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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Wood, Gordon S

“…"One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution."--New York Times Book Review"During the nearly two decades since its…”
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The Clinical Impact and Preventability of Ventilator-Associated Conditions in Critically Ill Patients Who Are Mechanically Ventilated by Muscedere, John, MD, Sinuff, Tasnim, MD, PhD, Heyland, Daren K., MD, Dodek, Peter M., MD, MHSc, Keenan, Sean P., MD, Wood, Gordon, MD, Jiang, Xuran, MSc, Day, Andrew G., MSc, Laporta, Denny, MD, Klompas, Michael, MD, MPH

“…Background Ventilator-associated conditions (VACs) and infection-related ventilator-associated complications (iVACs) are the Centers for Disease Control and…”
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Use and Meaning of “Goals of Care” in the Healthcare Literature: a Systematic Review and Qualitative Discourse Analysis by Secunda, Katharine, Wirpsa, M Jeanne, Neely, Kathy J, Szmuilowicz, Eytan, Wood, Gordon J, Panozzo, Ellen, McGrath, Joan, Levenson, Anne, Peterson, Jonna, Gordon, Elisa J, Kruser, Jacqueline M

“…Background The specific phrase “goals of care” (GOC) is pervasive in the discourse about serious illness care. Yet, the meaning of this phrase is ambiguous. We…”
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The Association of Team-Specific Workload and Staffing with Odds of Burnout Among VA Primary Care Team Members by Helfrich, Christian D., Simonetti, Joseph A., Clinton, Walter L., Wood, Gordon B., Taylor, Leslie, Schectman, Gordon, Stark, Richard, Rubenstein, Lisa V., Fihn, Stephan D., Nelson, Karin M.

“…Background Work-related burnout is common in primary care and is associated with worse patient safety, patient satisfaction, and employee mental health…”
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Outcomes of a Multisite Mentored Implementation Approach to Promoting Goals of Care Conversations by Wood, Gordon J., Clepp, Rebecca K., Lee, Jungwha, Twaddle, Martha L., Ogunseitan, Adeboye, Neagle, Jayson, Szmuilowicz, Eytan

“…The Preference-Aligned Communication and Treatment (PACT) Project is a multisite quality improvement effort that has been shown to increase the frequency of…”
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The PACT Project: Feasibility of a Multidisciplinary, Multi-Faceted Intervention to Promote Goals of Care Conversations by Szmuilowicz, Eytan, Clepp, Rebecca K., Neagle, Jayson, Ogunseitan, Adeboye, Twaddle, Martha, Wood, Gordon J.

“…Background Patients living with serious illness generally want their physicians to facilitate Goals of Care conversations (GoCc), yet physicians may lack time…”
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Development of a Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum for Late Goals of Care Discussions by Walter, James M., Smith, Melanie M., Einstein, Noah, Cohen, Elaine R., Wood, Gordon J., Vermylen, Julia H.

“…Fellows in critical care medicine (CCM) routinely help patients and families navigate complex decisions near the end of life. These “late goals of care” (LGOC)…”
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THE REVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL WAR by Wood, Gordon S

“…When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 on a platform of preventing the extension of slavery into the West, the Southern states felt their way of…”
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Development of a Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum for Breaking Bad News by Vermylen, Julia H., Wood, Gordon J., Cohen, Elaine R., Barsuk, Jeffrey H., McGaghie, William C., Wayne, Diane B.

“…Physician communication impacts patient outcomes. However, communication skills, especially around difficult conversations, remain suboptimal, and there is no…”
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Initiation of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy results in a fivefold reduction of survival in human septic shock by Kumar, Anand, Ellis, Paul, Arabi, Yaseen, Roberts, Dan, Light, Bruce, Parrillo, Joseph E, Dodek, Peter, Wood, Gordon, Kumar, Aseem, Simon, David, Peters, Cheryl, Ahsan, Muhammad, Chateau, Dan

“…Our goal was to determine the impact of the initiation of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy on survival to hospital discharge of patients with septic shock…”
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Promoting Readiness for Residency: Embedding Simulation-Based Mastery Learning for Breaking Bad News Into the Medicine Subinternship by Vermylen, Julia H, Wayne, Diane B, Cohen, Elaine R, McGaghie, William C, Wood, Gordon J

