JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To identify early personal and scholastic factors that predict academic career choice and long-term career achievement among academic physicians. ⋯ These data suggest that scholastic performance and research experience during medical school predict career achievement in academic medicine over 20 years in the future.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Achieving compliance with influenza immunization of medical house staff and students. A randomized controlled trial.
To determine the optimal method to increase influenza immunization rates of medical house staff and students. ⋯ A high rate of immunization of house staff and medical students can be achieved most effectively by offering vaccine in clinics and conferences. Continued education about influenza immunization is necessary for physicians and medical students.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
The effects of nonpharmacologic interventions on blood pressure of persons with high normal levels. Results of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase I.
To test the short-term feasibility and efficacy of seven nonpharmacologic interventions in persons with high normal diastolic blood pressure. ⋯ Weight reduction is the most effective of the strategies tested for reducing blood pressure in normotensive persons. Sodium reduction is also effective. The long-term effects of weight reduction and sodium reduction, alone and in combination, require further evaluation.