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Medical Education

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

2019

Vermont

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An Educational Module For Adolescents On Cannabis Following Its Legalization, Anna Lidofsky Jan 2019

An Educational Module For Adolescents On Cannabis Following Its Legalization, Anna Lidofsky

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Recreational use of cannabis has been recently legalized in Vermont. One year prior to its legalization, 42% of high school students in Washington County reported at least one-time use of cannabis. An educational module for adolescents was developed to address the increasing potency of cannabis and health risks associated with its use.


Patient Education On Sweetened Beverages: An Interactive And Module-Based Approach, Matt Tsai Jan 2019

Patient Education On Sweetened Beverages: An Interactive And Module-Based Approach, Matt Tsai

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

As sugary beverages continue to contribute to negative health outcomes, there remains a need for efficient, effective patient education in this area. A custom, interactive and reflective web-based module on sugary beverages for adult participants (n=42) was introduced at a rural Vermont outpatient clinic. Built-in quizzes evaluated learning through a pre and post-intervention design. On average, participants improved significantly from a pre-module mean score of 3.00 to a post-module score of 4.33 (p<0.0001). Additionally, participants' average rating of the module's effectiveness was 8.3 out of 10. A module-based approach may be one efficacious solution to improve patient education on sugary beverage consumption.