Career

BACKGROUND: Construction and nursing are critical industries. Although both careers involve physically and mentally demanding work, the risks to workers during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well understood. Nurses (both younger and older) are more likely to experience the ill effects of burnout and stress than construction workers, likely due to accelerated work demands and increased pressure on nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we analyzed a large social media data set using advanced natural language processing techniques to explore indicators of the mental status of workers across both industries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic...

PURPOSE: This study aimed to elucidate the experiences and perceptions of mid-career to senior clinician-scientists in academic medicine regarding pursuing, attaining, or rejecting leadership roles as well as their conceptualization of the influence of leadership in their broader career trajectories. METHOD: The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of in-depth, semistructured interviews conducted in 2022 with a diverse sample of clinician-scientists who received new National Institutes of Health K08 or K23 Career Development Awards between 2006 and 2009...

Stem cell research is the product of cumulative, integrated effort between and within laboratories and disciplines. The many collaborative steps that lead to that special "Eureka moment", when something that has been a puzzle perhaps for years suddenly become clear, is among the greatest pleasures of a scientific career. In this essay, the serendipitous pathway from first acquaintance with pluripotent stem cells to advanced cardiovascular models that emerged from studying development and disease will be described...

AIM: To explore cognitions in nurses' professional value and career development amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyse influencing factors. DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive study design was employed. METHODS: Thirty practising nurses from three general hospitals in Chengdu, China, were purposively recruited. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted. The content analysis was used for data analysis. RESULTS: After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were obvious cognitive changes in nurses' professional value, including improvement in the cognition of professional value, awareness of the broadening of the field of acting professional value, and realization of increasingly high requirements in careers...

This paper is based on a symposium on mentoring in infant mental health that took place at the 18th World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) conference. The symposium commemorated Robert N. Emde who was one of the founders of the field of Infant Mental Health, and devoted much of his career to mentorship. From an IMH perspective, mentoring experiences are best thought of as relationships, significant for both mentor and mentee, with positive mentoring experiences crucial for the development of IMH clinicians and researchers...

OBJECTIVES: Bridge employment and encore careers are two prevalent retirement pathways that have different goals and outcomes. Yet, 'changing jobs in later life' is the shared prequel that blurs the distinction between them in empirical studies. This study proposes a set of criteria - voluntariness of career transition and the duration of work in the post-transition job - to distinguish various retirement pathways and investigates the predictors that distinguish the workers' choice of these pathways...

BACKGROUND: Vietnam is experiencing a growing burden of cancer, including among people living with HIV. Stigma acts as a sociocultural barrier to the prevention and treatment of both conditions. This study investigates how cultural notions of "respected personhood" (or "what matters most") influence manifestations of HIV-related stigma and cancer stigma in Hanoi, Vietnam. METHODS: Thirty in-depth interviews were conducted with people living with HIV in Hanoi, Vietnam...

Burnout is a widespread issue among physicians, including radiologists and radiology trainees. Long hours, isolation, and substantial stress levels contribute to healthcare workers experiencing a substantially higher rate of burnout compared with other professionals. Resident physicians, continuously exposed to stressors such as new clinical situations and performance feedback, are particularly susceptible. Mentorship has proven to be an effective strategy in mitigating burnout. Various mentorship delivery models exist, all aiming to have mentors serve as role models to mentees, thereby alleviating stress and anxiety...

OBJECTIVES: There are significant disparities in the surgical workforce in comparison with medical student demographics. Pipeline programs have shown to be effective in addressing gaps. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee designed a longitudinal pipeline program with high school student mentees and surgeon mentors providing an in-person hands-on workshop. METHODS: The mentee demographics and socioeconomic status at the time of application were determined using overall percentages and the Area Deprivation Index (ADI)...

PURPOSE: Current faculty development (FD) programs are mostly limited to medical education and often lack a comprehensive and systematic structure. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the current status and needs of FD programs in medical schools to provide a basis for establishing FD strategies. METHODS: We conducted an online survey of medical school FD staff and professors regarding FD. Frequency, regression, and qualitative content analyses were conducted...

PURPOSE: This study examines various aspects related to medical professionalism in medical students during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, focusing on their medical professionalism attributes, KPA (knowledge, practices, and attitudes) toward COVID-19 and attitudes toward provision of care in pandemic. We assessed whether these aspects related to medical professionalism were varied by their demographics and mental health level. METHODS: Six questionnaires related to medical professionalism were distributed online to medical students in six grades at a single medical school...

BACKGROUND: Unintended pregnancies and abortions among unmarried adolescents in Nigeria are outcomes of the interplay of multifaceted factors. Abortion, a global public health and social issue, impacts both developed and developing countries. This scoping review explored the literature and mapped the risk factors for unintended pregnancies and abortions among unmarried female adolescents in Nigeria. METHODS: A scoping literature search was conducted across databases, including PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, African Index Medicus, and Scopus...

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INTRODUCTION: The Specialized Diploma in Oral Surgery (Diplôme d’études spécialisées en chirurgie orale) was established in 2011. It gives its holders a unique combination of medical and surgical expertise. As a specialty, oral surgery can be pursued via both medical and dental pathways. However, the criteria guiding students’ choice of first job after residency remain largely unknown. PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH: The primary objective was to evaluate the factors influencing students’ choice of first job after completing their oral surgery residency...

OBJECTIVES: Previous literature has consistently documented harassment and discrimination in surgery. These experiences may contribute to the continuing gender inequity in surgical fields. The objective of our study was to survey Canadian surgeons and surgical trainees to gain a greater understanding of the experience of harassment across genders, career stage, and specialty. METHODS: A cross-sectional, online survey was distributed to Canadian residents, fellows, and practicing surgeons in general surgery, plastic surgery, and neurosurgery through their national society email lists and via social media posts...

INTRODUCTION: As our field of pathology continues to grow, our trainee numbers are on the decline. To combat this trend, the ASC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee established the Science, Medicine, and Cytology SumMer Certificate program to improve exposure to pathology/cytopathology with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Herein, we report our findings of the first 2 years of the program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An online course was developed targeting students who are underrepresented in medicine at the high school and college level...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing human knowledge, developing new therapies and procedures, and reducing human suffering. Following the atrocities committed in the name of medical research by German physicians during the Nazi era, the Nuremberg trials were held, and an ethical code was created to establish the limits within which medical research can operate. Consequently, legal regimes built upon this ethical foundation to develop laws that ensure the integrity of medical research and the safety of human subjects...

Robert Gross performed the first repair of a patent ductus arteriosus in 1938. His life and career were dedicated to the advancement of vascular, cardiac, pediatric surgery, and the unrelenting care of his patients.

Resistance to acknowledging and curbing cheating should be seen as expressing academic organizations' dereliction of their tacit early career health professional self-regulatory duties. Cheating among students and trainees deserves ethical attention, scrutiny, and self-regulatory responses because cheating behaviors express characterological vices that undermine trust and trustworthiness, which, among other virtues, are key to good stewardship and other duties of health professionals.

INTRODUCTION: Accreditation of medical education programs can be observed from different perspectives. Regulatory/accreditation agencies consider it vital to assure a certain level of quality. Other stakeholders may perceive the accreditation process as a negative experience, draining resources, and efforts. Although accreditation may improve the program's governance and administration, its direct or indirect impact on students must be further investigated. This study explores the relationship between the occurrence of accreditation site visits and student satisfaction rates at Avalon University School of Medicine...