“…PURPOSEIt is challenging to add rigorous, competency-based communication skills training to existing clerkship structures. The authors embedded a…”
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Acute kidney injury in septic shock: clinical outcomes and impact of duration of hypotension prior to initiation of antimicrobial therapy by Bagshaw, Sean M., Lapinsky, Stephen, Dial, Sandra, Arabi, Yaseen, Dodek, Peter, Wood, Gordon, Ellis, Paul, Guzman, Jorge, Marshall, John, Parrillo, Joseph E., Skrobik, Yoanna, Kumar, Anand

“…Objective To describe the incidence and outcomes associated with early acute kidney injury (AKI) in septic shock and explore the association between duration…”
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Bringing competency-based communication training to scale: A multi-institutional virtual simulation-based mastery learning curriculum for Emergency Medicine residents by Aluce, Laurie M, Cooper, Julie J, Emlet, Lillian Liang, Cohen, Elaine R, Ostrowski, Simon J, Wood, Gordon J, Vermylen, Julia H

“…Serious illness communication skills are essential for physicians, yet competency-based training is lacking. We address scalability barriers to…”
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Task Delegation and Burnout Trade-offs Among Primary Care Providers and Nurses in Veterans Affairs Patient Aligned Care Teams (VA PACTs) by Edwards, Samuel T, Helfrich, Christian D, Grembowski, David, Hulen, Elizabeth, Clinton, Walter L, Wood, Gordon B, Kim, Linda, Rose, Danielle E, Stewart, Greg

“…Appropriate delegation of clinical tasks from primary care providers (PCPs) to other team members may reduce employee burnout in primary care. However, (1) the…”
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Stop Asking How Much Information Your Patient Wants Before Discussing Serious News by Munger, Natalie K, Vermylen, Julia H, Aluce, Laurie M, Smith, Melanie M, Wood, Gordon J

“…Discussing serious news is a fundamental communication skill, and many clinicians have been taught to ask their patients how much detail they want to hear…”
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Reassessing Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution on the Occasion of its Jubilee by WOOD, GORDON S.

“…This essay places Bernard Bailyn's in its historiographical context, addresses its implications for the Constitutional settlement, and places it within current…”
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Medical Surgical Critical Illness by Warkentin, Theodore E., MD, Sheppard, Jo-Ann I., BSc, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, MSc, Marshall, John C., MD, McIntyre, Lauralyn, MD, Rocha, Marcelo G., MD, Mehta, Sangeeta, MD, Davies, Andrew R., MD, Bersten, Andrew D., MD, Crozier, Tim M., MD, Ernest, David, MD, Vlahakis, Nicholas E., MD, FCCP, Hall, Richard I., MD, FCCP, Wood, Gordon G., MD, Poirier, Germain, MD, Crowther, Mark A., MD, Cook, Deborah J., MD

“…Background In a recent multicenter randomized trial comparing unfractionated heparin (UFH) with low-molecular-weight heparin (dalteparin) for…”
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Preventing Readmissions Through Effective Partnerships—Communication and Palliative Care (PREP-CPC): A Multisite Intervention for Encouraging Goals of Care Conversations for Hospitalized Patients Facing Serious Illness by Gradwohl, Kelsey, Wood, Gordon J., Clepp, Rebecca K., Rivnay, Liza, Szmuilowicz, Eytan

“…Background: Despite evidence showing that goals of care (GOC) conversations increase the likelihood that patients facing a serious illness receive care that is…”
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Clinical Experience Is Not a Proxy for Competence: Comparing Fellow and Medical Student Performance in a Breaking Bad News Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum by Smith, Melanie M., Secunda, Katharine E., Cohen, Elaine R., Wayne, Diane B., Vermylen, Julia H., Wood, Gordon J.

“…Background: It is unknown whether traditional medical education ensures competence among fellows in the key skill of breaking bad news (BBN). While…”
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Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Refractory Hypoxemia. A Multicenter Observational Study by Duan, Erick H, Adhikari, Neill K J, D'Aragon, Frederick, Cook, Deborah J, Mehta, Sangeeta, Alhazzani, Waleed, Goligher, Ewan, Charbonney, Emmanuel, Arabi, Yaseen M, Karachi, Tim, Turgeon, Alexis F, Hand, Lori, Zhou, Qi, Austin, Peggy, Friedrich, Jan, Lamontagne, Francois, Lauzier, François, Patel, Rakesh, Muscedere, John, Hall, Richard, Aslanian, Pierre, Piraino, Thomas, Albert, Martin, Bagshaw, Sean M, Jacka, Mike, Wood, Gordon, Henderson, William, Dorscheid, Delbert, Ferguson, Niall D, Meade, Maureen O

“…Clinicians' current practice patterns in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and refractory hypoxemia are not well described. To…”
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