December Meeting Research Articles

Mekong at the Crossroads: Next Steps for Impact Assessment of Large Dams

Mekong at the Crossroads: Next Steps for Impact Assessment of Large Dams

Development of a residency interviewing preparatory seminar

The development of a residency interviewing preparatory seminar (RIPS) is described. The RIPS elective at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy was designed to assist pharmacy students during their last professional year in preparing for the residency application process. The learning objectives of the course focused on improving students' interviewing and presentation skills, professionalism, and developing their curriculum vitae (CV) and personal statement. Course and instructor evaluations and demographic data collected via anonymous surveys were used to ascertain students' perspectives about the course. The class was purposely scheduled to begin in October and end in November, right before the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in early December. Due to limited faculty availability on the scheduled evenings and the desire to provide tailored, in-depth feedback, enrollment was limited. The RIPS was an intensive eight-week elective completed by 10 fourth-year pharmacy students. The course began with an overview of the residency application process, and students submitted their CVs and personal statements to faculty mentors for critique. To simulate residency interview components, students completed several timed activities in class and participated in mock interviews. Students stated that the course improved their application materials, interview skills, and confidence in their ability to obtain a residency. Overall, 78% of RIPS participants matched with a residency program. The RIPS elective was successful in improving residency candidate confidence at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. Students reported that the course was helpful and improved their confidence and ability to interview.

HISTORICAL IMAGES OF PUERTO RICANS: THE CASE OF THE SOUTH BRONX

This paper was presented in a special session in the American Anthropology Association's 108th Annual Meeting in December 2009 in honor of Dr. Antonio Lauria‐Perricelli. It is a research study that explored how a moral panic discourse in the 1970s shaped a public perception of the lower Bronx in New York City, and it examined how media stereotypes of blighted neighborhoods in the Bronx were reworked in social actors' perceptions of local poverty, race, and crime. The Bronx' mediated reputation was analyzed in the context of recent reforms in community policing. These reforms influenced a local discourse on social control and city authority that was infused with media stereotypes of Bronx residents. [media stereotypes, poverty, crime, Bronx, discourse]

The Family Meeting: End-of-Life Goal Setting and Future Planning #227

Journal of Palliative MedicineVol. 13, No. 4 Fast Facts and Concepts*The Family Meeting: End-of-Life Goal Setting and Future Planning #227David E. Weissman, Timothy E. Quill, and Robert M. ArnoldDavid E. WeissmanSearch for more papers by this author, Timothy E. QuillSearch for more papers by this author, and Robert M. ArnoldSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:12 Apr 2010https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.9846AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byA Surgeon’s Review for Difficult Conversations3 March 2020 | Current Surgery Reports, Vol. 8, No. 2What is the evidence for conducting palliative care family meetings? A systematic review19 August 2016 | Palliative Medicine, Vol. 31, No. 3Vulnerable Populations: The ElderlyGoal setting in palliative care: A structured review12 November 2014 | Progress in Palliative Care, Vol. 22, No. 6Communication About End-of-Life Health Decisions18 May 2016 | Annals of the International Communication Association, Vol. 38, No. 1Palliative Medicine and Geriatric Emergency CareClinics in Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 1Palliative Care in the Pediatric ICU: Challenges and Opportunities for Family-Centered PracticeJournal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care, Vol. 8, No. 4Cross-Cultural Communication and Use of the Family Meeting in Palliative Care28 December 2010 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 28, No. 6 Volume 13Issue 4Apr 2010 InformationCopyright 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:David E. Weissman, Timothy E. Quill, and Robert M. Arnold.The Family Meeting: End-of-Life Goal Setting and Future Planning #227.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Apr 2010.462-463.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.9846Published in Volume: 13 Issue 4: April 12, 2010PDF download

