September 2006
Vol. 98, No. 9
EDITOR IN CHIEF’S COLUMN
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Historians and the Healthcare of African Americans
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
HISTORY
1415
Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools
Todd Savitt, PhD
1425
The Forgotten History of Defunct Black Medical
Schools in the 19th and 20th Centuries and the Impact of the Flexner Report
Earl H. Harley, MD
POINT/COUNTERPOINT
1430
After Flexner: The Challenge
Kathryn L. Moseley, MD
1432
Did Flexner’s Report Condemn Black Medical
Schools? Not So, in My Opinion
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
1435
Improving the Retention of Underrepresented Minority
Faculty in Academic Medicine
Sandra Daley, MD; Deborah L. Wingard, PhD; and Vivian
Reznik, MD, MPH
1441
In the Minority: Black Physicians in Residency and
Their Experiences
Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH; Godwin O. Darko, MD, MPH;
Erin P. Finley; Jeanne M. Cawse; Monica Bharel, MD; and
Jay D. Orlander, MD, MPH
1449
Mentoring for Women and Underrepresented Minority
Faculty and Students: Experience at Two Institutions of
Higher Education
Omofolasade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA; Roberta E.
Sonnino, MD, FACS, FAAP; and Mary Lou Voytko, PhD
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Impact of Desire to Work in Underserved Communities
on Selection of Specialty among Fourth-Year Medical
Students
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD; Richard W. Lindstrom, MA; Alan
Dakak, MD; Chizobam Ani, MD, MPH; Kenneth E. Wolf,
PhD; and Ronald A. Edelstein, EdD
1471
Proximal Versus Distal Influences on Underrepresented
Minority Students Pursuing Health Professional Careers
Ramie Cooney, PhD; Omofolasade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD,
MSPH, MBA; Barbara Slattery, MA; and M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS
1478
Using Resident Focus Groups to Improve Subspecialty
Consultations in a Pediatric Urgent Care Setting
Alice Faye Singleton, MD, MPH, MBA; Mohsen Bazargan,
PhD; Brenda Ilagan, MD; Leon Yan, MD; and Jasmine
Eugenio, MD
1483
Obesity Prevention in Pediatrics: A Pilot Pediatric
Resident Curriculum Intervention on Nutrition and
Obesity Education and Counseling
Jose L. Gonzalez, MD, MSEd and Loise Gilmer, RD, CDE
1489
Pediatric Residency Training on Tobacco: Review and
Critique of the Literature
Norman Hymowitz, PhD
1501
Hospitalists in Medical Education: Coming to an
Academic Medical Center Near You
David M. Pressel, MD, PhD
1505
Development of a Replicable Process for Translating
Science into Practical Health Education Messages
Nadra C. Tyus, DrPH; Randall J. Freeman, MD; and
M. Christopher Gibbons, MD, MPH
1510
Caregiver Intervention Research: An Opportunity for
Collaboration between Caregiving Investigators and
African-American Faith Communities
Randy S. Hebert, MD, MPH; Harold G. Koenig, MD; Robert
M. Arnold, MD; and Richard Schulz, PhD
1515
The Bridge to Diversity: The Role of the National Medical
Association and the African-American Physician
Eric M. Schlueter, MD
1518
Influence of Medical Education on Students’ Attitudes
towards the Elderly
Mustafa Cankurtaran, MD; Meltem Halil, MD; Zekeriya
Ulger, MD; Neslihan Dagli, MD; Burcu Balam Yavuz, MD;
Burcak Karaca, MD; and Servet Ariogul, MD
1523
Experiences Promoting Healthcare Career Interest
among High-School Students from Underserved
Communities
Luis E. Zayas, PhD and Denise McGuigan, MSEd
1532
Effects of Perceived Racism, Cultural Mistrust and Trust
in Providers on Satisfaction with Care
Ramona Benkert, PhD, RN; Rosalind M. Peters, PhD, RN;
Rodney Clark, PhD; and Kathryn Keves-Foster, MSN, RN
EDITORIALS
1498
Reconsideration of the Training of Psychiatrists and
Mental Health Professionals: Helping to Make Soup
Christopher L. Edwards, PhD; Annelle Primm, MD, MPH;
Stephanie Johnson, PhD; Miriam Feliu, PsyD; Keisha
O’Garo, PsyD; Gary G. Bennett, PhD; Elwood Robinson,
PhD; Camela McDougald, MA; Goldie Byrd, PhD; Ojinga
Harrison, MD; Keith Whitfield, PhD; and Alvin L. Killough, PhD
1542
Mentoring Women in Academic Surgery: Overcoming
Institutional Barriers to Success
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
1546
Rights, Bunche, Rose and the “Pipeline”
Steven R. Marks, SM, MS and Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee, MS
MOVIE REVIEW
1466
Patch Adams
Reviewed by Heather M. Butts, JD, MPH, MA
BOOK REVIEWS
1554
Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Reviewed by Marquetta Faulkner MD, FACP
Keepsake 2005—Dreams within Reach, A Guide for
Minority Science Students
Spectrum Unlimited
Reviewed by Oroma Nwanodi, MD
1555
Hospital Safari
J. Thomas Pierce, MBBS, PhD
Reviewed by J. Gary Linn, PhD
1556
Ending the Document Game: Connecting and Transforming
Your Healthcare through Information Technology
Commission on Systemic Interoperability under the
Department of Health and Human Services
Reviewed by Ruth White, PhD, MPH, MSW
1557
Becoming a Physician: A Complete & Definitive
Resource for Aspiring Minority Students
Eric Schlueter, MD
Reviewed by Eddie L. Hoover, MD
1558
Electronic Health Records: Transforming Your
Medical Practice
Margaret Amatayakul and Steven S. Lazarus
Reviewed by Myra A. Kleinpeter, MD, MPH
1559
A Black Physician’s Struggle for Civil Rights”
Florence Ridlon
Reviewed by Gary C. Dennis, MD, FACS
DEPARTMENTS
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Masthead
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About the Cover
Tina Allen
1404
Membership Application
1411, 1424, 1429, 1431, 1440, 1475, 1482, 1488, 1497, 1509
Career Opportunities
1545
Calendar
Correction Notice
In the July issue, on pages 1057 and 1236, the title for Dr. Starr’s
presentation should have read “CONCERTA®: Clinical Data
Overview from Recent Scientific Sessions.”
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