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J J Frey

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PubMed1983

Radon daughter plateout--II. Prediction model.

By a linear programming procedure, we have optimized the Jacobi room model to fit our data on the partitioning of radon daughters between air and wall surfaces (plateout), obtained at high radon concentrations in a small chamber. Subsequently, the optimized model yielded estimates that compared well with plateout data obtained at lower concentrations in a room-sized chamber. (The experimental work is described separately.) The major change made in the Jacobi model was to reduce the deposition velocity of free airborne radon daughters from 1 to 0.05 cm/sec. This value was obtained by using a fast algorithm to solve the linear programming to arrive at the "best fit". Lesser changes were made in other parameters.

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PubMed1982

Pediatricians and family physicians: future competition for child patients?

The specialties of family practice and pediatrics, as well as the numbers of nonphysician child health practitioners, are growing much faster than is the population of children. Current figures suggest that the aggregate supply of practitioners is already adequate and will be in excess by 1990. These overall statements, however, mask the fact that physicians are unevenly dispersed and that substantial numbers of children have unmet medical care needs. If present trends in practice content and geographic preference continue, the outlook is for direct competition for patients between the specialties in many locations. Major factors that could influence the character of the competitive responses include differences in practice content amd location, public and private financing for time spent addressing psychosocial and behavioral problems, changes in Medicaid affecting participation by office-based physicians, and subspecialization trends within both specialties.

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PubMed1981

A multi-component program to increase family physicians' faculty skills.

A fellowship program designed to increase nonclinical faculty skills among academic family physicians is described. In contrast to most faculty development programs, the fellowship is continuous for a full academic year and involves activities at a university medical center and the participants' home settings. The fellowship curriculum addresses five components of the academic physician's responsibilities: (a) curriculum planning, evaluation, and instruction; (b) clinical and educational research; (c) professional and organizational development; (d) ethics and human values; and (e) professional communication. Methods of program planning and operation are discussed, and particular attention is given to the match between the fellowship curriculum and the realities of academic medical work. Preliminary evidence suggests the program is achieving its intended goals.

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PubMed1980

Family practice in Massachusetts: a comparison of residency trained family physicians with the general practitioner experience of 1967-1968.

An analysis of data collected from a one-year survey of the activities of seven residency trained family physicians practicing in Massachusetts was carried out. These data were compared to a study of activities of Massachusetts general practitioners done in 1967-1968, and to the Virginia Study of 1976. Both hospital and health center encounters were analyzed. The age distribution of the practices paralleled that of the general practitioners, particularly the younger general practitioners. The sex distribution was also comparable. However, over one third of all health problems recorded during the study were for preventive or non-illness visits. This represented a significant percentage increase over the general practitioners as well as the family physicians in the Virginia Study. The site of activity was also different in showing a ten percent increase in office visits over 1967-1968. Women's health issues, which include maternity and family planning care, represented a larger percentage of the practices of the residency graduates than was the case in the Virginia Study. Educational and health manpower implications of the study are discussed.

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PubMed1976

Developing optimum drug regimens.

In clinical pharmacological trials the determination of the optimum regimen for a drug using the technique of response surface analysis is proposed as being more advantageous than traditional analyses of dose response relationships. Major considerations in favour of this technique are that the optimum regimem can be identified with a minimum of human experimentation, and unacceptable regimens are eliminated from the study early, at a substantial saving of time and money.

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PubMed1975

Resident participation in residency programs.

Residents need to participate more fully in decisions involving their educational process and their learning/work setting. In the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine, residents are involved in designing their curriculum, monitoring their work/learning settings, selecting their peers, and evaluating their peers and faculty. This style of residency program has significant implications not only for patient care but also for future physicians, medical departments, and medical associations.

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Forgiveness.

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Time for change.

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