Publications by authors named "D Dent"
Purpose: Remote symptom monitoring (RSM) using electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROS) connects patients and health care teams between appointments. Patient-perceived benefits and drawbacks of RSM are well-known, but health care team members' perceptions are less clear.
Methods: Health care team members from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of South Alabama Health Mitchell Cancer Institute participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews to explore their experiences and perspectives on RSM benefits and limitations.
Article Synopsis
- A nitrogen-fixing bacterium is examined for its ability to enhance the growth of tomato plants, focusing on its colonization methods and growth promotion capabilities.
- The study compares a wild type strain (Gd WT) with a nitrogen fixation-impaired mutant (Gd -), assessing their effects on plant growth under different nitrogen conditions.
- Results show that Gd WT significantly improves plant height, weight, and chlorophyll content, demonstrating the importance of the nitrogen-fixing gene for optimal plant growth promotion.
Introduction: Remote symptom monitoring (RSM) allows patients to electronically self-report symptoms to their healthcare team for individual management. Clinical trials have demonstrated overarching benefits; however, little is known regarding patient-perceived benefits and limitations of RSM programs used during patient care.
Methods: This prospective qualitative study from December 2021 to May 2023 included patients with cancer participating in standard-of-care RSM at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham, AL, and the Univeristy of South Alabama (USA) Health Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) in Mobile, AL.
Physician-patient racial and cultural concordance is essential to address health care disparities. Yet, limited literature on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) outcomes in graduate medical education (GME) suggests the need for high-yield DEI resources. To describe and identify DEI efforts by US residency program director (PD) associations and areas for collaboration among the GME community.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Animals can help fix our environment and save nature at the same time.
- Around 25% of forest restoration projects can get better with the help of animals.
- Half of these projects need us to take steps to make things better.