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Parikh JR, Lexa F. Practical Strategies to Retain Radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol 2024; 21:963-968. [PMID: 38101499 PMCID: PMC11144110 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Since the great resignation associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, radiology practices are now challenged with maintaining adequate radiology staffing requirements to cope with increasing clinical workload requirements. The authors describe practical strategies for radiology practice leaders to retain radiologists in the current challenging job market, while mitigating their burnout.
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- Jay R Parikh
- Professor, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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- Professor and Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Oermann MH, Waldrop J, Nicoll LH, Peterson GM, Drabish KS, Carter-Templeton H, Owens JK, Moorman T, Webb B, Wrigley J. Research on Predatory Publishing in Health Care: A Scoping Review. Can J Nurs Res 2023; 55:415-424. [PMID: 37138512 DOI: 10.1177/08445621231172621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Predatory publishers and their associated journals have been identified as a threat to the integrity of the scientific literature. Research on the phenomenon of predatory publishing in health care remains unquantified. PURPOSE To identify the characteristics of empirical studies on predatory publishing in the health care literature. METHODS A scoping review was done using PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases. A total of 4967 articles were initially screened; 77 articles reporting empirical findings were ultimately reviewed. RESULTS The 77 articles were predominantly bibliometric analyses/document analyses (n = 56). The majority were in medicine (n = 31, 40%) or were multidisciplinary (n = 26, 34%); 11 studies were in nursing. Most studies reported that articles published in predatory journals were of lower quality than those published in more reputable journals. In nursing, the research confirmed that articles in predatory journals were being cited in legitimate nursing journals, thereby spreading information that may not be credible through the literature. CONCLUSION The purposes of the evaluated studies were similar: to understand the characteristics and extent of the problem of predatory publishing. Although literature about predatory publishing is abundant, empirical studies in health care are limited. The findings suggest that individual vigilance alone will not be enough to address this problem in the scholarly literature. Institutional policy and technical protections are also necessary to mitigate erosion of the scientific literature in health care.
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- School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, USA
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- Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, USA
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Barnhart BJ, Reddy SG, Vandergrift JL. Which Outreach Modes Improve Response Rates to Physician Surveys? Lessons from an Experiment at the American Board of Internal Medicine. Eval Health Prof 2023; 46:48-53. [PMID: 36445930 DOI: 10.1177/01632787221143151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Physicians are a notoriously difficult group to survey due to a low propensity to respond. We investigate the relative effectiveness of reminder phone calls, pre-notification postcards, mailed paper surveys, and $1 upfront incentives for boosting survey response rate by embedding a randomized experiment into a mixed-mode operational survey at the American Board of Internal Medicine in 2019. Expected response rates and average marginal effects for each follow-up method were computed from a logistic regression model. The control group which only received email reminders achieved a response rate of 18.2%, 95% CI: (15.0%, 21.9%). The intervention group which included reminder emails, pre-notification postcards, and mailed paper surveys with $1 incentives achieved a response rate of 43.1%, 95% CI: (38.8%, 47.5%). Mailed paper surveys yielded the largest percentage point increase in response rate of 11.2%, 95% CI: (7.3%, 15.2%), while $1 upfront monetary incentives and phone call reminders increased survey response rate by 5.9%, 95% CI: (1.6%, 10.2%) and 5.5%, 95% CI: (2.6%, 8.3%) respectively. Pre-notification postcards are associated with a 2.0%, 95% CI: (-1.7%, 5.6%) increase in survey response rate. Cost-effectiveness for each method is discussed. This research supports optimal decision making for researchers when planning a physician survey study.
