Primary care and communication in shared cancer care: a qualitative study.

Objective: To explore perceptions of primary care physicians' (PCPs') and oncologists' roles, responsibilities, and patterns of communication related to shared cancer care in 3 integrated health systems that used electronic health records.

Study Design: Qualitative study.

Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews with 10 patients having early-stage colorectal cancer and with 14 oncologists and PCPs.

When best intentions aren't enough: helping medical students develop strategies for managing bias about patients.

Introduction/aims: Implicit bias can impact physician-patient interactions, alter treatment recommendations, and perpetuate health disparities. Medical educators need methods for raising student awareness about the impact of bias on medical care.

Setting: Seventy-two third-year medical student volunteers participated in facilitated small group discussions about bias.

Collaborative community empowerment: an illustration of a six-step process.

This article illustrates a method used in a community empowerment project where community members and university facilitators collaborated to increase the capacity of the community. The method may have practical uses in collaborations with community groups. The six-step process enabled the community groups to accomplish their short-term community goals: developing effective after-school programs and resolving problems of damaged homes and blighted properties in a relatively short time and continuing on their collaborative work.