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Office Of Interprofessional Education: Ipe Honors Program, Heidi Rogers, Patricia Marshik

HSC Education Days

To assist the HSC Colleges in meeting their Interprofessional Education accreditation requirements, and prepare students for effective patient centered practice, the HSC Office of Interprofessional Education designed and implemented an innovative interprofessional education (IPE) Honors program (the first in the United States) in the Summer of 2019. The standard definition of IPE is, “Interprofessional Education happens when two or more professionals learn with, and from each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” (WHO, 2010) This program was built through a dynamic and responsive partnership with health professions students from multiple programs. The program was piloted in the …

5 Simple Ways To Get A Wellness Committee Started, Kari J. Rezac

HSC Education Days

Much has been written about the increase in burnout, increase in rates of depression, and overall decrease in wellness for residents during COVID. Plenty of articles address different factors that could help to achieve wellness for residents including the popular Stanford model, which details the importance of personal resilience, workplace culture, professional fulfillment, and practice efficiency. However, little has been published about the wellness programs and committees that have been carried out during or post-COVID. What has been effective? What starts a wellness culture? Using UNM’s physical medicine and rehabilitation residency’s journey to wellness as a guide, this presentation will …

Justice, Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion (Jedi): From The Classroom To Serving New Mexico Communities: A Quality Improvement Project, Lisa M. Taylor, Adreanne L. Cordova, Robin A. Gatlin, Delsie Morrison, Lisa M. Acuff

HSC Education Days

Background/Introduction: Our faculty have identified gaps in our curriculum related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI), which is important as this aligns with our CON values, including respect, integrity, diversity, and inclusion. With use of in-house grant funds, JEDI Paw was born to begin a community of practice. There are four major approaches described in the literature for working with racial bias in educational settings and JEDI Paw will address the first two: 1) raising awareness of how implicit biases influence health outcomes and how we counter these in ourselves; 2), engaging empathy and understanding through a broad holistic …

Ipe Honors Program Poster - Education Day 2023, Todd Hynson

InterProfessional Education Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Nurses' Knowledge, Communication Needs, And Future Directions In Neonatal Research: Results Of An International Survey, Sandra Sundquist Beauman, Wakako M. Eklund, Mary A. Short, Carole Kenner, International Neonatal Consortium (Inc) Communications Workgroup

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is a significant contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality. Despite legislative efforts to increase pediatric drug development, neonatal clinical trials continue to be infrequent. The International Neonatal Consortium (INC) includes nurses as key stakeholders in their mission to accelerate safe and effective therapies for neonates.

PURPOSE: INC developed a survey for nurses, physicians, and parents to explore communication practices and stakeholders' perceptions and knowledge regarding clinical trials in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

METHODS: A stepwise consensus approach was used to solicit responses to an online survey. The convenience sample was drawn from INC organizations representing the …

“It’S Natural, We Have No Choice”: Practical Steps For Menstrual Equity In The Library, Varina A. Kosovich, Sally Bowler-Hill

HSC Education Days

In 2021, the UNM Health Science’s Library and Informatics Center formed a Justice, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In response to an upset student’s feedback about the lack of menstrual products on campus, one of the first actions of the Committee was to set up a free menstrual product program at the library. After initial research about what other libraries and institutions had done, pads, panty liners, and tampons were placed in all library restrooms. Because the library does not yet have gender neutral restrooms and in support of transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming folks, this included both the women’s and …

Assessing The Impact Of A Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) Intervention On Physician/Healthcare Professional Burnout: A Randomized, Controlled Trial, John Kavanaugh, Mark E. Hardison, Heidi Honegger Rogers, Crystal White, Jessica Gross

HSC Education Days

The practice of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) is a specific evidence-based practice which research has shown can improve an individual’s mental health. We investigated the impact of a guided Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) nature-based intervention on burnout symptoms among physicians and other healthcare workers by using a randomized, controlled trial. Ultimately, no statistically significant differences were detected between the pre-test and post-test scores for the intervention group or between the post-test scores of the intervention group compared to the control group. However, the subjective responses collected from participants after participating in the Shinrin-Yoku walk overwhelmingly reported decreased feelings of stress and increased …

