Background: To address the country's most pressing healthcare needs, medical students
must choose careers in primary care and commit to working with underserved populations. …

Methods Study Design and Data Collection During the fall of 2011, a survey was developed
to assess the effectiveness of the SERVE elective using insight from clinical leaders. This …

Do not routinely screen all men over the age of 50 for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific
antigen (PSA) test. Consider screening men younger than 75 with no cardiovascular or …

ILLUSTRATIVE CASE a 59-year-old woman with oa comes to your office with chronic knee
pain. She has tried acetaminophen, ibuprofen, intra-articular corticosteroid injections, and …

Objectives We evaluated the acceptability, access, and impact of yoga among participants
in yoga classes co-located in community health centers. Design Participants were invited to …

The following essay, drawn from the journals and work notebook of a family medicine
resident and a visiting clinical mentor, chronicles their work together in an Advanced Clinical …

ILLUSTRATIVE CASE a 50-year-old man comes to your office to have a mole removed from
his arm. you decide to excise the lesion in your office today. Do you need to use sterile …

BV is caused by a shift in vaginal flora from hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus
species to anaerobes that raise the vaginal pH. Multiple species of anaerobic bacteria are …

An anxious mother rushes into your office carrying her 22-month-old son, who fell and hit his
head an hour ago. The child has an eggsized lump on his forehead. Upon questioning his …

As no other type of book can, a contemporary history logs the opinions, views, and paradigms
of those who directly participate in the historic event into a literary form. Taken as a whole, …