JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To identify early personal and scholastic factors that predict academic career choice and long-term career achievement among academic physicians. ⋯ These data suggest that scholastic performance and research experience during medical school predict career achievement in academic medicine over 20 years in the future.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Achieving compliance with influenza immunization of medical house staff and students. A randomized controlled trial.
To determine the optimal method to increase influenza immunization rates of medical house staff and students. ⋯ A high rate of immunization of house staff and medical students can be achieved most effectively by offering vaccine in clinics and conferences. Continued education about influenza immunization is necessary for physicians and medical students.
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare, inherited multisystem neoplastic disorder. There is no biochemical test available to distinguish VHL disease gene carriers from their healthy siblings. We evaluated DNA polymorphism analysis as a method for identifying disease gene carriers. ⋯ DNA polymorphism analysis can identify individuals likely to carry the VHL disease gene among asymptomatic members of disease families. This technique serves to focus attention on those individuals who require periodic medical examination and may help to alleviate the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease.