Journal of general internal medicine
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Addressing Resident Retention of Musculoskeletal Skills, Knowledge, and Confidence: a Randomized Controlled Study of a Clinic Intervention.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Home Telemonitoring to Reduce Readmission of High-Risk Patients: a Modified Intention-to-Treat Randomized Clinical Trial.
Home telemonitoring has been used with discharged patients in an attempt to reduce 30-day readmissions with mixed results. ⋯ Thirty days of postdischarge telemonitoring may reduce readmissions of high-risk patients.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Evaluating the SPIKES Model for Improving Peer-to-Peer Feedback Among Internal Medicine Residents: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Feedback improves trainee clinical performance, but the optimal way to provide it remains unclear. Peer feedback offers unique advantages but comes with significant challenges including a lack of rigorously studied methods. The SPIKES framework is a communication tool adapted from the oncology and palliative care literature for teaching trainees how to lead difficult conversations. ⋯ With modest implementation requirements and notable limitations, a brief educational intervention focused on SPIKES increased PGY1 perception of the extent, specificity, and satisfaction with feedback from PGY2s.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial.
Given the rising rates of obesity there is a pressing need for medical schools to better prepare students for intervening with patients who have overweight or obesity and for prevention efforts. ⋯ R01-194787.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy of Health Coaching and an Electronic Health Management Program: Randomized Controlled Trial.
For chronic disease management, self-management strategies are essential to achieve sustained improvement. ⋯ The combination of ICT + health coaching led to improvement in self-management as well as in increasing exercise, and several healthy behaviors.