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Tracking Student Progress Across The Curriculum, Tiffany Enache

HSC Education Days

Monitoring students’ progress across the curriculum serves several purposes: to ensure successful progression through the curriculum; to provide support to students who are not progressing successfully; to develop remediation plans for students that are trending below expectations; and to institute disciplinary action for performance issues. This presentation is designed to inspire faculty to base student-progress decisions on reliable and thorough evidence. When a mechanism is developed to record this data in an accurate and comprehensive manner, the need to discuss individual students at faculty meetings is diminished. This saves the faculty time and preserves student rights and dignity. The UNM …

The Influence Of A Clinical Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience On Career Choice, Silas Bussmann, Danielle Albright, Lynne Fullerton

HSC Education Days

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) involve students in scientific research projects. CUREs may improve student retention, critical thinking and gender and racial diversity in the sciences. Undergraduates who participate in the design, conduct and dissemination of research results report positive outcomes including the intention to pursue graduate education or careers in science. In 2012, the UNM Department of Emergency Medicine began offering the Research in Acute Care (RAC) course track, a clinic-based CURE in human subject research (HSR). This research evaluates the impact of RAC course track on student career plans. We asked 193 current and former RAC students to …

Physical Activity In Matriculating And Senior Medical Students, Ethan Praire, Nancy Shane, Elizabeth C. Lawrence

HSC Education Days

BACKGROUND: Physical Activity (PA) has been correlated to lower burnout rates and higher quality of life in medical students. This study looks to assess PA during certain phases of medical education and its correlation to burnout, quality of life and self-care. METHODS: The University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM) Medical Student Wellness Survey is administered to all medical students at matriculation, at the end of year 1 and at the end of year 3. This survey includes information on PA, burnout, quality of life, and self-care. PA was assessed in accordance with the Center for Disease Control …

Developing A 3-Credit Intensive Online Wound Care Elective, Debra Serrino

HSC Education Days

Wound Care is introduced to pre-baccalaureate nursing students in Level 3 of their five-level nursing education. This has been a 2-hour lecture, followed by 2 hours of clinical focusing on dressings and practicing wound care on a manikin. The BSN students along with the Wound Care teams at UNMH and the VA expressed a desire to provide more education for interested students. This course is a work in progress; taught twice in 2019 in a 7-week intensive format. RN-BSN students and Level 3 and above pre-baccalaureate nursing students have enthusiastically signed up for the courses. The final project requires them …

Standardized Patient Assessment Of Communications In Pharmacy And Medical Students, James Nawarskas, Mikiko Takeda, Patricia Marshik, Alexandra Herman, Mary Vilay, Krista Salazar, Audrey Bobick, Edward Fancovic

InterProfessional Education Research and Scholarship

Use of activities (i.e. objective structured clinical examinations, or OSCEs) involving standardized patients (SPs) is a commonly used method of assessing communication skills in health sciences education is through the. The use of SPs was associated with higher scores on communications assessments and significant improvements on many subsections of a communications assessment tool in pharmacy students. However, these studies used faculty (not the SPs) to assess the students. While the use of SPs as direct evaluators of communication skills is recognized in medical education it is poorly defined in pharmacy education. In addition, interprofessional education (IPE) environments (including the one …

Interactive Telehealth Video Visits: A New Age For Osces, Therese Hidalgo, Kristen Ostrem-Niemcewicz

HSC Education Days

Healthcare in New Mexico is changing with the authorization of insurance reimbursement for telehealth. In order to prepare graduates to provide this care the College of Nursing has added video visit simulations to our Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) program. OSCEs have been extensively used in health science undergraduate and graduate programs across the country, demonstrating a high correlation with actual clinical skills and are crucial in the preparation of competent providers. Scarcity of suitable clinical sites, the high cost of faculty-led site visits, and the variability of clinical experiences create barriers for equitable evaluation of clinical performance. These challenges …

An Assessment Of Alcohol Use Patterns Amongst Medical Students At The University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, Aaron Scarpa, Michael Castle, Ian Fletcher, Elizabeth Lawrence

HSC Education Days

BACKGROUND: The alcohol consumption patterns of physicians impacts the health of their patients. How much a physician drinks influences how they counsel patients about alcohol use and how they define safe and acceptable patterns of use. In addition, physicians with alcohol use disorder are at greater risk for making medical errors. 15.3% of American physicians meet criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse. Female physicians are more likely than their male counterparts to meet this diagnostic criteria (21.4% of female physicians vs. 12.9% of male physicians). U.S. medical students are known to engage in excessive use of alcohol. One study concluded …

The Current State Of Undergraduate Nursing Education In New Mexico: Multiple Pathways, Benefits & Outcomes, Judy Liesveld, Mary Wright, Becky Dakin

HSC Education Days

The New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium (NMNEC) is celebrating their 10th year! NMNEC has successfully built a statewide coordinated system of nursing education. This poster will explain the progression of efforts including: 1. Development of a common statewide undergraduate nursing curriculum and course numbering system, 2. Funding efforts, 3. University/Community College Partnerships, 4. Curricular Integrity/Fidelity/Concept Reviews, 4. Legislative Support. We will inform participants of the current state of undergraduate nursing education in New Mexico today: the multiple pathways into nursing education, the benefits, and the outcomes.