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Lalu MM, Albert MA, Cobey KD. Peering into the dark corners of knowledge synthesis to understand the influence of predatory journals on systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol 2022; 152:295-297. [PMID: 36115546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Manoj M Lalu
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Centre for Journalology, Blueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Regenerative Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Tomlinson OW. Analysis of predatory emails in early career academia and attempts at prevention. LEARNED PUBLISHING 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/leap.1500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Owen W. Tomlinson
- University of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health University of Exeter Exeter UK
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Saab MM, O'Driscoll M, FitzGerald S, Sahm LJ, Leahy-Warren P, Noonan B, Kilty C, O'Malley M, Lyons N, Burns HE, Kennedy U, Lyng Á, Hegarty J. Referring patients with suspected lung cancer: a qualitative study with primary healthcare professionals in Ireland. Health Promot Int 2022; 37:6639404. [PMID: 35810412 PMCID: PMC9271233 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death globally. Most cases are diagnosed late. Primary healthcare professionals are often the first point of contact for symptoms of concern. This study explored primary healthcare professionals’ experience of referring individuals with signs and symptoms suggestive of lung cancer along the appropriate healthcare pathway and explored strategies to help primary healthcare professionals detect lung cancer early. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with 36 general practitioners, community pharmacists, practice nurses, and public health nurses. Data were analysed thematically. Participants identified typical lung cancer signs and symptoms such as cough and coughing up blood (i.e., haemoptysis) as triggers for referral. Atypical/non-specific signs and symptoms such as back pain, pallor, and abnormal blood tests were perceived as difficult to interpret. Participants often refrained from using the word ‘cancer’ during conversations with patients. Ireland’s Rapid Access Lung Clinics were perceived as underused, with some general practitioners referring patients to these clinics only when clear and definitive lung cancer signs and symptoms are noted. Lack of communication and the resulting disruption in continuity of care for patients with suspected lung cancer were highlighted as healthcare system flaws. Education on early referral can be in the form of communications from professional organizations, webinars, interdisciplinary meetings, education by lung specialists, and patient testimonials. Lung cancer referral checklists and algorithms should be simple, clear, and visually appealing, either developed as standalone tools or embedded into existing primary care software/programmes.
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- Mohamad M Saab
- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland.,School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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- Rapid Access Lung Clinic, Cork University Hospital, T12 DC4A, Cork, Ireland
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- National Cancer Control Programme, Health Service Executive, DO1 A3Y8, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Cancer Control Programme, Health Service Executive, DO1 A3Y8, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Cancer Control Programme, Health Service Executive, DO1 A3Y8, Dublin, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, College Road, T12 AK54, Cork, Ireland
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Fosnot L, Jones CD, Keniston A, Burden M, Indovina KA, Patel H. Hospitalists' perspectives on challenging patient encounters and physician well-being: A qualitative study. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2022; 105:1209-1215. [PMID: 34511284 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Challenging patient encounters contribute to physician burnout, though little is known about how these impact hospitalists specifically. This study explores how hospitalists characterize challenging patient encounters and their impact on hospitalist well-being to inform organizational efforts. METHODS We conducted a qualitative, descriptive study with 15 physician hospitalist faculty at two locations, a tertiary academic and safety-net hospital, utilizing a conceptual framework based on the Stanford Wellness Framework for physician resilience around challenging patient encounters. RESULTS Two themes emerged: feelings of helplessness and time-consuming encounters. Helplessness was associated with systems issues, misaligned patient/provider goals, and violence. Time-consuming encounters were due to systems issues, misaligned goals requiring prolonged conversations, and patient factors. These factors were found to negatively impact hospitalist well-being. Resilience strategies included developing and teaching empathy and seeking expert/colleague opinion through debriefing, peer-to-peer interactions, and external resources. CONCLUSIONS Organizational strategies to support hospitalists in the context of challenging patient encounters require a multifaceted approach: improved system processes, fostering a local culture of empathy-building, and supporting peer-to-peer relationships and debriefing mechanisms. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Enhanced communication around system process improvements and culture of wellness, in addition to communication skills and mindfulness, could improve hospitalist well-being.
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- Lisa Fosnot
- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA.
