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Estatus Económico , Evaluación Educacional , Renta , Criterios de Admisión Escolar , Facultades de Medicina , Estudiantes de Medicina , Humanos , Estatus Económico/estadística & datos numéricos , Estatus Económico/tendencias , Renta/estadística & datos numéricos , Renta/tendencias , Criterios de Admisión Escolar/estadística & datos numéricos , Criterios de Admisión Escolar/tendencias , Facultades de Medicina/economía , Facultades de Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos , Facultades de Medicina/tendencias , Estudiantes de Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos , Evaluación Educacional/economía , Evaluación Educacional/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
This survey study assesses the frequency and nature of harassment on social media experienced by physicians, biomedical scientists, and trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 , Médicos , Medios de Comunicación Sociales , Humanos , PandemiasAsunto(s)
Facultades de Medicina , Estudiantes de Medicina , Evaluación Educacional , Humanos , Políticas , PobrezaRESUMEN
Social media is an important tool for disseminating accurate medical information and combating misinformation (ie, the spreading of false or inaccurate information) and disinformation (ie, spreading misinformation with the intent to deceive). The prolific rise of inaccurate information during a global pandemic is a pressing public health concern. In response to this phenomenon, health professional amplifiers such as IMPACT (Illinois Medical Professional Action Collaborative Team) have been created as a coordinated response to enhance public communication and advocacy around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 , Medios de Comunicación Sociales , Comunicación , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2Asunto(s)
COVID-19/prevención & control , Inundaciones/prevención & control , Equipo de Protección Personal/provisión & distribución , Estudiantes de Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/transmisión , Chicago , Niño , Conducta Infantil/fisiología , Femenino , Personal de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Control de Infecciones/instrumentación , Control de Infecciones/métodos , Masculino , Países Bajos , Voluntarios/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
Social isolation has been associated with many adverse health outcomes in older adults. We describe a phone call outreach program in which health care professional student volunteers phoned older adults, living in long-term care facilities and the community, at risk of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversation topics were related to coping, including fears or insecurities, isolation, and sources of support; health; and personal topics such as family and friends, hobbies, and life experiences. Student volunteers felt the calls were impactful both for the students and for the seniors, and call recipients expressed appreciation for receiving the calls and for the physicians who referred them for a call. This phone outreach strategy is easily generalizable and can be adopted by medical schools to leverage students to connect to socially isolated seniors in numerous settings.
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Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control , Empoderamiento , Pandemias/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/prevención & control , Calidad de Vida , Aislamiento Social/psicología , Teléfono/estadística & datos numéricos , Adaptación Psicológica , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , COVID-19 , Uso del Teléfono Celular/estadística & datos numéricos , Estudios de Cohortes , Comunicación , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Femenino , Evaluación Geriátrica , Humanos , Masculino , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , Estudiantes de Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos , Estados Unidos , Voluntarios , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To identify caregivers' views on preferred surrogate decision makers for their children. STUDY DESIGN: A respondent-anonymous survey was distributed to a convenience sample of adults who accompanied a child to general and subspecialty pediatric care at 2 different institutions or were at the bedside of a child in the pediatric intensive care unit at a third institution in Chicago. RESULTS: We collected 462 valid surveys. The average age of the legal guardian and accompanying child was 36.8 years and 6.6 years, respectively. Most legal guardians designated "other parent with legal authority" as their first choice surrogate decision maker (70%). Respondent's sex, respondent's age, child's age, and child's ethnicity had no effect on first choice surrogate decision maker. "Other parent with legal authority" was less likely to be first choice surrogate if respondents had Medicaid insurance, less than a college degree, or lived in a non-nuclear household (P<.01 for all factors). The surrogacy ladder selected by 31% of legal guardians was "other parent with legal authority," "child's grandparent(s)," and "child's aunt(s) or uncle(s)." No other sequence received more than 10% designation. Study site had no effect on surrogate preference (P = .30). CONCLUSIONS: A surrogacy priority ladder for minors needs to include relatives who are often not included in state surrogacy statutes (eg, grandparents, aunts and uncles). The most popular surrogacy ladder will not be ideal for many families. Parents need to be informed and empowered to choose alternate surrogates, and documented preferences must be easily and widely accessible.