2022
Twelve Tips for teaching shared decision making
Zegarek M, Brienza R, Quinn N. Twelve Tips for teaching shared decision making. Medical Teacher 2022, 45: 257-263. PMID: 35793200, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2093700.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Initiative to Minimize Pharmaceutical Risk in Older Veterans (IMPROVE) Polypharmacy Clinic.
Gardner AL, Thomas JM, Mecca MC, Hyson A, Niehoff KM, Jeffery S, Sellinger J, Brienza R. Initiative to Minimize Pharmaceutical Risk in Older Veterans (IMPROVE) Polypharmacy Clinic. Federal Practitioner 2018, 35: 40-47. PMID: 30766331, PMCID: PMC6366595.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
At a Crossroads
Brienza RS. At a Crossroads. Academic Medicine 2016, 91: 621-623. PMID: 26839946, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000001119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersPrimary carePatient careVeterans Affairs Boston Healthcare SystemHigh-quality primary careInterprofessional teamPC training programAcademic medical centerVeterans Affairs centersCare education programHigh-quality carePanel of patientsComplex patientsPatient visitsPC settingsMedical CenterCare providersTreatment centersPatientsPC educationAmbulatory DiagnosticCareImproved satisfactionHealth professional educationHealthcare systemAddressing outpatient continuity for ambulatory training: A novel tool for longitudinal primary care sign out
Long T, Uradu A, Castillo R, Brienza R. Addressing outpatient continuity for ambulatory training: A novel tool for longitudinal primary care sign out. Education For Health 2016, 29: 51-55. PMID: 26996800, DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.178923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk patientsPatient care issuesInternal medicine residentsOutpatient continuityHealth professional traineesInterprofessional training modelPrimary care educationPrimary carePatient followInterprofessional traineesAmbulatory settingCare issuesAmbulatory trainingPatientsCare educationMedicine residentsSignsProfessional traineesTrainees' attitudesTraineesClinicFollowCareNovel tool
2009
A method to quantify and compare clinicians’ assessments of patient understanding during counseling of standardized patients
Farrell MH, Kuruvilla P, Eskra KL, Christopher SA, Brienza RS. A method to quantify and compare clinicians’ assessments of patient understanding during counseling of standardized patients. Patient Education And Counseling 2009, 77: 128-135. PMID: 19380210, PMCID: PMC2737092, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBreast NeoplasmsClinical CompetenceCommunicationCurriculumEducation, Medical, GraduateEducational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInternal MedicineInternship and ResidencyMaleMass ScreeningPatient Education as TopicPhysician-Patient RelationsProstatic NeoplasmsReferral and ConsultationReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited States
2005
Evaluation of a Women's Safe Shelter Experience to Teach Internal Medicine Residents About Intimate Partner Violence
Brienza RS, Whitman L, Ladouceur L, Green ML. Evaluation of a Women's Safe Shelter Experience to Teach Internal Medicine Residents About Intimate Partner Violence. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2005, 20: 536-540. PMID: 15987330, PMCID: PMC1490142, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0100.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violenceMajor public health problemPublic health problemGreater pre-post improvementWeak study designsInternal medicine residentsPre-post improvementsFemale patientsPartner violenceHealth problemsOutcome assessmentComposite subscalesStudy designMedicine residentsResidents' knowledgeSignificant differencesTrialsSubscalesSmall improvementResidentsPatientsPhysiciansControl
2002
Delay in Obtaining Conventional Healthcare by Female Internal Medicine Patients Who Use Herbal Therapies
Brienza RS, Stein MD, Fagan MJ. Delay in Obtaining Conventional Healthcare by Female Internal Medicine Patients Who Use Herbal Therapies. Journal Of Women's Health 2002, 11: 79-87. PMID: 11860728, DOI: 10.1089/152460902753473499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHerbal therapy useInternal medicine patientsConventional careTreatment of symptomsHerbal therapyTherapy useFemale patientsMedicine patientsHerbal productsDelay of careTreatment of illnessMean ageAmbulatory clinicsHigh prevalenceGeneral internistsGeneral populationHigh school educationPrescription medicinesPatientsMultivariate analysisMedical problemsTherapyCareSelf-report surveyConventional healthcare