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Caring For Pregnant And Postpartum Athletes: Athletic Trainers, Strength Coaches, And Athletic Coaches, Aly Matejka, Stephanie Born

Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: Official Journal of the Ohio Athletic Trainers Association

OBJECTIVE
A survey was created to assess the experience, education, and self-perceived competence of treating and/or training pregnant and postpartum athletes among athletic trainers, strength coaches, and coaches.

Implementing A Case Management Program At A Free Student-Run Clinic, Shelly Sharma, Mark Conforti, Wali Kamran, Fatou Drame, Mary Kate Heard, Samuel Irungu

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

• The Rowan Community Health Center (RCHC) located in Lindenwold, New Jersey, reopened in September of 2019
• Patients come to RCHC for physicals/wellness checks or medical ailments
• Many patients are from underserved communities and may not have a primary care physician or insurance
• Trend in lack of follow up among patients
  • o Leads to discontinuity of care
  • o Unaware if patients are obtaining their prescribed medications, following up with recommended specialists, or if chief complaints/primary diagnosis are improving
• RCHC’s Special Projects Department decided to implement a Case Management program to improve patient follow-up and adherence to care

Advanced Scoliosis Impact On Copd: Worsened Outcomes Due To Lack Of Motivational Interviewing And Shared Decision Making - A Case Report, Deval Jhaveri, Sidharth Sahni, Kishan Patel, Artiom Efimenko, Aleesa Mobley

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

The case presented describes an advanced COPD patient with a history of progressive scoliotic curvature who presented multiple times with complaints of worsening respiratory symptoms. Thus, it is important to emphasize how the lack of meaningful patient communication and patient participation in the plan of care can lead to increased symptoms of anxiety, declining quality of life, and unnecessary medical testing. In addition, the case explores how applying a holistic combination of strategies including motivational interviewing, shared-decision making and proper communication can improve the level of patient care.

When Are Inpatient And Emergency Dermatology Consultations Appropriate?, Hershel Dobkin, Timothy Blackwell, Robin Ashinoff

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

Hospitalists and emergency physicians continue to struggle with the assessment of dermatologic conditions, often consulting dermatology whenever a patient has a “rash” or skin concern. Dermatology is still not emphasized in medical education and often is taught to most medical students in an abbreviated fashion, which results in physicians feeling ill-equipped to deal with any dermatologic condition—either mundane or potentially life-threatening.

Better guidelines are needed for physicians in the ED and on inpatient units to guide them on appropriate use of dermatologic consultation outside the ambulatory office and the clinic. We constructed a consultation flowchart to help guide the triage …

Income And Its Effects On Health Literacy: A Study Between A Student-Run Free Clinic And A Family Medicine Office, Shayna Peterzell, Sahil Parikh, Thomas Ruta, Rabiye Ayaz, Srujan Dadi, Emily Forester, Olivia Choi, Rachel Fletcher-Slater, Melodi Harfouche, John Cruz, Roma Padalkar, Sobiah Khan, Rebecca Moore

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

More than 1/3 of people nationwide (80+ million) have limited health literacy, which contributes to poor health outcomes and lifestyle choices. Health literacy is defined as the understanding and application of words, numbers & documents (i.e., medication labels, medical forms). The Rowan Community Health Center (RCHC), located in Lindenwold NJ, is a student-run clinic that wanted to assess the health literacy of our patients in order to further provide better care. RCHC provides cost-free primary care services regardless of income, insurance, or legal status. To assess health literacy, RCHC used the New Vital Signs (NVS) literacy assessment tool to investigate …

Conflict With Administrators: Long Term Impact On Patient Care, Priscella Holland, Nikkisha Mills, Mehnaaz Mohammed, Dillon Patel, Stephen Redding, Thomas Sprys-Tellner

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Poor Prognosis, Ian Detroyer, Emily Fisher, Raeann Hill, Alexander Jurayj, Saad Masud, Madison Wang

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Reassuring Patient, Omar Ahmed, Ann-Cathrin Guertler, Kendall Johnson, Katelyn Kerr, Griffin Murray, Aron Weingarten

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Validation Of Patient Concern, Nina Bourdeau, Ahmed Chaaban, Turner Miller, Alexandra Rogers, Sophie Wittenberg

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Patient's Perspective On Care, Margaret Bove, Caius Coretchi, Margo Mekjian, Austin Piontkowski, Shatha Wahbi, Ho Jun Yun

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Risk Of Patient Addiction, Andrew Abdallah, Andrea Batchev, Alexis Berry, Samuel David Weitzen, Tilmira Smith, Michael Yu

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Administrators: Patient Admission Disagreement, Omar Ahmed, Ann-Cathrin Guertler, Kendall Johnson, Katelyn Kerr, Griffin Murray, Aron Weingarten

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Inappropriate Request From Patient, Youstina Abdallah, Kiernan Bloye, Joseph Files, Gautham Pavar, Miranda Ratusznik

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Administrators: Medication Information Shared With Patients, Mohammad Abdulghani, Zahra Alburkat, Gowri Chandrashekar, Natalia Duque, Irtaza Malik

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.

Conflict With Patients: Provider Error, Maha Ahmed, Matthew Brooks Bulkley, Nedda Elewa, Kenan Milliean, Harry Ramos, Jennifer Sylvester

Patient Education Projects

No abstract provided.