Engagement between patients with obesity and osteoarthritis and primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey.

Purpose Of The Study: Obesity is a major risk factor for development and worsening of osteoarthritis (OA). Managing obesity with effective weight loss strategies can improve patients' OA symptoms, functionality, and quality of life. However, little is known about the clinical journey of patients with both OA and obesity.

The Morehouse Faculty Development Program: evolving methods and 10-year outcomes.

Background And Objectives: African American physicians remain underrepresented among all medical school faculty, including faculty in departments of family medicine. This paper reports on a faculty development effort aimed at increasing the number and academic skills of underrepresented minority faculty.

Methods: In 1992, Morehouse School of Medicine began a faculty development program.