Published in Frontiers in Education
This article focuses on the testimonios of accomplished Latina school leaders, shedding light on their upbringing, familial responsibilities, generational poverty, and commitment to challenge the prevailing narrative and break through institutional barriers. We provide an overview of how they shaped and navigated their professional careers despite ...
Published in Frontiers in Pain Research
The National Institutes of Health and its independent advisors recognize the need to develop a strong pain research workforce and provide opportunities, particularly for clinicians, to pursue research careers. A survey was conducted to better understand the challenges facing the clinical pain research community. Respondents reported that time and f...
Published in Respiratory care
Research is critical to providing scientifically sound treatments in respiratory care. Getting started in research requires mentorship to develop the skills required for success. Teamwork is integral to successful research programs. There are many roles that can be filled by members of the research team, and most researchers begin by assisting expe...
Published in Journal of medical Internet research
This paper addresses and discusses several issues and perspectives for women in medical leadership from the European perspective. ©Ieva Ruza. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 05.07.2023.
Published in Academic pediatrics
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Founded in 2020, the Thoracic Surgery Medical Student Association is the first national organization dedicated to supporting medical students interested in pursuing cardiothoracic surgery. Our inaugural survey aimed to describe their basic characteristics and needs. An Institutional Review Board-approved, nonincentivized, anonymous electronic surve...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Background Gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) are two prevalent and highly interconnected global health challenges, yet data and research capacities to study these forms of violence and to generate evidence-based policies and programs remain limited. To address critical shortages in research capacity in Vietnam and to e...
Published in Evaluation review
To assess the elements necessary to be a successful learning community (ClinCalc) mentor to medical students from the mentee's perspective. Few such studies have utilized the in-depth and richness of detail obtained in qualitative studies. This qualitative study analyzed four focus group discussions lasting 45-90 min conducted at the University of ...
Published in The American surgeon
Herein we describe the development, implementation, and growth of our Vascular Research Training Program (VRTP), emphasizing the intentional involvement of medical students in clinical research. We developed a VRTP focusing on medical student engagement to encompass 4 pillars: ownership, mentorship, experience, and independence within the research ...
Published in Journal of neurosurgery
Despite incremental progress in the representation and proportion of women in the field of neurosurgery, female neurosurgeons still represent an overwhelming minority of the current US physician workforce. Prior research has predicted the timeline by which the proportion of female neurosurgery residents may reach that of males, but none have used t...
