Effectiveness of a short-term oxygen therapy training program in Liberia during and after COVID-19 by Mark B. Luke, Moses Ziah, Moses Ziah, Lily Zhi Ning Lu, Michael D. Davis, Michael D. Davis, Samson Arzoaquoi, Eva Drucker, Foday Kanneh, Gorbee G. Logan, Moses Massaquoi

“…Participants were doctors, physician assistants, nurses, or midwives, deployed to COVID treatment units at major health centers and hospitals across all counties in Liberia. …”
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Implementation of a Technology-Based Mobile Obstetric Referral Emergency System (MORES): Qualitative Assessment of Health Workers in Rural Liberia by Christopher W Reynolds, HaEun Lee, Joseph Sieka, Joseph Perosky, Jody R Lori

“…Participants included 62 frontline obstetric health providers including midwives (38/62, 61%), nurses (20/62, 32%), physicians assistants (3/62, 5%), and physicians (1/62, 2%) from 19 RHFs and 2 district hospitals who had used MORES for 1 year. …”
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Aversion to pragmatic randomised controlled trials: three survey experiments with clinicians and laypeople in the USA by Randi L Vogt, Patrick R Heck, Rebecca M Mestechkin, Pedram Heydari, Christopher F Chabris, Michelle N Meyer

“…The clinician sample was primarily female (81%), comprised doctors (15%), physician assistants (9%), registered nurses (54%) and other medical professionals, including other nurses, genetic counsellors and medical students (23%), and the majority of clinicians (62%) had more than 10 years of experience. …”
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Informing Patients With Esophagogastric Cancer About Treatment Outcomes by Using a Web-Based Tool and Training: Development and Evaluation Study by Loïs F van de Water, Héctor G van den Boorn, Florian Hoxha, Inge Henselmans, Mart M Calff, Mirjam A G Sprangers, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Ellen M A Smets, Hanneke W M van Laarhoven

“…MethodsWe designed a web-based, physician-assisted prediction tool—Source—to be used during consultations by using an iterative, user-centered approach. …”
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Barriers to Telemedicine Use: Qualitative Analysis of Provider Perspectives During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Milan Patel, Hanna Berlin, Abishek Rajkumar, Sarah L Krein, Rebecca Miller, Jessie DeVito, Jake Roy, Margaret Punch, Chad Ellimootti, Alex F Peahl

“…MethodsWe performed a qualitative content analysis of free-text responses from a survey of medical providers administered from February 5-14, 2021, at a large, midwestern academic institution, including all providers from medical professions that offered telemedicine (eg, physicians, residents or fellows, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, or nurses) who completed at least 1 web-based visit from March 20, 2020, to February 14, 2021. …”
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Characteristics of Female Sexual Health Programs and Providers in the United States by Elizabeth E. Stanley, BSE, Rachel J. Pope, MD, MPH

“…The most frequent providers were OB/Gyns (40%), nurse practitioners (22%), urologists (13%), and physicians assistants (10%). Clinical Implications: The geographic distribution of clinics and pervasiveness of clinics offering investigational services for female sexual dysfunction may be a barrier for patients seeking care. …”
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Importance of structured training programs and good role models in hand hygiene in developing countries by Emine Alp, Ahmet Ozturk, Muhammed Guven, Ilhami Celik, Mehmet Doganay, Andreas Voss

“…Out of the respondent a total of 16 (1.7%) were senior physicians, 110 (11.6%) were physician assistants, 400 (42.6%) were nurses in the U-hospital, 303 (32%) were nurses in the C-hospital, 66 (7%) were medical students and 46 (4.9%) were nurse students. …”
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Remembering John Arras by Dallas Ducar

“…His research interests included prenatal screening for newborns, rationing medical care, assisted reproductive technology, physician assisted suicide, and more. He authored and edited numerous articles and books including The Routledge Companion to Bioethics, Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Subjects Research, Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine (in its eighth edition) and Bringing the Hospital Home. …”
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A Behavioral Change–Based Mobile Intervention for Promoting Regular Physical Activity in Medical Rehabilitation Maintenance of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Controlled Tri... by Melina Waranski, René Garbsch, Mona Kotewitsch, Marc Teschler, Boris Schmitz, Frank C Mooren

“…They were then divided, without blinding, into 2 groups using a quasi-experimental approach: a case manager–assisted 24-week eHealth program (RehaPlus+; n=84) and a conventional physician-assisted outpatient program (usual care; n=85). …”
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Cost Evaluation of the Ontario Virtual Urgent Care Pilot Program: Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study by Jean-Eric Tarride, Justin N Hall, Shawn Mondoux, Katie N Dainty, Joy McCarron, J Michael Paterson, Lesley Plumptre, Emily Borgundvaag, Howard Ovens, Shelley L McLeod

“…Future research should evaluate targeted applications of VUC (eg, VUC models led by nurse practitioners or physician assistants with support from ED physicians) to inform future resource allocation and policy decisions.…”
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Oncology Provider and Patient Perspectives on a Cardiovascular Health Assessment Tool Used During Posttreatment Survivorship Care in Community Oncology (Results from WF-1804CD): Mi... by Chandylen L Nightingale, Emily V Dressler, Maura Kepper, Heidi D Klepin, Simon Craddock Lee, Sydney Smith, Aylin Aguilar, Kimberly D Wiseman, Stephanie J Sohl, Brian J Wells, Joseph A DeMari, Alyssa Throckmorton, Lindsey W Kulbacki, Jenny Hanna, Randi E Foraker, Kathryn E Weaver

“…MethodsProviders (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) completed a survey to assess the acceptability of the AH-HA training, immediately following training. …”
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STEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA IN YOUNGSTERS: A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE OF NEAR FUTURE by Yousaf Jamal Mahsood

“… • Role of Allied Health Personnel (AHP): Allied healthcare professionals, such as physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, frequently prescribe steroids. …”
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Free Access to Point of Care Resource Results in Increased Use and Satisfaction by Rural Healthcare Providers by Lindsay J. Alcock

“…Subjects – Twenty-eight health care providers (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists) with no reported access to PoC resources, (specifically Dynamed and AccessMedicine) or electronic textbook collections prior to enrollment. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Healthcare workers - physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, paramedical workers and alike were applauded daily, in Spain. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“…Healthcare workers - physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, paramedical workers and alike were applauded daily, in Spain. …”
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Media Landscape Opens Opportunity for Earlier, Better End of Life Care by Randi Belisomo

“…The meeting drew an international audience of medical, radiation and surgical oncologists along with nurses, social workers and physician assistants. “This is a window of opportunity to get in the public dialogue in a really public way,” Back said during a session addressing the skills required for optimum end of life care. …”
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The Modern Family Fiasco by Louisa Howard

“…Disagreements and legal battles could be more easily prevented if patients who used a fertility center were required to make these life-altering decisions about their future child before seeking physician assistance. Another way to look at these circumstances would be to consider what it would have been like if the pair could have conceived naturally. …”
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Patient Satisfaction Toward Medical Ward Services In Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) AND Hospital Kota Bharu (HKB) by Winn, Than, Baba, Abdul Aziz

“…On the other hand, nurses, midwives and physician assistants tend to be scored highly on interaction with patients because patients often emphasized on the interpersonal aspect, rather than on perceived technical competence (Hall et al., 1990). …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…In addition, the laws specifically name procedures like sterilization, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide as permissible grounds for objection. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…In addition, the laws specifically name procedures like sterilization, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide as permissible grounds for objection. …”
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