Publications by authors named "Bruce St Amour"
Article Synopsis
- Superstitions in medicine are irrational beliefs often stemming from ignorance or attempts to explain random events, impacting how medical professionals perceive causation.
- Identified 295 articles on medical superstitions, with psychiatry and OB/GYN having the most studies, revealing a wide range of beliefs across different specialties.
- The study found no correlation between a patient's age and their likelihood of being admitted, highlighting the importance of scientific literacy and staying updated with medical knowledge among healthcare providers.
Introduction: The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the reliability of an interprofessional collaboration measurement scale used for nursing interactions with resident physicians. To date, the collaboration between nurses and residents has not been adequately investigated and a validated tool specifically for this purpose is not yet available. Our objective is to adapt a previously validated interprofessional scale for health care settings to the specific nurse/resident physician collaboration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Our objective is to evaluate the factors important to osteopathic applicants when selecting an American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians accredited emergency medicine (EM) residency and to compare these results with previous allopathic EM studies.
Methods: We gave osteopathic applicants a survey during interview season to be filled out anonymously at the end of their interview day. This survey included 18 factors which the applicants were asked to rank between 1 ("not very important") to 4 ("very important").