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Changing The Face Of Diabetes Education At Lehigh Valley Health Network—Creation Of A New Resource For Late Adolescents And Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes, Jacob R. Blount Ms4, Linda M. Schwartz Mde, Ahip, Cm, Laura Harstine, Joyce Najarian Msn, Rn, Cde

Linda Matula Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM

No abstract provided.

Identifying Factors To Reduce Readmission Of Surgical Patients At Lvhn, With A Focus On Cardiothoracic Patients, Alvancin Louis Ms, James K. Wu Md

James K. Wu, M.D.

No abstract provided.

Smartphone Mobile Application To Enhance Diagnosis Of Skin Cancer: A Guide For The Rural Practitioner, Shane E. Cook, Louis C. Palmer Md, Franklin D. Shuler Md, Phd

Franklin D. Shuler

Primary care physicians occupy a vital position to impact many devastating conditions, especially those dependent upon early diagnosis, such as skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and despite improvements in skin cancer therapy, patients with a delay in diagnosis and advanced disease continue to have a grave prognosis. Due to a variety of barriers, advanced stages of skin cancer are more prominent in rural populations. In order to improve early diagnosis four things are paramount: increased patient participation in prevention methods, establishment of screening guidelines, increased diagnostic accuracy of malignant lesions, and easier …

Delirium Recognition In Hospitalized Older Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Jodi Punke, Ariba Khan, Michael L. Malone

Michael Malone, MD

Background: We noted a low reported prevalence of delirium (3%) in hospitalized older patients at a community teaching hospital in north central Wisconsin.

Purpose: This was a quality improvement project to report recognition of delirium by nurses before and after an educational intervention.

Methods: This project was performed on one medical unit in our hospital. Quality improvement data was collected at baseline and after the educational intervention. Data collected included observation by a geriatrician attending weekly interdisciplinary rounds to note any mention by nurses of delirium or confusion. The patient’s electronic health record (EHR) was reviewed to note delirium assessment …

Evaluating One Strategy For Including Reflection In Medical Education And Practice, Meghan Veno, Hugh Silk, Judith A. Savageau, Kate M. Sullivan

Judith A. Savageau

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Reflective writing in medicine allows for the opportunity to analyze, interpret, and learn from clinical experiences. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the beneficial effects of reflective reading and writing for a department using a weekly listserve. METHODS: The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School sends out a weekly reflective writing story written by its members to celebrate clinical/teaching success. We conducted a 19-item questionnaire in the summer of 2014 among all 402 members. RESULTS: Questionnaires were completed by 161 of 402 (40%) readers and 50 of …

Treatment Of Obesity: Weight Loss And Bariatric Surgery, Bruce M. Wolfe, Elizaveta Walker, Robert H. Eckel

Elizaveta Walker

Triple Aim For Clinical Teachers (Tact): Faculty Physician Perceptions On Their Ability To Balance Clinical Quality, Trainee Learning, And Teaching Efficiency, Minuja Muralidharan, Anne Getzin, Kjersti E. Knox, Bonnie L. Bobot, Marie M. Forgie, Nicole P. Salvo, Deborah Simpson

Nicole P. Salvo, MD

Background: A common challenge facing teaching physicians is balancing high-quality student and resident teaching with efficient, high-quality care and patient service. Publicly accessible clinic performance reports increasingly affect where patients seek care and demand that teaching clinics rise to consumer expectations while training future physicians to function in the modern health care workplace. Limited information is available to guide physicians to achieve the triple aim for clinical teachers (TACT): clinical quality/patient experience, trainee learning, and teaching efficiency.

Purpose: To understand clinical teachers’ TACT-related experiences, perceptions and preferences for how to learn TACT-associated skill sets to improve their competence as teachers. …

A Model Lightning Safety Policy For Athletics., Brian Bennett M.Ed

Brian Bennett, M.Ed

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to present a model policy on lightning safety for athletic trainers.

BACKGROUND: Among college athletic programs in the United States there is a serious lack of written policy on lightning safety. Available evidence shows that most National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions, even though they are located in high lightning activity areas of the country, do not have formal, written lightning safety policies.

CLINICAL ADVANTAGES/ RECOMMENDATIONS: The policy presented herein, which is at the forefront of such policies, is the lightning safety policy written as part of a policies and procedures …

Online Collaborative Learning To Enhance Clinical Training For 3rd Year Medical Students In Pediatrics, Erik E. Langenau, Louise Jones, Paula M. Gregory, Robert Lee

Erik E. Langenau

National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety For Athletics And Recreation., K M Walsh, Brian Bennett M.Ed, M A Cooper, R L Holle, R Kithil, R E López

Brian Bennett

OBJECTIVE: To educate athletic trainers and others about the dangers of lightning, provide lightning-safety guidelines, define safe structures and locations, and advocate prehospital care for lightning-strike victims.

BACKGROUND: Lightning may be the most frequently encountered severe-storm hazard endangering physically active people each year. Millions of lightning flashes strike the ground annually in the United States, causing nearly 100 deaths and 400 injuries. Three quarters of all lightning casualties occur between May and September, and nearly four fifths occur between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM, which coincides with the hours for most athletic or recreational activities. Additionally, lightning casualties from sports …

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

Jay S Talsania MD

No abstract provided.