Preparing for the Family Meeting #222

Journal of Palliative MedicineVol. 13, No. 2 Fast Facts and ConceptsPreparing for the Family Meeting #222David E. Weissman, Timothy E. Quill, and Robert M. ArnoldDavid E. WeissmanSearch for more papers by this author, Timothy E. QuillSearch for more papers by this author, and Robert M. ArnoldSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:28 Jan 2010https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.9879AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View article"Preparing for the Family Meeting #222." , 13(2), pp. 203–204FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byTop Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Trauma and Emergency Surgery Lindsay K. Haines, Allyson C. Cook, Justin S. Hatchimonji, Vanessa P. Ho, Elle L. Kalbfell, Kathleen M. O'Connell, Jacinta C. Robenstine, Mathias Schlögl, Christine C. Toevs, Christopher A. Jones, Robert S. Krouse, and Niels D. Martin4 June 2021 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 7Communication23 April 2021A Surgeon’s Review for Difficult Conversations3 March 2020 | Current Surgery Reports, Vol. 8, No. 2What is the evidence for conducting palliative care family meetings? A systematic review19 August 2016 | Palliative Medicine, Vol. 31, No. 3Advance Directives8 December 2016A Systematic Review of Family Meeting Tools in Palliative and Intensive Care Settings10 July 2016 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 33, No. 8Validation of the Family Meeting Behavioral Skills Checklist. An Instrument to Assess Fellows’ Communication SkillsAnnals of the American Thoracic Society, Vol. 13, No. 8Death Disclosure and Delivery of Difficult News in Trauma #305 Sangeeta Lamba, Sarah Bryczkowski, Leslie Tyrie, David E. Weissman, and Anne C. Mosenthal3 May 2016 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 5Examining family meetings at end of life: The model of practice in a hospice inpatient unit31 October 2014 | Palliative and Supportive Care, Vol. 13, No. 5Development and pilot testing the Family Conference Rating Scale: A tool aimed to assess interprofessional patient-centred communication and collaboration competencies14 July 2015 | Journal of Interprofessional Care, Vol. 29, No. 5The elderly patient on dialysis: geriatric considerations19 June 2013 | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol. 29, No. 5Advanced Directives5 February 2013Preventive Ethics in the Intensive Care UnitAACN Advanced Critical Care, Vol. 23, No. 2Cross-Cultural Communication and Use of the Family Meeting in Palliative Care28 December 2010 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 28, No. 6 Volume 13Issue 2Feb 2010 InformationCopyright 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:David E. Weissman, Timothy E. Quill, and Robert M. Arnold.Preparing for the Family Meeting #222.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Feb 2010.203-204.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.9879Published in Volume: 13 Issue 2: January 28, 2010PDF download

Strategies for Promoting the Development of Evidence‐Based Medicine in China

Some important events have happened in clinical medicine outside China in recent years changing the field. A working meeting of the EBM network was held to promote the development of EBM in China. The delegates came from 15 EBM centres in universities or hospitals and some strategies and measures were discussed in the meeting. 1. Enhancing the transparency of clinical trials including clinical trial registration, standardization of reporting results, transparent clinical process, and establishing a reliable inner quality control system; 2. Promoting the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine including initiating the Chinese Network of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CNCAM), developing the Good Practices of TCM clinical guidelines and clinical pathways, and developing a grading system for TCM evidence; 3. Developing an independent entity of clinical research, training on methodology of clinical studies and conducting cooperative clinical trials to strengthen the capability of clinical study of the members of EBM network. Transparency of clinical trials and the capability of clinical studies are the most important needs in the healthcare field both in the world and China. A consensus about developing EBM in China has been made among the participants of the Chinese EBM Working Meeting in December 2008.

Up-Front Use of Aromatase Inhibitors As Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Up-Front Use of Aromatase Inhibitors As Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: The Emperor Has No Clothes

K.D. Putirka and F.J. Tepley (editors). Minerals, Inclusions and Volcanic Processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Series, Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia and Geochemical Society of America, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. 2008, 69, 674 pp. Price $40, ISBN: 978-0-939950-83-6.

This RiMG volume is an impressive text that formed the basis for a MSA Short Course, held in San Francisco prior to the Fall AGU Meeting in December 2008, which achieved record attendance figures. The MSA website provides links to Excel spreadsheets that accompany several of the chapters. The text divides loosely into four sections: (1) thermobarometry and kinetics, including methods for inferring magmatic conditions, (2) melt inclusions and volatile abundances, (3) isotopic systems, and (4) textural studies and micro-geochemistry of zoned minerals. Chapter 2 (Julia Hammer) addresses the kinetics of crystallization. The chapter gives an overview of classical nucleation theory, reviews experiments on cooling of basalts and decompression of felsic magmas, and discusses methods used to quantify the textures produced in such experiments. In Chapter 3, Keith Putirka considers thermobarometry for volcanic systems, focusing mainly on well calibrated, …

Innovations in Injury Prevention Education

Innovations in Injury Prevention Education describes four programs presented at the Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids National Meeting in December 2006. The programs were developed by Injury Free sites in Providence, RI; Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; and Peoria, IL. Each demonstrates how education continues to be an essential aspect of injury prevention interventions, either as a means of disseminating knowledge among children or as a way to assess baseline knowledge to develop more appropriate interventions. For each program, summaries of methods are provided, along with the results of basic statistical analyses. The need for continued research on education's role in injury prevention is emphasized.

