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Directed Education Committee (DEC) as process for Individualized Education Plans (IEP) for Residents with Struggles: Analysis with RE-AIM Framework

This retrospective mixed-methods study demonstrates that the Directed Education Committee (DEC), a delegated subcommittee that structurally separates evaluation, advocacy, and content-expert roles, effectively supports struggling residents through individualized education plans while reducing role conflict and achieving high competency outcomes without significant demographic disparities.

Erum Azhar, Hadia Khan, Hamna Salimi, Mahanoor Raza, Kaylette Jenkins, Benjamin Ihms, Laila Younes, Abdul Waheed2026-10-12
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Is Obtaining Specific Consent for Educational Skill Training on Patients Necessary? An Analysis of Arguments For and Against Among Chinese Medical Students

This study of 559 Chinese medical trainees reveals significant differences in consent preferences across specialties, with surgical residents and students favoring explicit separate consent while anesthesiology residents prefer a risk-stratified approach, highlighting the urgent need for tiered consent policies to balance patient autonomy, trust, and educational necessity amidst prevalent patient distrust.

Min Xu, Lizhen Wang, Jiaqi Chen, Yan Meng, Yali Xie, Ke Chen, Kun Ye2026-10-12
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Couples’ attitudes toward domestic violence and reproductive health care use in sub-saharan africa

This study of 21 Sub-Saharan African countries finds that couples who jointly reject domestic violence are more likely to utilize prenatal care and deliver in health facilities, while husbands' rejection of violence specifically predicts higher contraceptive use, suggesting that policies should target male partners through stricter laws and awareness campaigns to improve reproductive health outcomes.

Emeline Jacqueline TOSSOU, Dimitri TCHAKOUNTE2026-10-12
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Effects of Small-Sided Basketball Games and High-Intensity Interval Training on Body Composition, Cardiovascular Health, and Physical Performance in Sedentary Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This randomized controlled trial demonstrates that an 8-week heart-rate-matched small-sided basketball game intervention yields physical and cardiovascular adaptations equivalent to high-intensity interval training in sedentary young adults, while offering lower perceived exertion and potentially better long-term adherence due to its recreational nature.

Musen Wei, Baodong Yang, Jiawei Chen, Zhanfei Zheng, Xinjie Han2026-10-12
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Clonal evolution and molecular profiling of recurrent maxillary ameloblastoma with lung metastasis harboring SMO and PIK3CA mutations

This study characterizes a case of recurrent maxillary ameloblastoma with lung metastasis harboring identical SMO and PIK3CA mutations, highlighting the potential of Hedgehog and PI3K signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in aggressive odontogenic tumors.

Yuji Yagamuchi, Kumiko Oka, Yuka Tamura, Ryozo Miyagi, Yasuhisa Ohde, Takashi Mukaigawa, Kenichi Urakami, Fuyuki Sato2026-10-12
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Explainable machine learning of plantar-force gait biomarkers for Hoehn–Yahr staging in Parkinson’s disease

This study presents an explainable machine-learning framework utilizing plantar-force gait biomarkers and ordinal modeling to achieve high-accuracy, objective staging of Parkinson's disease severity across Hoehn–Yahr stages 2.0 to 3.0 while identifying key interpretable gait features such as double-support phase and bilateral asymmetry.

Mei Yang, Xingzhong Xiong, Weitian Yuan, Mingju Chen, Luo Zhongqiang2026-10-12
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Allied health professionals and nurses as paramedical research coordinators in French healthcare institutions: a national cross-sectional survey of workforce characteristics, roles and scientific activity (PRC-FR 1)

This national cross-sectional survey characterizes the emerging French Paramedical Research Coordinator (PRC) workforce, revealing that while the role has been successfully institutionalized with high academic qualifications and a strategic focus, its implementation remains unevenly distributed and under-resourced outside university hospitals.

Guillaume DAVY, Pierre-Henri HALLER, Hélène DEHAUT, Valérie BERGER, Bérengère COUTURIER2026-10-12
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Co-tailoring a depression intervention with and for Black women survivors of intimate partner violence

Through a constructivist grounded theory analysis of interviews with Black women survivors of intimate partner violence and a collaborative workgroup, this study identifies depression as a critical psychosocial need and initiates the co-tailoring of a culturally specific intervention that integrates interpersonal counseling with faith and spirituality.

Bernadine Y. Waller, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Chiamaka Chidi, Ana Stefancic, Michelle Richardson-Ridley, Whittni L. Holland (…)2026-10-12
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Paediatric rheumatic diseases: pattern, health-related quality of life and its associated factors among patients in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria, a comparative cross-sectional study

This comparative cross-sectional study in Nigeria reveals that juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus is the most common paediatric rheumatic disease and that health-related quality of life in affected children is significantly lower than in healthy peers, primarily driven by functional disability and pain levels.

Ayodele Faleye, Ijeoma Akinwumi, Peter Ubuane, Waheba Slamang, Olatunde Odusote, Angela Migowa, Fidelis Njokanma, Olufem (…)2026-10-12
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Diversity at U.S. Medical Schools and Residency Programs in a Post Affirmative Action World

This study evaluates the early impact of the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning race-conscious admissions, finding that it has already led to declines in matriculation rates for Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Pacific Islander applicants to U.S. medical schools, raising concerns about future diversity in the physician workforce.

Stephanie ljomah, Brittany Hodges, Abdullah Virk, Karen Allison2026-10-12