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ReviewCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2013

A look to the past as we look ahead: the specialty of public health medicine in Canada.

Lawrence C Loh, Bart J Harvey

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Review in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. But what do you mean by "public health training"?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016
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  5. Authors' response.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lawrence C LohDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. lloh@jhsph.edu
Bart J Harvey
Public Health Ontario · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In February 2011, the medical specialty of Community Medicine was renamed as Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) to better reflect the roles and responsibilities of physician specialists in this field. While physician involvement in public health began in the early 20th century, the development of the formal PHPM specialty has closely paralleled the evolution of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. At present, despite shortages identified in light of public health crises, recent specialist graduates in PHPM have reportedly experienced some difficulties finding optimal employment. This paper reviews the history and current situation of PHPM specialists, raising awareness of the issues in order to promote greater specialty planning coupled with improved integration and collaboration between clinical services and public health initiatives.

Indexed as

CanadaHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansPublic Healthcommunity medicineeducationhistory of medicinemedicalpreventive medicinePublic healthspecialty

Identifiers

PMID23618198
PMCPMC6973683
OpenAlexW1489153094

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Registered trials

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