Vicarious traumatization and coping in medical students: a pilot study.

Objective: This study explored the impact of traumatic experiences on medical students during their clerkships.

Methods: Medical students completed an anonymous online survey inquiring about traumatic experiences on required clerkships during their third year of medical school, including any symptoms they may have experienced as well as coping strategies they may have used.

Results: Twenty-six percent of students reported experiencing vicarious traumatization (VT) during their third year of medical school.

An analysis of racial and sex differences for smoking among adolescents in a juvenile correctional center.

The purpose of this study was to investigate racial and sex differences on the risk factors for smoking initiation and daily smoking among juvenile justice adolescents, a population that is traditionally ignored in school-based epidemiological samples. This study used archival data collected by juvenile justice authorities for a large sample of juvenile justice adolescents (N=4381), examining interaction terms to determine race and sex differences for risk factors. About 70% of juvenile justice adolescents reported ever having smoked cigarettes while almost half reported daily smoking.