A Career in Academic Pharmacy: Opportunities, Challenges, and Rewards

Recruitment, retention, and development of faculty members have been important concerns of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) in recent years as the faculty shortage has become increasingly acute. As part of these efforts, the AACP has sponsored a 2-hour program at the Midyear Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) every year since 2000 (Table ​(Table1).1). This symposium is designed to provide useful information to professional students, post-PharmD residents, and practicing pharmacists about careers in academia. The program has consisted of 3 speakers followed by a panel discussion with audience questions and answers. The first speaker is generally the current President of AACP, who provides an overview of pharmacy education today and outlines future trends in academic pharmacy. The second speaker is a department chair or other academic administrator in a college or school of pharmacy who provides a perspective on what is required for practitioner/educators to achieve success in academia. The third speaker is a practitioner-educator who describes his/her approach to successfully integrating teaching and practice responsibilities with faculty role expectations. All 3 speakers provide their personal perspectives on the benefits and challenges of life in academia. This paper is a compilation of 3 presentations given at a symposium presented at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting in December 2004 entitled, “The Top Ten Reasons to Consider a Career in Academia.” A panel discussion involving all 3 presenters is provided in Appendix 1. Table 1 Examples of Previous AACP Symposia on Careers in Academia Held at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meetings

A Hippocratic Oath for life scientists

During the final phase of a three-year-long programme to enhance the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), representatives of the States Parties met twice in 2005 “to discuss and promote common understanding and effective action on the content, promulgation, and adoption of codes of conduct for scientists” (United Nations, 2005b). The issue of codes of conduct is becoming increasingly important in the twenty-first century because, as the life sciences continue to advance rapidly, scientists need to be more aware of concerns over the misuse of science and technology. In the words of the Interacademy Panel on International Issues, “…scientific research has created new and unexpected knowledge and technologies that offer unprecedented opportunities to improve human and animal health and environmental conditions. But some science and technology can be used for destructive purposes as well as for constructive purposes. Scientists have a special responsibility when it comes to problems of ‘dual use’ and the misuse of science and technology” (IAP, 2005). After the conclusion of the States Parties' Meeting in December 2005, the BTWC Secretariat stated: “States Parties recognised that codes of conduct can support the [BTWC] in combating present and future threats posed by biological and toxin weapons. States Parties noted that a range of different approaches exist to develop codes of conduct in view of differences in national requirements and circumstances”, and added that “Codes were considered to be most effective if they and their underlying principles are widely known and understood” (United Nations, 2005b).

Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing: 2003

The following individuals have been cited by Editors of AGU journals for excellence in refereeing. These reviewers are to be commended for consistently providing constructive and thoughtful reviews. The Editors' citations presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2003 recognize this special service to the Union.

A Survey of Researchers[rquo] Practice in Returning Research Results To Research Participants. Oral Abstracts Presented at ASH Annual Meeting 2003.

