Effect of a Physician-directed Educational Campaign on Performance of Proper Diabetic Foot Exams in an Outpatient Setting

The established guidelines for a diabetes foot examination include assessing circulatory, skin, and neurological status to detect problems early and reduce the likelihood of amputation. Physician adherence to the guideli...

The Quantity and Quality of Scientific Graphs in Pharmaceutical Advertisements

We characterized the quantity and quality of graphs in all pharmaceutical advertisements, in the 10 U.S. medical journals. Four hundred eighty-four unique advertisements (of 3,185 total advertisements) contained 836 glos...

Comprehensive Ambulatory Medicine Training for Categorical Internal Medicine Residents

It is challenging to create an educational and satisfying experience in the outpatient setting. We developed a 3-year ambulatory curriculum that addresses the special needs of our categorical medicine residents with dist...

Pharma's Bad Karma: Resistance Is Not Futile

Rapid Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosing Cancer-related Low Back Pain: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis

This study compared the relative efficiency of lumbar x-ray and rapid magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for diagnosing cancer-related low back pain (LBP) in primary care patients.