Publications by authors named "Rebecca L Malhi"
Background: The use of rural rotations within urban-based postgraduate programs is the predominant response of medical education to the health needs of underserved rural populations. The broader impact on rural physicians who teach has not been reported.
Methods: This study examined the personal, professional, and financial impact of a rural rotations for urban-based family medicine (UBFM) residents on Canadian rural teaching physicians.
The rural physician shortage remains an international crisis. Rural rotations are commonly used to address the issue. This review assesses the published evidence of the impact of rural rotations on urban-based postgraduate learners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Values and value systems are fundamental to medical school admissions processes. An axiological analysis was carried out to explore the individual values and value systems found within the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine's undergraduate admissions process.
Method: A mixed-methods case study methodology was developed with a focus on applicant characteristics viewed as desirable, the relative value ascribed to applicant characteristics, the values that participants in admissions processes brought to bear, the values that were reflected in the artifacts and procedures used in support of admissions processes, and the values that were expressed at a system, program, or institutional level.
Context: Exploring the relationships between concurrent symptoms or "symptom clusters" (SCs) longitudinally may complement the knowledge gained from the traditional approach of examining individual symptoms or SCs crosssectionally.
Objectives: To identify consistent SCs over the course of one year and determine the possible associations between SCs and demographic and medical characteristics, and between SCs and emotional distress.
Methods: This study was an exploratory longitudinal analysis of SCs in a large sample of newly diagnosed cancer patients.