Standardized Patient Assessment Of Communications In Pharmacy And Medical Students, James Nawarskas, Mikiko Takeda, Patricia Marshik, Alexandra Herman, Mary Vilay, Krista Salazar, Audrey Bobick, Edward Fancovic

HSC Education Days

Use of activities (i.e. objective structured clinical examinations, or OSCEs) involving standardized patients (SPs) is a commonly used method of assessing communication skills in health sciences education is through the. The use of SPs was associated with higher scores on communications assessments and significant improvements on many subsections of a communications assessment tool in pharmacy students. However, these studies used faculty (not the SPs) to assess the students. While the use of SPs as direct evaluators of communication skills is recognized in medical education it is poorly defined in pharmacy education. In addition, interprofessional education (IPE) environments (including the one …

Appropriate Use Criteria For Echocardiography, Karla B. Almaraz, Jeromy P. Yatskowitz, Andy Huang, Alexander J. Vold

HSC Education Days

Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) is one of the most common diagnostic imaging tests used in Cardiology. It is portable, noninvasive and provides important data regarding diagnosis and management of many cardiac conditions. In recent years TTE has had an increased in popularity for its use in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This has resulted in an increase of inappropriate use leading to overutilization of resources. At our institution, University of New Mexico Hospitals we evaluated the prevalence rate of appropriateness of TTE with a quality improvement project. During the first phase of the project 100 TTEs each were randomly selected in …

2019 Update: Developing Quality Interprofessional Education For The Health Professions, James Nawarskas, Heidi Honegger Rogers

InterProfessional Education Research and Scholarship

In order to provide quality and cost-effective care, health professionals must be better prepared to lead and collaborate in interprofessional teams. This is the foundation for interprofessional education (IPE), which is a required element for the accreditation of many health professions programs. The Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative (HPAC) recognizes that accreditation must play an important role promoting quality IPE that leads to effective health outcomes, including encouraging communication and collaboration across professions and the institutions that sponsor educational programs. In February 2019, HPAC developed a document in collaboration with the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education to provide guidance …

20191003_Our First Bullet Journaling Event And Changes To Come, Kelleen Maluski

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Environmental Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report, Otober 2010, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Environmental Restoration

Environmental Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report, October 2019 for the Department of Energy Natural Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia National Laboratories that addressees all quarterly reporting (April to June 2019) required under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Module of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Permit and the Compliance Order on Consent for SNL/NM. EPA ID# NM5890110518

Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosed By Endobronchial Ultrasound With Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Of A Paratracheal Pulmonary Nodule, Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, Oleh Hnatiuk, Tiffany Grant, David R. Martin, Ali I. Saeed

Pathology Research and Scholarship

occidioidomycosis is a fungal infection which is prevalent in the southwestern region of the United States.¹ Clinical presentation of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is nonspecific, and the disease can manifest as subclinical infection, upper respiratory viral-like illness, and rarely severe respiratory failure requiring intensive care admission. Radiologically the disease can present with pulmonary infiltrates, nodules or cavitary lesions which can mimic other infectious, autoimmune, and neoplastic disorders.² The diagnosis is typically made using serologic testing.³ The most commonly performed serologic methods are enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA), qualitative immunodiffusion testing for immunoglobulin M and G antibodies and quantitative complement fixation.^{3 …}

History 2019 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM History APR self-study report and review team report for Fall 2019, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Salivary Duct Carcinoma: A Case Report Of Oncocytic Variant With Possible Treatment Implications And Review Of Literature, Radhika Sekhri, Ibrahim Ortanca, Christopher Boals, Shweta Agarwal

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is an aggressive malignancy, resembling high-grade ductal carcinoma of the breast. Histologically, it shows cords and nests with cribriforming, marked nuclear atypia, comedonecrosis, perineural, and lymphovascular invasion. We report a rare case of SDC in a 61-year-old woman presenting with facial asymmetry, dysphagia, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Imaging showed an ill-defined infiltrating mass in parotid gland and multiple enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Histologically, the largest focus of tumor consisted of an intra-parotid lymph node replaced by sheets of bland appearing oncocytic tumor cells with abundant cytoplasm, centrally placed nucleus, and single prominent nucleolus. No mitotic figures were …

Evaluating A Historical Medical Book Collection., Karen R Mcelfresh, Robyn M Gleasner

Publications

Background: After several years of storing a large number of historical medical books that had been weeded from the general collection, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center developed a set of evaluation criteria to determine whether the material should be kept and included in the library catalog or discarded. The purpose of this article is to share lessons learned in evaluating and processing a historical medical book collection. The authors share how we determined review criteria as well as cataloging and processing procedures.

