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Implementing Shared Medical Visits For High-Risk Diabetic Patients, Kyra Munzenmaier

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Cahps Clinician & Group Survey (Cg-Cahps): A Tool For Advancing Patient-Centered Care?, Alec Freling Ms, Mark Wendling Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Needs Of Homeless Patients In Lehigh Valley Emergency Rooms, Kareem Elsayed Ms, Timothy Batchelor Ms, Cristina Calogero Ms, Marna R. Greenberg Do, Mph, Facep

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

The Import Of Cultural Competency And Language Preference In Total Joint Arthroplasty Utilization Rates, Paul Insley Ms2, Judith Natale Sabino Mph, Cdp

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Implementing Guidelines For Ibt In Conjunction With Cms Regulations, Robin Schroeder Md, Jeanette Qablawi Ms2

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Improving Population Health Via A Quality Measurement Analysis: Diabetic Eye Exam, Sarah Rawi Ms2, Mark Wendling Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

An Outpatient Methadone Weaning Protocol By A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (Poster)., Andrew Lai Ms2, Patrick Philpot Do, Jennifer Boucher Pharmd, Andrew Meyer Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Closer Look At Quality Measures For Acos And Other Insurance Payers, Adam Hemminger Ms2, Mark Wendling Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Screening Tool In The Emergency Room As A Way To Better Care For The Homeless Population, Cristina Calogero Ms2

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Development Of Supplemental Educational Resource Of Hand Injury Clinical Management For Emergency Medicine Residents, Amanda Brennan Ms2, Jay S. Talsania Md, Nathan F. Miller Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of Clinical Decision Support For The Prevention Of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Quality Improvement Perspective, Jane Bigelow Ms2, David Mclean Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Patient Education Efforts In A New Surgical Protocol, Patrick Collins Ms2, Patrick Toselli Do

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Screening Tool For Homelessness At Lvhn, Timothy Batchelor, Kareem Elsayed Ms2, Cristina Calogero, Marna R. Greenberg Do, Mph, Facep

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Effect A Speaker Series Has On Students Level Of Multicultural Sensitivity And Cultural Competence Awareness, Christine Karpinski, Scott Heinerichs

Nutrition Faculty Publications

Purpose: The population of the United States continues to become more diverse each day, and this changing demographic impacts our healthcare system, demanding that healthcare providers begin to provide culturally competent services. In order to have culturally competent practitioners, it would be prudent to incorporate the concepts of cultural competence effectively into respective health professions curricula. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a three-part, semester-long cultural competency speaker series on students’ level of multicultural sensitivity and their attitudes toward cultural competence and its effect on healthcare. Methods: A convenience sample of 118 athletic training and …

Jefferson Digital Commons Quarterly Report: April-June 2015, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Kelsey Duinkerken, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons Reports

This quarterly report includes:

• 10,000th Asset
• Pennsylvania Research Commons
• Faculty Day presentations
• Variety of new assets in the JDC
• Inside Out literary journal
• What people are saying about the JDC

Induced Lactation, Katherine M. Evans

Family Medicine Scholarly Works

Induced lactation refers to the production of breast milk in a woman who has never been pregnant. While induced lactation has been practiced developing nations for centuries, it has only recently been introduced to the United States. Induced lactation allows a woman to provide both nutrition and nurture an emotional bond with an infant in cases of adoption, surrogacy, same-sex couples, maternal-infant separation, and emergencies/natural disasters. Many protocols for inducing lactation have been described, though all vary widely in methodology and effectiveness. The current review summarizes the physiology of human lactation, psychosocial factors involved with inducing lactation, non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic …

Never Too Early: Introducing Illness Scripts And Narrative Medicine As Foundational Clinical Approaches, Julia B. Frank, Seema Kakar, Gisela Butera, Thomas Harrod

Medicine Faculty Posters and Presentations

Educational Challenge: The foundations course of our reformed, organ-based curriculum introduces clinical interviewing when students know little clinical medicine. An exercise that introduces the complementary concepts of “illness scripts” and “narrative medicine” helps them structure early encounters with patients. It provides a framework for organizing future clinical knowledge while reinforcing the humanistic values that may deteriorate over the course of students’ education.

Method: Students conduct and write up a semi-structured interview of someone they know with chronic illness. They reflect on their experience in pairs, and then analyze sample encounters in small groups with faculty facilitation.

Outcome: Strongly favorable student …

Funding And Other Resources For Beginning Researchers, Jane Z. Dumsha, David Yens, Grace Brannan

PCOM Scholarly Papers

Despite the fact that osteopathic research is essential for the continued advancement of our profession, such research is lacking. One barrier is the attainment of funding resources to launch and continue quality research studies. In the present article, the authors outline resources for the early stages of research and provide guidance for grant proposal preparation, if it is determined that external funding is needed. Free and low-cost resources for obtaining preliminary data and sources of external funds are described. An overview of grant writing and information on where to obtain training is presented. Information on proposal writing basics, tips to …

Medicine Cabinets: The New Drug Dealers, Rodney Richmond

College of Pharmacy Faculty Research ​and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Positive And Negative Reinforcement On Sixth Graders’ Mental Math Performance, Tess Greene, Amber Todd

