Predicting Performance in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Part II Certification Oral Examination Based On Milestone Ratings.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) introduced the Milestones to document learner development within a competency-based framework. On the other hand, board certifying examinations serve as a summative evaluation of a learner's readiness for independent medical practice. Scores in Part I of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) examination, which measures medical knowledge, has been shown to correlate only with Milestones ratings in medical knowledge.

Detectability of runs of homozygosity is influenced by analysis parameters and population-specific demographic history.

Wild populations are increasingly threatened by human-mediated climate change and land use changes. As populations decline, the probability of inbreeding increases, along with the potential for negative effects on individual fitness. Detecting and characterizing runs of homozygosity (ROHs) is a popular strategy for assessing the extent of individual inbreeding present in a population and can also shed light on the genetic mechanisms contributing to inbreeding depression.

A social history of racial disparities in breastfeeding in the United States.

Over the past five decades in the United States, White women have breastfed at higher rates than Black women. While a small but growing body of social historical research has examined racial disparities in breastfeeding over time, empirical research, particularly quantitative research, has focused on single historical snapshots, unintentionally treating the persistent racial disparities in breastfeeding as a static phenomenon, rather than one with distinct social mechanisms at different points in time. Further, few studies on racial disparities in health deconstruct difference both within and across racial groups.

"Living Well with Chronic Pain": Integrative Pain Management via Shared Medical Appointments.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, nonpharmacological, integrative approach that uses shared medical appointments to improve health-related quality of life and reduce opioid medication use in patients with chronic pain.

Design: This is a retrospective, pre-post review of "Living Well with Chronic Pain" shared medical appointments (August 2016 through May 2018).

Setting: The appointments included eight 3-hour-long visits held once per week at an outpatient wellness facility.