2024
Thriving among Pakistani physicians: A qualitative study.
Sohail M, Nawaz K, Doolittle B. Thriving among Pakistani physicians: A qualitative study. The International Journal Of Psychiatry In Medicine 2024, 912174241272545. PMID: 39110657, DOI: 10.1177/00912174241272545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial supportFactors associated with burnoutQuality of patient careProvider mental healthImprove social supportPrimary care practitionersSemi-structured interviewsEvaluate burnoutLack of resourcesCare practitionersMental healthMeasures of job satisfactionPatient carePakistani physiciansPrivate hospitalsQualitative studySnowball sampling techniqueExcessive workloadQualitative explorationPhysiciansBurnoutWell-beingWorkplace environmentSpiritual resourcesLife satisfaction
2022
Holy Simplicity: The Physician's Role in End-of-Life Conversations.
Williams JL, Doolittle B. Holy Simplicity: The Physician's Role in End-of-Life Conversations. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2022, 95: 399-403. PMID: 36187416, PMCID: PMC9511947.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
A resident-led project to improve documentation of overweight and obesity in a primary care clinic
Wang’ondu R, Vitale R, Rosenblum H, Pinto-Taylor E, Grossman M, Sharifi M, Gielissen K, Doolittle B. A resident-led project to improve documentation of overweight and obesity in a primary care clinic. Journal Of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2019, 9: 377-383. PMID: 31723380, PMCID: PMC6830187, DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1681056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOW/OBDocumentation of overweightElectronic health recordsPrimary care clinicsCare clinicsHospital primary care clinicHealth information technology toolsDiagnosis of overweightPrevalence of overweightMulti-faceted interventionQuality improvement projectStudy-Act cyclesPre-intervention dataBMI calculationDocumentation ratesObesity diagnosisOverweightDeveloped interventionsObesityTeam-based QI projectsTests of changeHealth recordsQI projectPhysiciansDiagnosisPhysicians Should Play a Role in Ensuring Safe Firearm Ownership
Holt SR, Rosenbaum J, Ellman M, Doolittle B, Tobin DG. Physicians Should Play a Role in Ensuring Safe Firearm Ownership. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 34: 1637-1640. PMID: 31062224, PMCID: PMC6667526, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05034-2.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2018
Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done?
Kelley AT, Turner J, Doolittle B. Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done? The New Bioethics 2018, 24: 150-157. PMID: 29513084, DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2018.1438772.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAdvance care planningCare planningEnd-stage renal diseaseChronic kidney diseaseCourse of diseaseRenal diseaseKidney diseaseIntensive treatmentAdvance carePatient valuesCognitive declinePatientsSignificant mortalityClinical literatureDecision-making capacityDaily practiceDiseaseYears of supportPhysiciansConvincing evidenceMore trainingMorbidityHospitalClinicMortality
2017
Modifying the Primary Care Exception Rule to Require Competency-Based Assessment
Tobin DG, Doolittle BR, Ellman MS, Ruser CB, Brienza RS, Genao I. Modifying the Primary Care Exception Rule to Require Competency-Based Assessment. Academic Medicine 2017, 92: 331-334. PMID: 27355783, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000001293.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPrimary care practicesResident competenceClinical competenceGraduate Medical EducationResidents' clinical competenceMonths of trainingAmbulatory careCare practicesMedicaid ServicesExamination roomCarePhysiciansBilling requirementsTraining programMilestones frameworkBilling rulesResidents' readinessResidentsTeaching residents