael L. Hecht, Janice L. Krieger
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samantha R. Paige, Michael Stellefson, Janice L. Krieger, Julia M. Albert
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH EDUCATION
(2019)
Article
Communication
YoungJu Shin, Michelle Miller-Day, Michael L. Hecht, Janice L. Krieger
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2018)
Article
Communication
Lauren C. Bayliss, Janice L. Krieger
JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2018)
Article
Communication
Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Phokeng M. Dailey, Jessica L. Krok-Schoen, Nancy D. Rhodes, Janice L. Krieger
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2018)
Article
Communication
Jonathan Pettigrew, Michelle Miller-Day, YoungJu Shin, Janice L. Krieger, Michael L. Hecht, John W. Graham
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Noora Jawad, Faisal F. Hakeem, Wael Sabbah
Summary: This study aims to examine socioeconomic and ethnic variations in the provision of health advice by dental professionals. The findings indicate the prominent roles of education level, ethnicity, and smoking status in the provision of health advice. The study emphasizes the need for targeted interventions to promote equity and cultural competence in delivering health advice in dental settings.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Katherine Miles, Bernadette O'Neill, Shuangyu Li
Summary: This study conducted a meta-ethnography to identify and synthesize guidance for optimizing feedback interactions in undergraduate clinical communication simulations. The findings led to the development of a new Feedback Kidney Model, which can guide medical education and future research on feedback in promoting learning. Incorporating meta-cognitive training and utilizing the model can help improve students' learning and communication with patients through on-site face-to-face feedback.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ellen Van de Velde, Ann Van Hecke, Kristof Eeckloo, Simon Malfait
Summary: This study investigates the suitability of experience-based co-design as a method for designing bedside handover in mental health care, and finds that it is a suitable method for enhancing patient involvement in nursing handovers in a general hospital's mental healthcare unit.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yasmine Probst, Maddison Luscombe, Marta Hilfischer, Vivienne Guan, Lauren Houston
Summary: This study explores the interpretation of MS-targeted nutrition messages using semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that dietary changes made by patients with MS after diagnosis are a coping mechanism to address uncertainty, fear of disease progression, and the risk of relapse. The admiration and skepticism towards extremist MS diets depend on individual vulnerability and support from healthcare professionals. The unique MS journey influences the interpretation of the messages, driven by engagement, practicality, and credibility.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aisha T. Langford, Kerli Orellana, Nancy Buderer, Katerina Andreadis, Stephen K. Williams
Summary: This study examined the associations between digital health, sociodemographic factors, and medical conditions on patient-centered communication (PCC). The results suggested that age, education level, household income, and history of hypertension were related to the quality of PCC.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Danielle Huisman, Taylor Burrows, Louise Sweeney, Kirsty Bannister, Rona Moss-Morris
Summary: This study found limited information on symptoms during remission of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on readily searchable patient websites, which fails to adequately explain the persistence of symptoms during remission for patients.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bethan Benwell, Maria Erofeeva, Catrin S. Rhys
Summary: This study examined how language choices made by call handlers affect the progress of complaint calls and the stance of the callers. The findings showed that displaying affiliation at relevant moments in the conversation helps advance the call and de-escalate the complaint, while the absence or misplacement of affiliation may lead to escalation. Early intervention in establishing affiliation with the caller's concerns and reasoning is crucial for de-escalation.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sarah V. Hantzmon, Clemontina A. Davenport, Maya N. Das Gupta, Temi A. Adekunle, Sarah E. Gaither, Maren K. Olsen, Sandro O. Pinheiro, Kimberly S. Johnson, Hannah Mahoney, Allison Falls, Lauren Lloyd, Kathryn I. Pollak
Summary: This study examined the impact of racial differences on patient trust and distrust in physician-patient interactions through audio-recorded cardiologist-patient encounters. The results showed that Black patients had lower expressions of trust and a higher level of guardedness compared to White patients. It suggests that White clinicians can improve communication with Black patients to increase expressions of trust.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Caitlin S. Sayegh, Ellen Iverson, Karen K. Macdonell, Shinyi Wu, Marvin Belzer
Summary: This study applied a Supportive Accountability Model to examine youth's perception of remote human coaching and automated reminders for medication adherence. The findings indicated that both coaching and automated reminders were effective in improving adherence, with coaching being viewed as more potent and engaging. Phone calls enhanced the sense of supportive accountability, but texts were more convenient and flexible. Individual preferences varied.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jennifer Necci Dineen, Mitchell Doucette, Mekaila Carey, Kerri M. Raissian
Summary: This paper aims to understand the facilitators and barriers perceived by general practice physicians in initiating anticipatory guidance around firearm safety. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 GPs to explore their perspectives. Barriers to providing secure firearm storage counseling include inadequate screening mechanisms, limited understanding of who is at risk for firearm injury, time pressures, concerns about patient receptivity, and a need for training. Structural issues need to be addressed before focusing on how to have conversations about firearm safety.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Henrike J. Westerink, Cato C. Bresser, Mirjam M. Garvelink, Cornelia F. van Udenkraan, Ouisam Zouitni, Hans A. J. Bart, Philip J. van der Wees, Paul B. van der Nat
Summary: This study aims to explore the perspectives and needs of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients regarding the use of outcome data in consultations. The findings indicate that HCPs do not routinely use aggregated outcome data in consultations due to various barriers. Patients, however, consider aggregated outcome data important but have different preferences based on their health conditions.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bronwyn Newman, Mashreka Sarwar, Ashfaq Chauhan, Reema Harrison
Summary: Co-facilitation presents an opportunity to address inequity in codesign, and through our experiences in the CanEngage project, we have identified three mechanisms to promote equity.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Andre Vaagan, Mette Haaland-Overby, Alison Axisa Eriksen, Kari Fredriksen, Vibeke Stenov, Cecilie Varsi, Brynja Ingadottir, Bryan Richard Cleal, Anita Royneberg Alvheim, Karl Fredrik Westermann, Hilde Stromme, Olof Birna Kristjansdottir
Summary: This study summarizes the recent evidence on the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of videoconference group-based patient and caregiver education. The results suggest that this education approach is highly feasible and acceptable, and may improve health outcomes for participants. However, the evidence of effectiveness is limited and the quality of studies varies. Further research is needed to establish the effectiveness of this education approach for different patient and caregiver groups.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Momoka Igarashi, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Takuma Shiozawa, Sosei Yamaguchi
Summary: The study aims to identify conversation topics, who initiated the topics, and differences in topics with and without the use of a shared decision-making (SDM) tool in psychiatric outpatient consultations. The findings show that daily life issues, especially related to work, were the main topics discussed, and the SDM tool seems to facilitate discussion of patients' concerns.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Qiwei Luna Wu, Grace Ellen Brannon
Summary: This study explores how patient-centered communication, media, and organizational factors influence patients' intentions to use telehealth. The findings suggest that positive healthcare experiences, organizational support, and quality media designs are associated with telehealth adoption.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2024)
