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Pediatr Rheumatol Online J
December 2024
Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Room 06.9715, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a chronic pediatric illness, whereby youth experience physical, emotional and psychosocial challenges that result in reduced health related quality of life (HRQL). Peer mentoring has been shown to improve disease self-management in adults with chronic conditions, with mixed results in younger populations. Building on our pilot work - which supported the feasibility and initial effectiveness of the iPeer2Peer program - the objective of this study was to assess the clinical effectiveness of the program in youth with JIA through a waitlist randomized controlled trial.
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December 2024
Columbia University Irving Center, NY, NY, USA.
Pursuing medical careers like radiology is challenging even for those with high levels of commitment, discipline, and resilience. Many rely on the guidance and support from mentors whose experiences serve as the roadmap for new generations. Unfortunately, finding a mentor can be difficult in certain parts of the world or when physicians decide to live and practice medicine outside their country of origin.
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December 2024
Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, 0130 Oslo, Norway.
Aim: To explore the challenges and strategies among new and experienced nursing leaders in mental healthcare; furthermore, to identify factors that support or hinder their leadership roles.
Background: Strong nursing leadership is crucial for the quality of patient care and is associated with higher job security and better patient outcomes. Understanding what factors contribute to effective leadership is essential for the development of future leaders.
BMC Med Educ
December 2024
School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Background: The medical school of Tzu Chi University in Taiwan offers a unique, group-based, humanistic mentoring program as a complement to the programs mentored by faculty members and school counselors. The humanistic mentors are senior volunteers who are subject-matter experts in various fields and who embody the spirit of humanism in their lives. The average mentee-to-mentor ratio is around 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Board Fam Med
December 2024
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (MLM); Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (MS); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND (DFS); Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX (NJR).
Primary care researchers are increasingly at the forefront of developing innovations and new research methods to address complex issues in health care, including multi-morbidity, social determinants of health, health equity, managing population health in clinical practice, patient satisfaction, and provider burnout. Research demonstrates that "primary care is the only health care component where an increased supply is associated with better population health and more equitable outcomes." As a primary care specialty, family medicine has evolved beyond its initial focus on clinical practice and education to realizing the imperative for the discipline to robustly engage in research and embrace the responsibility to generate the evidence that drives changes in primary care practice and policy.
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