Published in Academic Radiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the transition of the traditional residency interview to a virtual format. This new interview format creates additional challenges and opportunities for both programs and applicants. The specific challenges of the virtual interview format are described, as well as means to mitigate those challenges. In addition, opp...
Published in Patient education and counseling
Nearly half of all men who die by suicide visit a primary care clinician (PCC) in the month before death, yet few disclose suicide thoughts. We solicited stakeholders' views to guide development of a tailored multimedia program to activate middle-aged men experiencing suicide thoughts to engage with PCCs. We conducted semi-structured interviews wit...
Published in Patient education and counseling
If similar findings are observed in larger studies, it would suggest a greater role for SP ratings in detecting provider interviewing skills training, given the relative simplicity, low cost, and non-intrusiveness of the approach.
Abstract: This paper shows the Developmental Research Sequence Method (DRS Method) developed by James Spradley. This procedure is among one of the most important global approaches in qualitative research. The strategy of Spradley was designed in a didactic way to guide the work of junior researchers whose main technique for the collection of data i...
Published in Patient education and counseling
To explore how physician training in self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques (SEE IT) affects patient psychological health behavior change mediators (HBCMs). We analyzed data from 131 patients visiting primary care physicians ≥4 months after the physicians participated in a randomized controlled trial. Experimental arm physicians (N=27) rec...
Published in International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Grounded theory is a qualitative research methodology that aims to explain social phenomena, e.g. why particular motivations or patterns of behaviour occur, at a conceptual level. Developed in the 1960s by Glaser and Strauss, the methodology has been reinterpreted by Strauss and Corbin in more recent times, resulting in different schools of thought...
Published in Sexuality & Culture
Although an estimated 87 % of new HIV infections in Black/African American women are attributed to sex with men, many women are unaware of their male partners’ HIV risk factors. Research on women who are aware of a high-risk male partner may inform HIV prevention. We analyzed transcripts from semi-structured interviews with 20 Black women who repor...
Published in Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
HintergrundÄltere Menschen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund sehen sich in der gesundheitlichen Versorgung vielen Zugangs- und Wirksamkeitsbarrieren gegenüber. Ihnen eine bedarfs- und bedürfnisgerechtere Versorgung zu ermöglichen, wird angesichts des demographischen Wandels zukünftig noch wichtiger sein als heute. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie wa...
Published in The American Journal of Surgery
BackgroundRegulatory and professional bodies issue an ever-increasing number of guidance documents on the ethics and methods of clinical trials, but the quality of clinical trials of invasive therapeutic procedures continues to be a concern. We interviewed aspiring and accomplished surgical trialists to understand how they use guidance documents an...
Published in Der Diabetologe
Im Rahmen ihrer Master-Arbeit befasste sich die Autorin damit, wie Menschen mit Diabetes mellitus und Rezidiven von Fußulzera ihre Krankheit erleben. Fokussiert wurde, wie die Betroffenen das Phänomen des Fußulkus subjektiv wahrnehmen, welche Strategien für das Abheilen der Fußwunde förderlich und welche hinderlich sind. Ferner wurde die Rolle der ...
