Early predictors of career achievement in academic medicine

Article Abstract:

Medical students who do well in school, participate in research and join the national medical honor society are more likely to achieve faculty status and publish research studies when they become physicians. Of 944 male physicians who had attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine between 1948 and 1964, 424 (45%) chose academic careers. Those who chose academic careers were more likely to have gotten good grades and research experience during medical school and graduated at a younger age than those who did not. Among the academic physicians, those who participated in research as students, graduated in the top third of the class and joined Alpha Omega Alpha were more likely to achieve higher academic rank in 1990. Those who published research studies within five years of graduating were also more likely to achieve higher academic rank.

Social aspects, Education, Achievements and awards, Medical school faculty, Success, Medical teaching personnel

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Medical specialty and the incidence of divorce

Article Abstract:

Physicians in certain specialties appear to have a higher risk of divorce than others but this could be due to personal characteristics that led them to choose a particular specialty. Researchers followed 1,118 medical students after graduation for up to 30 years. All had married at some point in their careers. By the end of the study, 29% had divorced. Psychiatrists had the highest divorce rate, which was almost 3 times higher than the rate among internists. Physicians who married while still in medical school were more likely to divorce as were those who scored high on tests of anger.

Medicine, Behavior, Statistics, Divorce, Medical specialties

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Incidence and risk factors for gout in white men

Article Abstract:

White men who gain weight in young adulthood or are being treated with diuretics for hypertension may have a higher risk of developing gout in middle age. A survey of 1,337 individuals over an average of 29 years found that 60 out of 1,216 men developed gout. They developed the condition at an average age of 48 years. None of 121 women developed gout. Gout was higher in men with higher body weights at thirty-five years of age. Fifteen of the men with gout had hypertension. But 13 of the men with hypertension were being treated with diuretics, which may also increase the risk of gout.

Risk factors, Gout

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