Southern medical journal
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Southern medical journal · Aug 2020
Narrative Medicine Rounds: Promoting Student Well-Being during the Third Year of Medical School.
Narrative medicine allows physicians and other health providers to share stories and reflect on the practice of medicine. Through the process of reflection and shared storytelling, narrative medicine may promote strategies for well-being and the prevention of physician burnout. Designed to foster skills to promote physician wellness, the required narrative medicine rounds activity during the family medicine clerkship at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University includes a written assignment and a small group session, during which students share their stories with their peers. ⋯ There was significant overlap in the themes related to strategies for personal well-being and those for patient care. Students were able to identify multiple, specific strategies to promote their own future well-being. These findings suggest that even a brief narrative medicine session may have an impact on students' understanding of strategies to prevent burnout and improve future patient care.
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Southern medical journal · Aug 2020
Erratum: Effects of Preoperative WBC Count on Post-CABG Surgery Clinical Outcome: Erratum.
[This corrects the article on p. 305 in vol. 113.].
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Southern medical journal · Aug 2020
Social Norms and Self-Management Ability among Uninsured Primary Care Patients.
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between social norms and self-management ability among uninsured low-income primary care patients. ⋯ The findings of this study suggest the association between social norms and self-management ability and its impact on health among low-income, uninsured primary care patients. Self-management ability is important for maintaining health. Providing intervention programs on self-management skills should focus on not only individual behaviors but also social norms that affect their health behaviors.