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado, 12401 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Munn Z, Barker T, Stern C, Pollock D, Ross-White A, Klugar M, Wiechula R, Aromataris E, Shamseer L. Should I include studies from "predatory" journals in a systematic review? Interim guidance for systematic reviewers. JBI Evid Synth 2021; 19:1915-1923. [PMID: 34171895 DOI: 10.11124/jbies-21-00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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ABSTRACT A systematic review involves the identification, evaluation, and synthesis of the best-available evidence to provide an answer to a specific question. The "best-available evidence" is, in many cases, a peer-reviewed scientific article published in an academic journal that details the conduct and results of a scientific study. Any potential threat to the validity of these individual studies (and hence the resultant synthesis) must be evaluated and critiqued.In science, the number of predatory journals continue to rise. Studies published in predatory journals may be of lower quality and more likely to be impacted by fraud and error compared to studies published in traditional journals. This poses a threat to the validity of systematic reviews that include these studies and, therefore, the translation of evidence into guidance for policy and practice. Despite the challenges predatory journals present to systematic reviewers, there is currently little guidance regarding how they should be managed.In 2020, a subgroup of the JBI Scientific Committee was formed to investigate this issue. In this overview paper, we introduce predatory journals to systematic reviewers, outline the problems they present and their potential impact on systematic reviews, and provide some alternative strategies for consideration of studies from predatory journals in systematic reviews. Options for systematic reviewers could include excluding all studies from suspected predatory journals, applying additional strategies to forensically examine the results of studies published in suspected predatory journals, setting stringent search limits, and applying analytical techniques (such as subgroup or sensitivity analyses) to investigate the impact of suspected predatory journals in a synthesis.
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- Zachary Munn
- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Amanda Ross-White, Queen's University Library, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, The Czech Republic [Middle European] Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Masaryk University GRADE Center), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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de La Blanchardière A, Barde F, Peiffer-Smadja N, Maisonneuve H. [Predatory journals: A real threat for medical research. 1. Identify these journals and understand how they work]. Rev Med Interne 2021; 42:421-426. [PMID: 33867197 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2021.03.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The "author-pay" model of open access publication, which appeared in 2002, allocates to the author or his institution the costs of processing articles due to the journal after acceptance, for an amount of a few hundred to several thousand euros. New publishers emerged towards the end of the 2000s, which used this model but with purely commercial objectives, offering naive authors and/or wishing to quickly expand their curriculum vitae by publications in "predatory journals". They are characterized by aggressive e-mail solicitations, lack of ethics, lack of details about the publisher and the editorial board, poor peer review, unspecified and low fees for processing articles, a lack of indexing and the promise of rapid publication.
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- A de La Blanchardière
- Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, université de Normandie, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Service de rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, 94270 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, Royaume-Uni; Inserm, IAME, université de Paris, 75018 Paris, France; Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard, AP-HP, 75018 Paris, France
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- Comité scientifique, IRAFPA (Institute of Research and Action on Fraud and Plagiarism in Academia), Genève, Suisse; H2MVV, 30, rue Faidherbe, 75011 Paris, France
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[Predatory journals: A real threat for medical research. 2 Assess their consequences and initiate a response]. Rev Med Interne 2021; 42:427-433. [PMID: 33836895 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2021.03.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The deleterious consequences of "predatory" journals are numerous, whether the researcher submitted his work to them naively or knowingly: work little or not read by the international community in the absence of indexing and disappearance of any digital trace in the absence of archiving. The reputation of researchers but also of universities and research organizations and the credit of science for citizens can be sustainably damaged. These open access journals, with the author who pays as model, represent as many resources unavailable for legitimate journals. A joint mobilization of all the actors involved is necessary: researchers, universities and faculties of medicine, sections of the national university council, publishers of legitimate journals, research organizations, learned societies, ethics committees, funders, media and political decision-makers. Publishing in a predatory journal is now a scientific misconduct.
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Montrief T, Haas MRC, Alvarez A, Gottlieb M, Siegal D, Chan T. Thinking Outside the Inbox: Use of Slack in Clinical Groups as a Collaborative Team Communication Platform. AEM EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2021; 5:121-129. [PMID: 33521500 PMCID: PMC7821068 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- Tim Montrief
- Department of Critical Care MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburghPAUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn ArborMIUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineStanford University School of MedicinePalo AltoCAUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineRush University Medical CenterChicagoILUSA
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- Department of MedicinePopulation Health Research InstituteMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
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- Department of MedicineDivision of Emergency MedicineMcMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
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Darbyshire P, Hayter M, Frazer K, Ion R, Jackson D. Hitting rock bottom: The descent from predatory journals and conferences to the predatory PhD. J Clin Nurs 2020; 29:4425-4428. [DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Department of Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences University of Hull Hull UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
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- University of the West of Scotland Glasgow UK
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- Department of Nursing University of Technology Sydney Ultimo New South Wales Australia
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