Background: Offering research results to study participants is increasingly considered an ethical obligation founded on the principle of respect for persons. This practice acknowledges the importance of the participant's contribution in the study and, in some instances, enables the participant to benefit directly from the health information derived from the research. Recent studies have established that there is growing support for this practice among investigators and study participants in highly selected populations. The frequency and means of this practice is unknown in the broader national and international research community.Methods: We pilot-tested a questionnaire, which we designed for this study. It had a high content validity. The questionnaire was designed to document the frequency with which researchers offer return of results to research participants, the means by which researchers offer results, the role of Research Ethics Boards (REBs) in the return of research results, and the demographics of the study participants.We classified all 887 abstracts presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in December 2003 according to study type. Only those abstracts involving human subjects were included. Of the 478 eligible abstracts, email addresses for 472 (98.7%) first or senior authors were found using public web sites. The investigators were sent the 4–5 minute survey by email. Two reminders were sent to non-respondents. Responses were downloaded to a secure server and analyzed by descriptive and Chi squared techniques.Results: Interim results were obtained 11 days after initiating the survey. Complete responses were received from 84 of the 471 (18%) investigators. Most responders were physicians (n=68; 81%) and almost half (n=40; 47%) received Research Ethics Board (REB) approval for their study in the United States. Only 23 (27%) investigators had a formal plan for the return of results to study participants. No clear preference for any one means of returning research results was indicated. The majority (n=18; 78%) indicated that they would provide the participant with a choice of whether or not to receive research results and most (n=14; 61%) indicated that they would provide an overall summary of results rather than an overall summary plus individual level results. Reasons for not returning research results included: did not consider it (n=25), contact difficulties (n=22), and participant difficulty in understanding results (n=19). Cost and concern for the patient regarding adverse effects of receiving results were infrequently cited. Only 2 (2%) of investigators reported that their REB mandated the offer of return of research results to all participants. 55 researchers (66%) supported or strongly supported the return of results to participants, 27 (32%) were neutral, and only 2 (2%) opposed or strongly opposed this practice. Updated data and further analyses will be reported at the annual meeting.Conclusion: Investigators in the international research community infrequently offer to return results to research participants, and REBs rarely mandate this practice. Our study reaffirms the findings of other studies that indicate a high level of support for this practice among researchers. Further work is needed to assess participant needs and concerns, and how to bridge the gap between the expressed attitudes of researchers and actual practice.

Editors' Citation for Excellence in Referreing: 2002

The following individuals have been cited by Editors of AGU journals for excellence in refereeing. These reviewers are to be commended for consistently providing constructive and thoughtful reviews. The Editors' citations presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2003 recognize this special service to the Union.

Report from the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2003 annual Midyear Clinical Meeting in December 2003 was attended by nearly 18,000 individuals and had increased content and networking opportunities of pharmacists involved in pain management. Initiatives, awards and services presented and announced at the meeting are described.

Report from the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2003 annual Midyear Clinical Meeting in December 2003 was attended by nearly 18,000 individuals and had increased content and networking opportunities of pharmacists involved in pain management. Initiatives, awards and services presented and announced at the meeting are described.

New voting procedures for 2004–2006 elections

Your feedback from the first electronic election triggered improvements in the ballot and in election services. AGU Headquarters, with oversight by the Tellers Committee, will streamline election procedures and make the whole process more user‐friendly In November and December 2003, you will be able to cast your votes for the officers of your choice from among the 58 candidates by going to a secure Web site or by requesting a paper ballot.In early November, all AGU members will receive an e‐mail message that contains instructions for voting. The URL for the ballot site will be published in Eos and voting booths will be available at the Fall Meeting in December. To log into the site, you will only need your membership number. Paper ballots will be available through the AGU Service Center.

Aid Responses to Afghanistan

"Aid Responses to Afghanistan: Lessons from Previous Evaluations" was a key background paper prepared by Niels Dabelstein for the DAC Experts’ Meeting on "Afghanistan Reconstruction and Recovery: Seeing Round the Corner" (May 2002, OECD, Paris). It was also discussed at the DAC Senior Level Meeting in December 2001. The DAC Afghanistan meeting provided some useful independent advice to policy makers and practioners by discussing openly the complex, fundamental issues underpinning reconstruction and relief strategies. Participants delved into questions of governance and security, capacity building in government and civil society, and the regional dynamics, such as the role of the war economy; topics that were in keeping with the broader set of priorities identified at the Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo, 21-22 January 2002 and the Implementation Group meeting on 10-11 April 2002.

New concerns raised about thinning glaciers

Several large glaciers in the West Antarctic are thinning at a dramatic rate and one of them could disappear in as little as 150 years if the current trend continues, according to new findings announced at a briefing at the AGU Fall Meeting in December in San Francisco. CaliforniaUsing satellite radar altimetry and satellite radar interferometry, Andrew Shepherd, a research fellow at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modeling at University College London, studied the Pine Island,Thwaites, and Smith glaciers, which are the principal ice drainage channels for the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Helioseismologists release new findings about the solar subsurface

Helioseismologists, using an instrument onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite, have found that there is something new under the Sun, or at least beneath the Sun's surface.Two teams of scientists working with SOHO's Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) presented their findings on the formation and growth of active regions of solar activity and on spinning sunspots at the AGU Fall Meeting in December in San Francisco, California. The findings help to better understand solar activity that can result in solar flares and coronal mass ejections that disrupt communication and energy systems on Earth.