The United States is facing a worsening physician shortage that particularly affects people living in rural or underserved communities. One strategy used to address this problem is clinical exposure programs for students in high school, college, and/or medical school. Research currently suggests that these programs could influence participants' interest in medicine, specialty choice, and practice location preferences. Mentoring in Medicine is a summer clinical exposure program that targets college students in the Johnstown area of Pennsylvania. This region of the state is socioeconomically disadvantaged and medically underserved. No formal follow-up has been conducted on the participants since the program began in 2004. We plan on surveying these past participants to examine their academic and career interests and outcomes. We will also use physician databases to determine career outcomes. This data will help contribute to the body of evidence regarding educational interventions to improve medical shortages in the United States.

The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of Black women's experiences with communication, relationships, and interactions with their women's health care providers. Specifically, we are interested in 1) exploring Black women's experience of racism or discrimination and stress, 2) understanding the importance of racial concordance between Black women and their obstetric care providers, and 3) describing Black women's lived experiences with their obstetric care providers.

Compare two surgical procedures for treatment of trichiasis to see which one has better outcomes.

Validation of assessment tool for regional anesthesia skills

The purpose of this research study is to test a set of interventions designed to improve HIV care and prevention among girls and young women in Zambia.

Engagement with UNC patients and clinicians will be used to gather feedback on the relevance of data sources, perspectives on the model outputs for lupus diagnosis and other outcomes, and to understand the utility of model outputs against clinical standards. Engagement of key community collaborators to solicit their perspectives and advice will be used to inform model development.

To explore faculty perspectives on career readiness and how they contribute to their preparation

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the impact of the Well-Being Initiative for Woman Faculty of Color (the "Program") on overall well-being, career advancement and professional success. The Program is designed for early and mid-career Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women faculty at U.S. Schools of Pharmacy and Departments of Pharmacology at research-intensive institutions. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Houston Wellness Workshops for Women (H3W), has developed this two-year program to support the well-being and professional advancement of BIPOC women faculty in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences research. Participants in the study will take voluntary surveys during the Program to evaluate three factors: well-being, burnout, and self-efficacy in their professional academic roles before and after completing the Program.

This study surveys students who completed a Fall 2024 UNC MPA course on AI about their subsequent thinking and experience with AI platforms in their UNC studies and/or their professional workplace.

To evaluate the differences in outcomes after laser, open and staple diverticulotomy to determined the long term durability of these surgical interventions for patients with swallowing difficulty from Zenker's Diverticulum.