Sexual Activity Screening and Referral to Gynecology Services among Adolescent Women with Chronic Disease in the Pediatric Subspecialty Setting.

Study Objective: Medically complex adolescent girls have significantly increased risk of disease exacerbation from pregnancy, and their use of teratogenic medications poses a risk to a developing fetus. Pediatric subspecialists have an opportunity to screen for sexual activity and refer to gynecology if indicated.

Methods: Subspecialist pediatricians (n = 39) completed a survey of their screening and referral practices.

'What I Wish My Surgeon Knew': A Novel Approach to Promote Empathic Curiosity in Surgery.

Objective: Physician empathy is associated with a variety of superior patient and physician outcomes. Teaching physicians to practice empathic curiosity is challenging however, and relatively few efficient and effective methods have been proposed toward this end. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact and feasibility of a novel approach to foster empathic curiosity during surgical training.

A Student-Led National Conference on Leadership: Broadening the Medical Student Role.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Students have traditionally held a singular role in medical education - the learner.

Healthcare provider attitudes regarding the provision of assisted reproductive services for HIV-affected couples in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Objective: To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of providing assisted reproductive services as part of routine HIV care and treatment in Ethiopia.

Methods: The present cross-sectional study using semistructured in-depth interviews was conducted at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during July 2014 and July 2015.