David E. Kern, M.D., M.P.H., is associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and codirector of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Patricia A. Thomas, M.D., is assistant professor and deputy director for education in the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Donna M. Howard, R.N., Dr.P.H., is assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Eric B. Bass, M.D., M.P.H. is associate professor in the Div...