Category: Publications

Congratulations to Paula Gardiner and her co-authors in the DFM!

Congratulations to Paula Gardiner and her co-authors in the DFM — Katherine Gergen Barnett, Brian Penti,  Rob Saper,  Pam Adelstein, Ivy Brackup, Christine Farrell-Riley, Lance Laird, and Suzanne Mitchell – for publication of their important article article “Design of the integrative medical group visits randomized control trial for underserved patients with chronic pain and depression” […]

Congratulations to Jeff Markuns, MD, MEd for getting his article “Development and validation of the Vietnamese primary care assessment tool”published!

“Congratulations to Jeff Markuns MD MEd for publication of the important article “Development and validation of the Vietnamese primary care assessment tool” in which he and his colleagues adapted the PCAT Primary Care Assessment Tool for Vietnam.   This work will allow formal assessment of the rapidly growing family medicine sector within Vietnam that Jeff and […]

Facilitators and Barriers to the Integration of Mind–Body Medicine into Primary Care

Chelsea McGuire, MD,1 Jonathan Gabison, BA,2 and Benjamin Kligler, MD2,3 Abstract Purpose: To improve understanding of the facilitators and barriers affecting the integration of mind–body medicine (MBM) into primary care and describe the experiences of mind–body primary care providers. Methods: The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of semi-structured telephone interviews with mind–body primary care providers selected via […]

Center for Teaching & Learning Expands Efforts

                    BU Center for Teaching & Learning fellows: (back row, from left) Jonathan Hibbard, Christophor Cavalieri, Cheryl McSweeney, Kaija Schilde, Pary Fassihi, Peter Zink, and Scott Marr; (front row, from left) Sophie Hochhäusl, Gouri Gupte, center director Matthew Trevett-Smith, Bruce Anderson, and Rosina Georgiadis; (not pictured) […]

“Integrative Health Group Visits As Core Delivery Strategies”

by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports Integrative health group visits was the topic of an April 28, 2016 grand-rounds webinar with the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, the organization of 68 academic medical centers promoting the integrative model. The two speakers were Katherine Gergen-Barnett, MD (pictured right) with Boston Medical […]

“Effective Feedback in the Education of Health Professionals”

Rebecca F. Lara, MD Kris M. Mogensen, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC Jeffrey F. Markuns, MD, EdM Abstract Clinical educators of health professions training programs are often underprepared for their teaching roles due to a lack of formal training in educational methodology. The emphasis on competency-based education in the health professions has led to a re-evaluation of the standards for a competent […]

2016 APHA PCC Gabby/Gabe Abstract Acceptances

Poster Presentation Abstract #366453 Title:  “Assessing the Relationship between Social Support & Preconception Care (PCC) Risk Prevalence in young African-American Women” Authors: Rock, N, Jack, B, Bickmore, T, Damus, K, Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L, Gardiner, P, Penti, B, Semenya, M, St. Fleur, M, Alhelo, H, Julce, C, Adigun, F, & Jackson, C. Oral Presentation Abstract #365782 Title: […]

CitiMatCH 2016 Abstract

The Health Perspectives of African American Adolescents and Young Men Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, OTR/L, ScD; Fatima Adigun; Timothy Bickmore, PhD;  Karla Damus, PhD, MSPH, MN, RN, FAAN; Kenneth Harris; Clevanne Julce; Justin Kramer; Jessica Martin, MPH; Steve Martin, MD, EdM; Stefan Olafsson; Michelle St. Fleur, MD, Brian Jack, MD Click hereto read the full abstract.