A Novel Use Of An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (Osce) To Assess Student Learning In A Clinical Spanish Course, Rose M. Vallejo, Eric S. Kruger

HSC Education Days

Background: In an effort to meet the needs of patients with limited English proficiency and help reduce related healthcare disparities, the Physical Therapy Program at the University of New Mexico (UNM) has required its students to enroll in a clinical Spanish Course. This course was designed to align the curriculum with how students use Spanish in the clinic, emphasizing speaking and listening skills. To meet this endeavor, a flipped classroom design was used with language labs that focused on speaking and comprehension skills. Given the course design, it was recognized that a traditional written examination would not effectively assess student …

Front Matter, New Mexico Law Review

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

02-07-23 Hsc Committee Meeting Agenda, Hsc Committee

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

Gaps In The Screening Process For Women Diagnosed With Cervical Cancer In Four Diverse Us Health Care Settings, Chun R. Chao, Jessica Chubak, Elisabeth F. Beaber, Aruna Kamineni, Connie Mao, Michael J. Silverberg, Jasmin A. Tiro, Celette Skinner, Michael Garcia, Douglas A. Corley, Rachel L. Winer, Tina Raine-Bennett, Sarah Feldman, Cosette M. Wheeler

Pathology Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Potential care gaps in the cervical cancer screening process among women diagnosed with cervical cancer in an era with increased human papillomavirus (HPV) testing have not been extensively evaluated.

METHODS: Women diagnosed with cervical cancer between ages 21 and 65 at four study sites between 2010 and 2014 were included. Screening histories were ascertained from 0.5 to 4 years prior to cervical cancer diagnosis. We identified potential care gaps in the screening history for each woman and classified them into one of three mutually exclusive types: lack of a screening test, screening test failure, and diagnostic/treatment care gap. Distributions …

Humanized Patient-Derived Xenograft Models Of Disseminated Ovarian Cancer Recapitulate Key Aspects Of The Tumor Immune Environment Within The Peritoneal Cavity, Mara P. Steinkamp, Irina Lagutina, Kathryn J. Brayer, Fred Schultz, Danielle Burke, Vernon S. Pankratz, Sarah F. Adams, Laurie G. Hudson, Scott A. Ness, Angela Wandinger-Ness

Pathology Research and Scholarship

UNLABELLED: The importance of the immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer progression, metastasis, and response to therapies has become increasingly clear, especially with the new emphasis on immunotherapies. To leverage the power of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models within a humanized immune microenvironment, three ovarian cancer PDXs were grown in humanized NBSGW (huNBSGW) mice engrafted with human CD34

SIGNIFICANCE: huPDX models are ideal preclinical models for testing novel therapies. They reflect the genetic heterogeneity of the patient population, enhance human myeloid differentiation, and recruit immune cells to the tumor microenvironment.

Humanized Patient-Derived Xenograft Models Of Disseminated Ovarian Cancer Recapitulate Key Aspects Of The Tumor Immune Environment Within The Peritoneal Cavity, Mara P. Steinkamp, Irina Lagutina, Kathryn J. Brayer, Fred Schultz, Danielle Burke, Vernon S. Pankratz, Sarah F. Adams, Laurie G. Hudson, Scott A. Ness, Angela Wandinger-Ness

Pathology Research and Scholarship

UNLABELLED: The importance of the immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer progression, metastasis, and response to therapies has become increasingly clear, especially with the new emphasis on immunotherapies. To leverage the power of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models within a humanized immune microenvironment, three ovarian cancer PDXs were grown in humanized NBSGW (huNBSGW) mice engrafted with human CD34

SIGNIFICANCE: huPDX models are ideal preclinical models for testing novel therapies. They reflect the genetic heterogeneity of the patient population, enhance human myeloid differentiation, and recruit immune cells to the tumor microenvironment.