Case Presentation: Best practices for evaluating, cataloging, and processing historical library material …

New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee 2019 Annual Report, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee (2013-ongoing)

Each year the New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee studies the supply and distribution of health care providers in order to provide a report to the Legislature by October 1. The committee also makes recommendations for improving recruitment and retention of providers in New Mexico's rural and under served areas.

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 44-A, No. 10, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

Why Fill the Prisons?

The D.N.A.

Nuestras de ADN de Todos los Inmigrantes

Send Us: Holiday/Calendar Card Designs

We Must Downsize More

How Some Churches Save Money

Quantifying The Extent Of Wildfire Impacted Streams In The Western United States, Grady Ball

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the number of fires and acres burned by wildfire in the United States has grown at an explosive rate. Several factors, anthropogenic and natural, have converged to create a new era of high frequency, high intensity fires, which is predicted to continue until at least mid-century. Investigations into wildfire impacts have largely focused on post-fire impacts on terrestrial systems, while effects on aquatic ecosystems have been underrepresented. The growing threat of fire to streams has accelerated the need for germane information regarding the spatial extent of fire impacts on watersheds and post-fire impacts to aquatic systems. …

The Virtue Of Vulnerability: Mindfulness And Well-Being In Law Schools And The Legal Profession, Nathalie Martin

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the role of vulnerability in transforming individual relationships, particularly the attorney-client relationship. In this essay, Martin argues that broadening our expressions can improve our client relations and decrease the likelihood that when that inevitable mistake occurs, we will be sued for it. Also, based upon virtue ethics, that practicing vulnerability is also virtuous and thus worthwhile in and of itself.

This essay starts by describing the traits people look for in lawyers as well as evidence that clients often feel that their lawyers are less than human. Then examines how legal education contributes to this problem by …

20190929_Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series Presents- Richard Crowell, Md, Tamara Wheeler

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

A Prospective Study Of Medical Student Mental Health And Attitudes Of Mental Illness Disclosure, Michael Castle, Ian Fletcher, Aaron Scarpa, Orrin Myers, Elizabeth Lawrence

HSC Education Days

BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether students would disclose a history of mental illness on a residency or state medical licensure applications if disclosure were required. This study uses preliminary data to explore the burden of perceived mental illness among medical students, whether or not medical students would be willing to disclose this information on a residency or licensure application if prompted, and reasons for disclosure hesitance. METHODS: We electronically invited all University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM) students enrolled in the Classes of 2019-2022 to participate in a REDCap survey about the diagnosis and treatment of …

Update – Cuba Trails And National Public Lands Day Celebration!, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

Over the last 10+ years, Cuba, New Mexico has been the beta site for the UNM Prevention Research Center’s VIVA (Village Interventions and Venues for Action) Connects program.

Boston Hill Signage Improvement Report, Jason Shaub

Walking Guides and Reports

On July 17, 2019, members from the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center’s VIVA Connects program met with representatives from the Grant County Trails Coalition (now the Gila Trails and Open Space Committee), the New Mexico Department of Health, and other community members to assess the status of Boston Hill’s Signage Improvement Project. Trailheads were visited, existing signage was noted, and updates and improvements to the trail system as a whole were discussed. Meeting with this diverse, multi-coalition group of stakeholders enabled VIVA Connects to develop a deep understanding of the underlying barriers and facilitator’s at-play when successfully implementing …

20190924_Staying Organized Through It All- Bullet Journaling And Habit Tracking Event, Kelleen Maluski

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Viva Connects Intern Bio: Laurel Fimbel Presents On The Barriers And Facilitators For Physical Activity In Rural Communities., University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

VIVA Connects was proud to host Laurel Fimbel as an undergraduate Pipeline Network student intern this year.

Peace In The Home, Peace In The Nation: Conceptions Of Justice For Rural Women Of Northern Uganda, Jennifer Moore

Faculty Scholarship

UNM International Studies Institute Fall Lecture Series 2019 "Peacemaking In Africa"

20190916_Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series Presents- Robby Atala, Md, Tamara Wheeler

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

20190916_Learn About Managing Impostor Syndrome, Kelleen Maluski

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.