Nathan Houchens
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Assistant Residency Program Director of Patient Safety Learning Program
[email protected]

Available to mentor

Nathan Houchens
Clinical Associate Professor
  • Recent Publications
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    • Journal Article
      The relation between resident mentorship and in‐training examination scores: A nation‐wide, cross‐sectional study in Japan
      Katayama K, Nishizaki Y, Takada T, Kataoka K, Houchens N, Shimizu T, Yamamoto Y, Watari T, Tokuda Y, Ohira Y. Journal of General and Family Medicine, DOI:10.1002/jgf2.703
    • Journal Article
      Flipping the Switch.
      Finta MK, Dhaliwal G, Albin OR, Ghani KR, Houchens N. N Engl J Med, 2024 Feb 1; 390 (5): 456 - 462. DOI:10.1056/NEJMcps2307875
      PMID: 38294978
    • Journal Article
      Empathy Among Physicians and Nurses in Japan: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study.
      Otsuka T, Sakaguchi K, Houchens N, Nakano Y, Endo T, Odagawa S, Yamasaki D, Miwa M, Shiraishi Y, Tokuda Y, Kataoka H, Watari T. J Gen Intern Med, 2024 May; 39 (6): 960 - 968. DOI:10.1007/s11606-024-08620-1
      PMID: 38277022
    • Journal Article
      Quality and safety in the literature: February 2024.
      Kakos D, Houchens N, Gupta A. BMJ Qual Saf, 2024 Jan 19; 33 (2): 136 - 140. DOI:10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016972
      PMID: 38242570
    • Journal Article
      Association between mentorship and mental health among junior residents: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.
      Katayama K, Nishizaki Y, Takada T, Kataoka K, Houchens N, Watari T, Tokuda Y, Ohira Y. J Gen Fam Med, 2024 Jan; 25 (1): 62 - 70. DOI:10.1002/jgf2.671
      PMID: 38240005
    • Journal Article
      Quality and safety in the literature: January 2024.
      Vaid S, Gupta A, Houchens N. BMJ Qual Saf, 2023 Dec 14; 33 (1): 66 - 70. DOI:10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016782
      PMID: 38097250
    • Journal Article
      Empathy competence and future specialty among medical residents in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study.
      Watari T, Houchens N, Nishizaki Y, Kataoka K, Otsuka T, Nakano Y, Sakaguchi K, Shiraishi Y, Katayama K, Kataoka H, Tokuda Y. Sci Rep, 2023 Aug 23; 13 (1): 13742 DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-41011-w
      PMID: 37612358
    • Journal Article
      Differences in empathy levels among physicians based on specialty: a nationwide cross-sectional study.
      Watari T, Houchens N, Otsuka T, Endo T, Odagawa S, Nakano Y, Kataoka H, Miwa M, Yamasaki D, Tokuda Y, Shiraishi Y, Sakaguchi K. Postgrad Med J, 2023 Nov 20; 99 (1178): 1258 - 1265. DOI:10.1093/postmj/qgad084
      PMID: 37742090
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