The Serial Effect, Kat Albrecht, Kaitlyn Filip

New Mexico Law Review

The “CSI Effect” theorizes that criminal juries can be unduly influenced by fictional crime dramas such that they demand a higher standard of forensic evidence than is available, or even possible to provide, in most criminal cases. The CSI Effect has a strong presence in the courtroom despite its narrow focus on forensic evidence and basis in fiction. This article explores a new media-induced effect that may prove to affect American juries even more insidiously: The Serial Effect. This article explores the rise of true crime podcasts and the legal cases featured within them through focus on Syed v. Maryland …

State V. Gutierrez Abolishing The Spousal Communications Privilege: An Opinion Raising Profound Questions About The Future Of Evidentiary Privileges In The United States, Edward J. Imwinkelried

New Mexico Law Review

Part I of this article is a detailed description of the original Gutierrez decision, the dissents as well as the majority opinion. Part II then critically evaluates the majority’s analysis of the application of the instrumental theory to the spousal communications privilege. Part II argues that the majority correctly concluded that the instrumental case for the spousal privilege is weak. The majority rigorously applied the instrumental criteria to the privilege and came to the honest, realistic conclusion that, in most cases, spouses would consult and confide even if there were no spousal privilege. However, Part II points out that the …

Policing The Unhoused, Ernesto Longa

New Mexico Law Review

[A]n Albuquerque police officer ordered Joleen Nez, a 37- year-old, unhoused, American Indian woman, “to pick up her litter [from the street] and of the consequences if she did not.” Joleen refused, stating, “It’s not my trash.” The consequences were that Joleen was summoned to appear in court for littering, booked into the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) when she failed to appear and declared an in-custody death the next day.These stories and others like them prompted a series of questions. Why are non-violent petty criminal offenders being murdered by police and dying in county jails? What does the …

New Mexico’S Public Trust Is Ineffective: However, There Is Hope And This Excites You., Cody Barnes

New Mexico Law Review

Every state has a public trust doctrine that protects commonly owned natural resources. Under the doctrine, the state has a fiduciary duty to maintain the resources and ensure the public can use them. Generally, if the state breaches its fiduciary duty, the public can sue. Yet, New Mexico has trust issues. In Sanders-Reed v. Martinez, the New Mexico Court of Appeals expanded the resources within New Mexico’s public trust but made it inept in the same breath. The court extended the trust to encompass air, water, and all other natural resources. However, it then severely limited the state’s protection of …

Negligent Commercial Transactions: Does New Mexico Face A Slippery Slope After Morris?, Annika Cleveland

New Mexico Law Review

In its July 2021 decision, Morris v. Giant Four Corners, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that the doctrine of negligent entrustment includes liability for someone who supplies gasoline to a person they knew or should have known was intoxicated. While the Morris court’s decision is novel in New Mexico, courts will likely interpret the inclusion narrowly, restricting the duty to circumstances where a commercial transaction enabled a DWI. By reviewing the decisions of other jurisdictions to include certain commercial transactions under negligent entrustment claims and the impact those decisions had on subsequent litigation, this article argues that Morris will …

New Mexico’S Just Deserts: How The State’S Sentencing Policies Have Negatively Affected Criminal Justice, Oliver M. Stephanz

New Mexico Law Review

This Article takes an empirical, data-driven approach to evaluate New Mexico’s sentencing program against those used throughout the nation. In so doing, it uses three primary factors to weigh the “success” of the state’s sentencing policies: (1) incarceration rates, (2) crime rates, and (3) recidivism. These factors are used because data from the last 40 years show that each one is affected by the type of sentencing system used in a given jurisdiction. Studies further indicate that specific types of sentencing systems are strongly correlated with lower crime, lower numbers of incarcerated individuals, and less recidivism among convicted offenders. This …

Homeschool Educators’ Perspectives About Student Needs Within Occupational Therapy Scope Of Practice: A Pilot Study, Susan L. Iliff, Mary T. Hill, Rose White, Aubrey Alexander

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Homeschool educators (n = 31) were recruited to complete an electronic survey describing their perspectives. Findings indicated that many students had medical/academic needs, and accessed additional services such as occupational therapy (OT). Data analysis of open-ended questions revealed common categories: (a) curricula met or did not meet student needs (b) participants had experience-based, general or no knowledge of OT and (c) most felt homeschooling was a positive experience and expressed that limited resources were available. Further research is warranted to investigate available resources, specific needs, and how to best support students who homeschool.

