Work engagement, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions among family medicine residency program managers.

Objectives: The authors examined the associations between work engagement, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions among family medicine residency (FMR) managers.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of 511 FMR manager members of the Association of Family Medicine Administration using purposive sampling. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Job Satisfaction Survey, and Boshoff and Allen's 3-item scale were used to assess work engagement, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions respectively.

Evaluator Agreement in Medical Student Assessment Across a Multi-Campus Medical School During a Standardized Patient Encounter.

Purpose: Class rank and clerkship grades impact a medical student's residency application. The variability and inter-rater reliability in assessment across multiple clinical sites within a single university system is unknown. We aimed to determine if medical student assessment across medical school campuses is consistent when using a standardized scoring rubric.

Physician Burnout in a Rural Kansas Community.

Introduction: Physician wellness and burnout are topics of intense discussion and study, however, less is known about rural physician burnout. The aim of this study was to assess levels of physician burnout in the rural Kansas community of Salina.

Methods: An electronic, confidential survey was conducted among 145 physicians with active privileges at the local health center and/or surgical center.

Rural surgeons' perspectives on necessity of post-residency training are stable across generations.

Background: Training future rural surgeons is critical, but training needs are unclear. We hypothesize perspectives on necessity of subspecialty training differ among rural surgeons by generational cohort.

Methods: An online survey was sent to ACS Rural Surgery Listserv subscribers.

Rural Kansas Family Physician Satisfaction with Caring for Spanish-Speaking Only Patients.

Background: Patient satisfaction with the care they receive can be influenced negatively by a language barrier between the physician and patient. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the consequences of a language barrier on physician satisfaction, although this barrier has the potential to decrease physician wellness. This study sought to determine if a language barrier is a source of professional dissatisfaction in family medicine physicians in rural Kansas.

An overview of combined D-2- and L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria: functional analysis of CIC variants.

Combined D-2- and L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (D/L-2-HGA) is a devastating neurometabolic disorder, usually lethal in the first years of life. Autosomal recessive mutations in the SLC25A1 gene, which encodes the mitochondrial citrate carrier (CIC), were previously detected in patients affected with combined D/L-2-HGA. We showed that transfection of deficient fibroblasts with wild-type SLC25A1 restored citrate efflux and decreased intracellular 2-hydroxyglutarate levels, confirming that deficient CIC is the cause of D/L-2-HGA.

Does availability of expanded point-of-care services improve outcomes for rural diabetic patients?

Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess compliance with American Diabetes Association screening recommendations at Salina Family Healthcare (SFHC) in Salina, Kansas, a large rural town, and to evaluate the impact of point-of-care (POC) dilated eye exams for uninsured patients. POC exams are those performed in the location where patients are treated.

Methods: There were 462 type II diabetic (DM2) patients seen at SFHC in 2009 and 537 DM2 patients seen in 2010.