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{"title":"Employed physicians. Report of the Employed Physicians Task Force.","authors":"John D O'Brien","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"361-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28426152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Increasing the medical school applicant pool: a key to training more rural physicians.","authors":"Danielle M Anderson,&nbsp;Elmer T Whitler,&nbsp;Andrew O Johnson,&nbsp;Carol L Elam,&nbsp;Emery A Wilson,&nbsp;Linda M Asher","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Workforce studies show shortages of physicians in many areas of the United States. These shortages are especially severe in states such as Kentucky with many rural counties and are predicted to worsen in the future unless there are changes throughout our educational system to build aspirations and prepare students for medical school education.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine rural-urban differences and community characteristics of applicants and matriculants to Kentucky's two allopathic medical schools and influences on the educational aspirations of young students who wish to become physicians.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The number of Kentucky applicants and matriculants to allopathic medical schools was obtained from the Association of American Medical College's data warehouse for the period from 2002-2006. A continuous, multidimensional measure was used to classify counties by degree of rurality. Socio-demographic variables were selected for the counties of residence for applicants and matriculants. Model variables were tested in a least squares multiple regression model for their ability to explain patterns among Kentucky's 120 counties in the number of both resident applicants and matriculants to medical school. Data from a survey of middle school participants in summer health camps were analyzed to help identify important influences on young students aspiring to a career as a health professional, especially becoming a physician, and how these might be supported to increase the supply of rural medical school applicants.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The low number of rural applicants to medical school was highly correlated with the relative rurality of their county of residence, a low physician-to-population ratio and a low number of total primary care physicians. The percentage of county residents having a bachelor's degree level of education or higher had a positive impact on the application rate. Respondents became interested in health careers at age 15 or younger, and parents and grandparents, teachers, and close associates stimulated their aspirations, with teachers being the most influential.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Prospective students respond to their perception of need for physicians. Rural students are influenced by those who are more highly educated. To overcome the shortage of physicians in rural communities efforts must be made to increase the aspirations for medical education of prospective students from rural counties.</p>","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"355-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28425205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"KMA Legal Trust Fund protects physicians' rights.","authors":"Ronald Dubin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"339-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28425202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comments on online publication.","authors":"Stephen Z Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28426153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental vaccine concerns in Kentucky.","authors":"Michael J Smith,&nbsp;Charles R Woods,&nbsp;Gary S Marshall","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>An increasing number of parents are questioning the safety and necessity of routine childhood immunizations. Locally produced vaccine risk communication materials may be effective in reassuring these parents. However, little is known about specific vaccine safety concerns in the state of Kentucky.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An Internet-based survey focusing on parental vaccine safety concerns and potential vaccine risk communication strategies was sent to all members of the Kentucky Chapter of the Amerian Academy of Pediatrics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 121 respondents who routinely administered childhood vaccines. Of these, 85% reported parental concern about the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Concerns about the influenza and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines were also frequent. Of the respondents, 46% noted parental skepticism about all vaccines in general. However, refusal of all vaccines was uncommon in most practices (median 1%, interquartile range 1%-3%). The belief that vaccines cause autism was the most prevalent parental concern, reported by 70% of pediatricians. Physicians also reported that a list of reliable vaccine information Websites and pamphlets addressing common vaccine safety concerns would be the most helpful materials to use during their discussions with concerned parents.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that specific information about the MMR, influenza, and HPV vaccines, as well as data refuting the putative link between vaccines and autism would be useful to physicians who administer vaccinations. Respondents were especially interested in reliable vaccine information on the Internet. The Websites listed below offer accurate scientific information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.</p>","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"342-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28425203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: a case report with clinical review and recommended anticipatory guidance for the general practitioner.","authors":"Anthony R Theile,&nbsp;Gordon Gowans","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cornelia de Lange Syndrome is a rare congenital malformation syndrome with typical craniofacial abnormalities and can affect the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and central nervous systems. Not all the patients look alike as the phenotypic appearance is seen on a spectrum. A classic case of CdLS has been reviewed in this article and we have discussed diagnosis, management, and anticipatory guidance. Maintaining consistent health supervision visits and outpatient therapy is vital for these children. Referring the parents to a genetic counselor is recommended if the family desires to have more children. The CdLS foundation Webpage is www.cdlsusa.org.</p>","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 9","pages":"351-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28425204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Endograft repair of type B aortic dissection with three-year follow-up.","authors":"Robert O Mitchell,&nbsp;Anthony G Rogers,&nbsp;Gary F Earle,&nbsp;Mohammed Imam","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Type B aortic dissections have remained a difficult management problem. Open surgical techniques have had a very high perioperative mortality, and medical management has not produced satisfactory long-term results. Endovascular grafting techniques may provide a favorable alternative therapy. However, there are currently no endovascular stents approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treating Type B aortic dissections. Also, there is very little data from United States centers on the long-term efficacy of endovascular stents used \"off-label\" to treat aortic dissections. This report discusses the care of a patient with a Type B aortic dissection successfully treated by an endograft in a community hospital. In addition, serial follow-up computerized tomography demonstrates the durability of this repair at three years.</p>","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 8","pages":"291-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40033280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Will you be a survivor or a victim?","authors":"Donald Swikert,&nbsp;Nancy Swikert","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 8","pages":"287-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40033279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insurance.","authors":"Bryan D Murphy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 8","pages":"321-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40033282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Message from your AMA delegation.","authors":"Barretta R Casey,&nbsp;J Gregory Cooper,&nbsp;William B Monnig,&nbsp;Donald R Neel,&nbsp;Preston P Nunnelley,&nbsp;Andrew R Pulito,&nbsp;Bruce A Scott,&nbsp;Donald R Stephens,&nbsp;Donald J Swikert,&nbsp;Robert A Zaring","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76673,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association","volume":"107 8","pages":"285-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40033278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}