Publications by authors named "Bret Simon"
Background: End-of-residency transitions create disruptions in primary care continuity. The national implementation of Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) in Veterans Health Administration (VA) primary care clinics creates an opportunity to mitigate this discontinuity through the provision of team-based care.
Objectives: To identify team-based solutions to end-of-residency transitions in a resident PACT continuity clinic by assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of non-physician PACT members and resident PACT physicians.
Background: Many Americans use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Medical educators have responded by incorporating CAM education into their curricula. Research has reported on the number and types of CAM therapies included in physician assistant (PA) curricula, but information on the purposes, methods, and practice of CAM education is lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are recognized as a medically underserved population, yet little information on need, access, and services is available-particularly with regard to oral health care.
Purpose: This study describes the facilities, services, staffing, and patient characteristics of US dental clinics serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and identifies trends and issues that may impede or improve dental care access and service.
Methods: National databases were used to identify community and migrant health centers providing oral health care to migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Context: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are a population at risk for oral health problems. Data on the oral health conditions of migrant and seasonal farmworkers' permanent teeth are particularly lacking.
Purpose: To document the relative rates of treated and untreated dental decay in a sample of southern Illinois migrant and seasonal farmworkers who had sought care at a farmworker health center dental clinic.