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December 2020

Volume #120

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New JAOA Podcast: Behind the Research

Episode 3 is available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Melissa Schmidt (Director) chats with Dr Harris Ahmed about how traditional differences in primary care practice patterns for DOs and MDs extend to surgical subspecialties, and whether expansion of graduate medical education (GME) could help strategically redistribute specialists into underserved areas.

2020 Northup Award

Empathetic patient care is central to osteopathic medicine. This year’s Northup Award-winning article discusses just that. Click here to read, “National Norms for the Jefferson Scale of Empathy: A Nationwide Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE)” for free.

Medical Education

Toward Resilience: Medical Students' Perception of Social Support

In this study, the authors sought to determine how osteopathic medical students perceive types of social support to understand the factors that influence their perceptions and explore how group participation in a cocurricular academic program could affect them. Read more.

Public Health & Primary Care

Remdesivir for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19: A Community Hospital's Experience

Remdesivir is currently being evaluated for clinical efficacy and safety in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); in this review, the authors describe the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients following treatment with remdesivir at their hospital. Read more.

Don't Miss...

JAOA Research and Writing Webinars

Check out our playlist on YouTube for the latest tutorials on academic research and writing.

New JAOA Podcast: Behind the Research

2020 Northup Award

This Month's
Clinical Image

A 59-year-old woman with ductal carcinoma in situ status post-bilateral mastectomy presented to the emergency department with two weeks of jaundice. Read more.

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COVID-19 Papers

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Featured Video

The JAOA: Refreshed and Refocused for 2021

In this video from the AOA’s House of Delegates meeting in October, Dr. Ross Zafonte (JAOA Editor-in-Chief) summarizes our recent efforts to update the peer review processes and publication operations at the JAOA, providing faster times to publication and more evidence-based content. As we look to 2021 and beyond, hear how the JAOA will be refreshed as an online-only, open access publication at no cost to authors.

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