Social connectedness and diabetes self-management across the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study.

Introduction: Structural social connectedness is the structure and size of a person's social network, including whether persons live with or have regular contact with others. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted structures that facilitate social connectedness. This study investigated how a person's structural social connectedness influenced diabetes self-management strategies through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education, trust, and likelihood to vaccinate against COVID-19 among patients with diabetes in the American South.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship among education, likelihood to vaccinate for COVID-19, and trust in healthcare providers among patients living with diabetes in the American South.

Methods: Explanatory iterative sequential mixed methods design combined retrospective chart review, self-report surveys, and qualitative interviews.

Results: Analysis of covariance revealed that severity of diabetes was not linked to vaccine acceptance.

The Power of One Word to Paint a Halo or a Horn: Demonstrating the Halo Effect in Learner Handover and Subsequent Evaluation.

Purpose: Learner evaluation based upon direct observation is a cornerstone of modern competency-based medical education. Learner handover has become a widely accepted practice. Cognitive attribution bias is a potential threat to the validity of learner evaluation following learner handover.