Gender Differences in Routine Health Maintenance Examinations Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) males historically have lower healthcare utilization than their female peers.

Methods: Electronic health record data from an Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine outpatient practice were reviewed to assess gender differences in routine health maintenance examinations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: Routine health maintenance examinations decreased for both males and females during the pandemic.

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Positive and Negative Affect and Associations with Blood Glucose in Teens with Type 1 Diabetes.

Background: Affect (i.e., emotions) can be associated with diabetes self-care and ambient glucose in teens with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Scientific Authors in a Changing World of Scholarly Communication: What Does the Future Hold?

Scholarly communication in science, technology, and medicine has been organized around journal-based scientific publishing for the past 350 years. Scientific publishing has unique business models and includes stakeholders with conflicting interests-publishers, funders, libraries, and scholars who create, curate, and consume the literature. Massive growth and change in scholarly communication, coinciding with digitalization, have amplified stresses inherent in traditional scientific publishing, as evidenced by overwhelmed editors and reviewers, increased retraction rates, emergence of pseudo-journals, strained library budgets, and debates about the metrics of academic recognition for scholarly achievements.

A Historical Review of Key Events and Components of Faculty and Professional Development in Psychiatry.

Psychiatry's evolution has entailed clinical, educational, research, and administrative missions. Faculty development efforts concern ways in which professional identity, attitudes and skills are transmitted and enhanced from generation to generation. Top-down efforts by national and international organizations and bottom-up movements by individuals in numerous local settings have helped faculty and guided the profession forward.

Transgender Adolescents' Experiences in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: Transgender adults may avoid medical settings due to concerns about discrimination or past experiences of maltreatment. Emerging evidence shows improved outcomes and psychosocial functioning when transgender adolescents receive gender-affirming care, but little is known about transgender adolescents' experiences in primary care. The objective of this study was to learn about the experiences in primary care of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGN) adolescents and their recommendations for primary care practices and clinicians.