Predicting Medical Student Success On Licensure Exams, Charles A. Gullo, Michael J. Mccarthy, Joseph I. Shapiro, Bobby L. Miller

Michael McCarthy

Many schools seek to predict performance on national exams required for medical school graduation using prematriculation and medical school performance data. The need for targeted intervention strategies for at-risk students has led much of this interest. Assumptions that preadmission data and high stakes in-house medical exams correlate strongly with national standardized exam performance needs to be examined. Looking at prematriculation data for predicting USMLE Step 1 performance, we found that MCAT exam totals and math-science GPA had the best prediction from a set of prematriculation values (adjusted R 2 = 11.7 %) for step 1. The addition of scores from …

The Association Of Complex Liver Disorders With Hbv Genotypes Prevalent In Pakistan, Saeeda Baig, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Waqaruddin Ahmed, Huma Qureshi, Ambreen Arif

Anwar Ali Siddiqui

Background

Genotyping of HBV is generally used for determining the epidemiological relationship between various virus strains and origin of infection mostly in research studies. The utility of genotyping for clinical applications is only beginning to gain importance. Whether HBV genotyping will constitute part of the clinical evaluation of Hepatitis B patients depends largely on the availability of the relevance of the evidence based information. Since Pakistan has a HBV genotype distribution which has been considered less virulent as investigated by earlier studies from south East Asian countries, a study on correlation between HBV genotypes and risk of progression to further …

Genetic Markers And Duodenal Ulcer, Anjum Shahid, Sarwar J. Zuberi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar

Anwar Ali Siddiqui

Serum pepsinogen, ui-antitrypsin (ui-AT) and blood groups were studied as genetic markets in 32 patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer and 44 control subjects with no family history of ulcer disease. Serum pepsinogen was detennined by the modified method of Edward et al7, a1-AT by single radial hnmunodiffusion8 (RID) and phenotyping was carried out by isoelectric focusing (IEF)9. Duodenal ulcer patients with hyper- pepsinogenemia (28%) and low serum ui-AT (35%) had a dominant blood group 0, lower mean age, an early onset of disease, a higher frequency of gastrointestinal (CI) bleeding and ulcer perforation. These parameters were found considerably different …

Predicting Medical Student Success On Licensure Exams, Charles A. Gullo, Michael J. Mccarthy, Joseph I. Shapiro, Bobby L. Miller

Joseph I Shapiro MD

Many schools seek to predict performance on national exams required for medical school graduation using prematriculation and medical school performance data. The need for targeted intervention strategies for at-risk students has led much of this interest. Assumptions that preadmission data and high stakes in-house medical exams correlate strongly with national standardized exam performance needs to be examined. Looking at prematriculation data for predicting USMLE Step 1 performance, we found that MCAT exam totals and math-science GPA had the best prediction from a set of prematriculation values (adjusted R 2 = 11.7 %) for step 1. The addition of scores from …

Predicting Medical Student Success On Licensure Exams, Charles A. Gullo, Michael J. Mccarthy, Joseph I. Shapiro, Bobby L. Miller

Charles Gullo

Many schools seek to predict performance on national exams required for medical school graduation using prematriculation and medical school performance data. The need for targeted intervention strategies for at-risk students has led much of this interest. Assumptions that preadmission data and high stakes in-house medical exams correlate strongly with national standardized exam performance needs to be examined. Looking at prematriculation data for predicting USMLE Step 1 performance, we found that MCAT exam totals and math-science GPA had the best prediction from a set of prematriculation values (adjusted R 2 = 11.7 %) for step 1. The addition of scores from …

Predicting Medical Student Success On Licensure Exams, Charles A. Gullo, Michael J. Mccarthy, Joseph I. Shapiro, Bobby L. Miller

Bobby L. Miller

Many schools seek to predict performance on national exams required for medical school graduation using prematriculation and medical school performance data. The need for targeted intervention strategies for at-risk students has led much of this interest. Assumptions that preadmission data and high stakes in-house medical exams correlate strongly with national standardized exam performance needs to be examined. Looking at prematriculation data for predicting USMLE Step 1 performance, we found that MCAT exam totals and math-science GPA had the best prediction from a set of prematriculation values (adjusted R 2 = 11.7 %) for step 1. The addition of scores from …

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

Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP

No abstract provided.

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

Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP

No abstract provided.

1,000 Miles Next Door: Lessons Learned And Next Steps, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Jennifer D. Mccormick Mba, J Alan Otsuki Md, Mba

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Building And Sustaining Community Partnerships: A University/Health Network Collaboration, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Mary Ellen Miller Phd, Rn

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Underrepresented Minorities In Medical School Admissions: Developing A Theoretical Model, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Select Readiness: Lessons Learned In Assessing The Clinical Learning Environment Of A Regional Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Erica T. Mahady Ma, Edward Norris Md, Fapm, J Alan Otsuki Md, Mba, Hubert K. Huang

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Medical School Admissions: Capturing The Underrepresented Minority Student Experience, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Future Of Nursing: Advancing Health Through Interprofessional Collaboration, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Mary Ellen Miller Phd, Rn, Abby S. Letcher Md, Lucy Tuton Phd

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Select: Re-Envisioning Physician Leadership, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Rahul Mhaskar Md, Mph, Phd

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Select Readiness: Assessing The Clinical Learning Environment Of A Regional Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Erica T. Mahady Ma, Edward Norris Md, Fapm, J Alan Otsuki Md, Mba

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Underrepresented Minorities In Medical School Admissions, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

Select Readiness: Results Of A Comprehensive Assessment Of The Clinical Learning Environment Of A Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Hubert K. Huang Ms, Med, Erica T. Mahady Ma, Jody Millard Ma, Edward R. Norris Md, Fapa, Fapm, J Alan Otsuki Md, Mba

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.

1,000 Miles Next Door: The Development Of A Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger Edd, Ms, Jennifer D. Mccormick Mba, J Alan Otsuki Md, Mba

Margaret A. Hadinger, EdD, MS

No abstract provided.