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Communication and empathy within the patient-physician relationship among patients with and without chronic pain

John C. Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA; Claire N. Middleton, BS; Amin Aboutaj, BS; Tal Allouche, MS; and Imran Siddiqui, BS

Chronic pain may affect the relationship between patients and their treating physicians. This study was designed to compare four aspects of physician communication and physician empathy reported by patients with chronic pain and in chronic pain-free controls.

Public Health and Primary Care

Modeling the importance of physician training in practice location for Ohio otolaryngologists

Samuel Borgemenke, BS; D’Nair Newsom, BS; Patrick Scheatzle, BA; Nicholas Durstock, BS; and Elizabeth A. Beverly, PhD

This analysis aims to identify factors that lead otolaryngologists to a respective practice location, and if any of that influence comes from where otolaryngologists completed their medical education.

General

Trends of public interest in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from 2004 to 2022

Blakelee Eggleston, BPH; Caitlin Wenske, BS; Carly Sweat, BS; Douglas Nolan, DO; Nicholas B. Sajjadi, DO; Anna Mazur, PhD, ABPP, ABN; and Micah Hartwell, PhD

The objective of this study was to investigate deviations in public interest following player incidents of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the effects that the media has had on public interest in CTE.

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Receives an Impact Factor!

The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM) recently received an Impact Factor! The _JOM_’s current Impact Factor is 1.5 and the journal will be included in the “Medicine, General and Internal” category. Read more about this monumental achievement here.

Proposed Amendments to AOA Governance Documents

View the proposed amendments to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Governance Documents, which will be presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates on July 19-21, 2024.

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