Faculty Time Allocation at Historically Black Universities and Its Relationship to Institutional Expectations.

University faculty divide their time into their main academic responsibilities, typically identified as teaching, research, service, and, at institutions with strong ties to their surrounding community, outreach. Most studies of time allocation have focused on faculty at Primarily White Institutions. The present study investigated how faculty at five Historically Black Universities (HBUs) allocate their time to their academic responsibilities.

Detection of undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetic states in high-risk emergency department patients.

Background: Diabetes is often not diagnosed until complications appear, and one-third of those with diabetes may be undiagnosed. Prediabetes and diabetes are conditions in which early detection would be appropriate, because the duration of hyperglycemia is a predictor of adverse outcomes, and there are effective interventions to prevent disease progression and to reduce complications.

Objectives: The objectives were to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and prediabetes in emergency department (ED) patients with an elevated random glucose or risk factors for diabetes but without previously diagnosed diabetes and to identify which at-risk ED patients should be considered for referral for confirmatory diagnostic testing.

Ethnic differences in parent preference to be present for painful medical procedures.

Objective: To examine ethnic differences between white, black, and Hispanic (English-speaking and Spanish-speaking) parents in their desire to remain present during their children's painful medical procedures.

Methods: A convenience sample of parents from each of 4 ethnic groups (black, white, and Hispanic [divided into English-speaking Hispanic and Spanish-speaking Hispanic]) was surveyed regarding their preferences for remaining present for 5 hypothetical painful procedures: venipuncture, laceration repair, lumbar puncture, fracture reduction, and critical resuscitation. For each procedure, a short description of the procedure was read to the parent, and a picture of the procedure was shown.