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Brief Report: Meeting the Needs of Medically Hospitalized Adults with Autism--A Provider and Patient Toolkit
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Carter, Jocelyn; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Neumeyer, Ann; Giauque, Ann; Kao, Ann; Iyasere, Christiana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
In an effort to meet the needs of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) while hospitalized, a team of experts and providers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), MGH for Children as well as parents of individuals with ASD was sparked in 2013. This became a multidisciplinary collaborative, the MGH Autism Care Collaborative, to improve…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Hospitals, Adults
Report of the Task Force on Pertussis and Pertussis Immunization--1988.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL. – 1988
Pertussis is a severe epidemic and endemic disease with significant morbidity and mortality. The use of whole-cell pertussis vaccines in the United States has been effective in controlling the disease but not in decreasing the circulation of the organism. Whole-cell vaccines commonly cause reactions in children, and in addition, they are often…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Immunization Programs, Internal Medicine, Medical Services
Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Twenty-first Edition, 1988.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL. – 1988
This book is a comprehensive textbook of infectious diseases. It is organized in five parts: (1) active and passive immunization; (2) recommendations for care of children in special circumstances; (3) summaries of infectious diseases; (4) antimicrobial prophylaxis; and (5) antimicrobials. There are six appendices: (1) federal vaccine injury…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Drug Use
An Approach for Defining Selection Criteria of Applicants for Medical Residency Training.
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Leonard, Arthur; Harris, Ilene – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
A potential generalizable approach for assessing, eliciting, and codifying criteria to select candidates for positions in the Hennepin County Medical Center primary care internal medicine residency program is described. The approach involves a faculty questionnaire designed to examine the importance of various types of criteria. (JMD)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Medical Education
Resource Manual for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Education in Internal Medicine.
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Bigby, JudyAnn, Ed.; England, Susan, Ed. – 1988
The resource manual provides guidelines and resources for individuals interested in integrating a substance abuse curriculum into existing programs for medical students and residents in internal medicine. Materials and resources appropriate for practicing physicians are also included. Three sections are: (1) a statement of minimum knowledge and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Curriculum Development, Drug Abuse, Graduate Medical Students
Minimum Knowledge and Skills Objectives for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Teaching.
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American Psychiatric Association, Hartford, CT. – 1991
This publication brings together statements concerning the minimum knowledge and skills objectives in alcohol and other drug abuse determined by the professional organizations of six medical specialties: pediatrics; emergency medicine; obstetrics and gynecology; psychiatry; general internal medicine; and family medicine for undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Curriculum Design, Drug Abuse, Drug Education