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.

Following the clues: teaching medical students to explore patients' contexts.

Objective: Physicians often overlook important contextual clues that patients give during an encounter. The objective of our study was to increase medical students' knowledge and skills in identifying contextual issues.

Methods: Six consecutive learning experiences, including a standardized patient (SP) encounter and activities designed to trigger reflection, were implemented within a first-year Introduction to Clinical Medicine course.

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.

A qualitative evaluation of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health Program.

A qualitative evaluation was conducted at 15 nationally designated Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CoEs) that were funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office on Women's Health at the time of data collection.