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Improving Response To Non-Traumatic Dental Pain In The Ed Through A Novel Task Trainer For Dental Blocks, Dylan Selbst, Alanna O'Connell, Tracy Brader

Phase 1

Purpose:

Dental nerve blocks are a vital skill for physicians to have when treating non-traumatic dental pain; however, there is yet to be a simple, practical, and effective way to educate residents in performing this task. The purpose of this project is to explore the efficacy of a low-fidelity dental model task-trainer in teaching emergency medicine residents to perform dental blocks.

Methods:

In this study, 29 EM residents at TJUH were surveyed regarding their knowledge and attitudes regarding performing dental blocks using a brief Likert-scale questionnaire. Next, they were given 15 minutes to practice performing dental blocks on a low-fidelity …

Net Therapy Effect On Chronic Pain Patients: An Fmri/Pet Imaging Study, Layla Annous, Andrew Newberg

Phase 1

Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than 3 months or lasts longer than tissue healing should naturally take, which can limit patients’ daily activities. Chronic pain impacts 20% of people worldwide, preferentially affecting vulnerable and marginalized populations. We aimed to use fMRI/PET imaging of the brain to determine the efficacy and therapeutic use of Neuro-emotional Technique (NET) therapy for chronic pain patients. We anticipated that NET Therapy would result in decreased activity in areas of the brain associated with pain and decreased perception of pain. Patients who have been suffering chronic pain conditions were used as the experimental group …