Behavioral Strategies Of Social Relationship Formation And Competition Among Adolescent And Adult Male Chimpanzees At Kanyawara, Kibale National Park, Uganda, Drew K. Enigk

Anthropology ETDs

Adolescence is a unique life stage in which individuals are reproductively mature but have not yet attained their full adult body size. In chimpanzees, which live in multimale-multifemale groups, this age period presents a challenge for males. Namely, adolescent males lack the physical strength to compete effectively with adult males for mating opportunities. In the following chapters, we seek to answer whether adolescent male chimpanzees exhibit behavior typical of highly competitive adults but with less success, or whether they pursue alternative behavioral tactics to largely avoid competition until they are fully grown. We utilize both long-term data spanning over two …

The Human Gut Microbiome, Tammy J. Ladue

InterProfessional Education Research and Scholarship

Although the gut microbiome has been known for many years, it wasn’t until the mid-1970’s that a relationship was hypothesized in medical journals. With the advent of the Human Genome Project in 2001 (Adak & Khan, 2019) further investigation into the types and relationship of the microbes in the GI tract were seriously studied.

Utilizing DNA & RNA tracking and culture techniques found during the Genome Project, more information was found on the Gut Microbiome. It was as of 2017 that the knowledge on the Microbiome began to show promise. It has been speculated that the GI tract has approximately …

Defining Variability In Evaluation And Management Of Children With Chronic Osteomyelitis, Ganga S. Moorthy, Angelique E. Boutzoukas, Daniel K. Benjamin, Philip M. Polgreen, Susan E. Beekmann, John S. Bradley, Walter Dehority

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Pediatric chronic osteomyelitis is a rare, debilitating condition lacking management guidelines. In a national survey of 162 pediatric infectious disease physicians through the Emerging Infections Network, tremendous variability in diagnostic approaches and management were noted, highlighting a need for prospective study to better define the spectrum of pathogens and disease.

Particle-In-Cell Simulations Of Plasma Sheath Effects On A Whistler Wave Electric Dipole Antenna Operating In The Magnetosphere, Kevin A. Shipman

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

A coronal mass ejection or a high-altitude nuclear explosion can produce an artificial radiation belt containing high-energy electrons (~1MeV) in the Earth's magnetosphere. Some electrons become trapped in the Earth's magnetic field and have enough energy to severely damage or destroy nearly all lower-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Over the years, there has been much interest in using a space-borne dipole antenna to inject very low frequency (VLF) whistler waves (3-30kHz) along the Earth's magnetic field lines. The whistler waves precipitate the electrons from the magnetosphere through a wave-particle interaction called pitch-angle scattering. However, because the magnetosphere is composed of plasma, …

Dysregulation Of The Prune2/Pca3 Genetic Axis In Human Prostate Cancer: From Experimental Discovery To Validation In Two Independent Patient Cohorts, Richard C. Lauer, Marc Barry, Tracey L. Smith, Andrew Maltez Thomas, Jin Wu, Ruofei Du, Ji-Hyun Lee, Arpit Rao, Andrey S. Dobroff, Marco A. Arap, Diana N. Nunes, Israel T. Silva, Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Isan Chen, Dennis J. Mccance, Webster K. Cavenee, Renata Pasqualini, Wadih Arap

Pathology Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that the long non-coding (lnc)RNA

METHODS: The reciprocal

RESULTS: We consistently observed increased expression of

CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that upregulation of the lncRNA

FUNDING: We received support from the Human Tissue Repository and Tissue Analysis Shared Resource from the Department of Pathology of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and a pilot award from the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. RP and WA were supported by awards from the Levy-Longenbaugh Donor-Advised Fund and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. EDN reports research fellowship support from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological …

02-07-23 Hsc Committee Meeting Notice, Hsc Committtee

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

Climate Litigation: The Future Is Now, Hon. Manuel I. Arrieta

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History Of Food, From Sustainable To Suicidal, Miguel A. Quintana

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Unm Hslic Organizational Chart 2023, Sally Bowler-Hill

HSLIC Organizational Charts

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths To Save Our Forests And Climate, Brenda Macías López

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.