Medical Education Faculty Publications

We examined the relationship between different forms of reinforcement and subjects’ mathematical performance. Thirty sixth-grade students were asked to mentally calculate answers to fraction problems, while holding a heart rate monitor, after receiving a positive, negative, or neutral form of reinforcement. While the results suggest that any motivation, positive or negative, may result in higher grades, the positive reinforcement group displayed the largest gain. However, the results were not statistically significant, though the trend was consistent with prior research. The heart rates of the positively-reinforced group were significantly lower than those of the negatively-reinforced and control groups. These results suggest …

A Model For A Structured Clinical Development Program For First-Year Residents: Utilizing The Entrance Osce, Individualized Learning Plans (Ilps), And Peer Clinical Coaching, Jill M. Krapf, Sameer Aggarwal, Larrie Greenberg, Benjamin Blatt

E-Learning Modules

Identification of incoming residents’ unique strengths and weaknesses in a clinical setting is important for developing an individualized educational curriculum and ultimately addressing specific needs. This resource presents and describes materials for a clinical development program for first year residents. The program is structured around three educational elements: an entrance Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), Individualized Learning Plan (ILP), and peer clinical coaching. The included files, which describe these three elements, are intended to serve as a resource for residency directors and/or graduate medical education faculty interested in constructing a similar program.

In the described clinical development program, first-year Obstetrics …

Critical Synthesis Package: The Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools, Michelle Yoon, Veronica Michaelsen

E-Learning Modules

This Critical Synthesis Package resource contains 1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and the application to health science education of the Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools and 2) a copy of each of the three instruments comprising the Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools developed by Elizabeth A. Rider, MSW, MD.

The Kalamazoo Consensus Statement (KCS) Tools are three content-valid, paper-based instruments that assess physician-patient communication skills. The Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist (KEECC) is the original instrument. The Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist-Adapted (KEECC-A) is a newer, adapted, construct-valid version, which was then further adapted into another multi-rater …

Improving Rhode Island’S Health Care System: Lessons From The Cuban Model, Sarah R. Moffitt

Senior Honors Projects

Improving Rhode Island’s health care system: lessons from the Cuban model

Cuba is world renowned for its health care system. In regards to international health crises, Cuba is a leader in sending workers abroad and training doctors from all over the world. Within its own borders, the Cuban model provides free access to all citizens in which every individual has a primary care provider. Cuba boasts high vaccination rates, a long life expectancy, low infant mortality rate, and a population that is one of the healthiest in the western hemisphere.

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the …

Discharge Education Curriculum For Residents Rotating On An Inpatient Pediatric Ward, Kaitlin Widmer, Priti Bhansali, Julie Noffsinger

E-Learning Modules

Adult literature has demonstrated that patient preferences and understanding of discharge instructions can impact success of discharge and even predict return ER visits. There is very little data in pediatric literature describing what information should be discussed with families when providing discharge instructions, and most pediatric residents do not receive formal education on the topic. This curriculum is designed as a brief educational intervention that can improve residents’ comfort and skills in providing discharge education to families. The materials include both how to present the curriculum and tools to assess resident knowledge, behaviors and attitudes regarding discharge education as well …

Rush To Judgment: The Sti-Treatment Trials And Hiv In Sub-Saharan Africa, Eileen Stillwaggon, Larry Sawers

Economics Faculty Publications

Introduction: The extraordinarily high incidence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa led to the search for cofactor infections that could explain the high rates of transmission in the region. Genital inflammation and lesions caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were a probable mechanism, and numerous observational studies indicated several STI cofactors. Nine out of the ten randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, failed to demonstrate that treating STIs could lower HIV incidence. We evaluate all 10 trials to determine if their design permits the conclusion, widely believed, that STI treatment is ineffective in reducing HIV incidence.

Discussion: Examination of the …

The Role Of Safety Net Clinics After The Implementation Of Obamacare, Jenn Pigoga

Senior Honors Projects

There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) on low-income, primarily Latino populations. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of a free clinic in the post-Obamacare environment. The sample population (n=62) for surveying was composed of patients at Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC), an inner city clinic in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, RI. Basic demographics, along with information regarding motivation for visiting the clinic and satisfaction with the clinic’s patient care, were collected. The patients of CEHC are primarily of central american (57.6%) and hispanic/latino descent (87.9%). …

Weaving Quality Improvement And Patient Safety Skills Into All Levels Of Medical Training: An Annotated Bibliography., Eugene Mochan, Phd, Do, David B. Nash, Md, Mba

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

With the launching of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s new accreditation Standard ED-19-A in July 2013, a new era in quality improvement/patient safety (QI/PS) has begun. Core curriculum of medical schools must now include multidisciplinary teamwork; that is, inclusion of practitioners and/or students from other health professions. This Standard ED-19-A is harmonious with the earlier Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Competency IV.A.5.c., which calls for QI to be integrated into residents’ training curricula. Residents need to be able to determine their strengths and deficiencies. ACGME requires residents to systematically analyze practice using QI methods; to incorporate formative …

A Community Hospital Institutional Repository: Streamlining The Poster Workflow, Kristine A. Petre Mls, Cm, Ahip, Carol Varma Bs

Department of Education

No abstract provided.

Integrating Customer Patient Education Content Into The Epic Ehr, Linda M. Schwartz Mde, Ahip, Cm, Joanne Stewart Rnc,Bsn

Department of Education

No abstract provided.

Use Of A Medical Librarian To Facilitate Evidence-Based Medicine Faculty Development, Kristine A. Petre Mls, Cm, Ahip, Kevin Weaver Do, Linda M. Schwartz Mde, Ahip, Cm, Dawn M. Yenser, Bryan G. Kane Md

Department of Education

No abstract provided.