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Equity For All: Providing Accessible Healthcare For Patients Living With Disabilities, Michelle L. Blakely, Sharon E. Connor, Jennifer Ko

Pharmacy Faculty Books and Book Chapters

At the end of this activity, students will be able to:

• Identify relevant resources to assist patients living with disabilities
• Recommend appropriate patient-specific resources to minimize barriers to health
• Identify strategies to enhance the healthcare experience of patients living with disabilities
• Describe the policies that currently exist to enhance care for patients living with disabilities

Let Your Pharmacist Be Your Guide: Navigating Barriers To Pharmaceutical Access, Jennifer Ko, Miranda Steinkopf, Sharon E. Connor

Pharmacy Faculty Books and Book Chapters

At the end of this case, students will be able to: • Describe policy, organizational, and individual factors that contribute to barriers to accessing medications and pharmaceutical care • Identify resources to improve access to affordable medications for uninsured and underinsured patients • Recommend appropriate resources for obtaining affordable medications

Investigation Of The Relationship Between Obesity, Weight Cycling, And Tumor Progression In Murine Myeloma Models, Heather Fairfield, Catherine R. Marinac, Mariah Farrell, Brenda M. Birmann, Michaela R. Reagan

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

We investigated this relationship in two murine myeloma models with a high fat diet (HFD) to induce obesity, and a diet cycling (DC) regimen to model weight cycling.

Thyroid Hormone-Clearing Deiodinase 3 Protects From Cranio- Encephalic And Cardiac Congenital Abnormalities, Arturo Hernandez, M Elena Martinez, Ilka Pinz, Marilena Preda, Thomas Gridley

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

Implications: Transient overexposure to TH during development may contribute to idiopathic congenital syndromes in humans (cleft palate, hydrocephalus, cardiac and Chiari malformations, others)

1981-2021: The Early Development Of The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School Of Medicine And Its Department Of Medicine, Maurice A. Mufson

Internal Medicine

When we arrived in Huntington, the physician shortage was so extreme that we, who had great medical connections, found it difficult to locate physicians who accepted new patients. We invited the first class of medical students, the Class of 1981, who began medical school in January 1978, their spouses, and all faculty and spouses to our home for an evening of fellowship and food (Appendix 1: The First Graduating Class, the Class of 1981). The first class included twenty-four students, and everyone invited fit in our house for the gathering. Within three years, the medical students and staff had grown …

How Medical Student Adherence To Assigned Readings In A Flipped Classroom Curriculum Affects Their Outcomes, Meghan Blank

Scholarship in Medicine - All Papers

Objective: This study is aimed at finding out which level and type of preparation is most effective in helping students to achieve success in a flipped classroom curriculum.

Methods: Surveys were conducted regarding the percentage of required preparation students completed for each type of learning session (peer instruction, team-based learning), whether or not they used supplemental resources, and whether or not they completed >50% or < 50% of the required preparation. These were then compared to student scores on the type of learning activity through Spearman correlations and unpaired t-tests.

Results: The greater the percentage of required preparation completed typically resulted in higher test scores. Supplemental preparation did not directly correlate with higher test scores, with some cases showing a decrease in score with the …

Evaluating Academic Performance In Students Who Are Underrepresented In Medicine, Alexis Marrin

Scholarship in Medicine - All Papers

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate academic performance throughout the first two years of medical education of students who classify themselves as underrepresented in medicine (URM) as compared to non-URM students. Methods: Final exam scores from each course throughout the Foundation phase, Clinical Medicine evaluation scores, CBSE scores, and Step 1 scores from three classes of medical students at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine were analyzed using multiple linear regression models, while controlling for MCAT percentile, undergraduate science GPA, and gender. Results: URM students enter medical school with lower entrance data than non-URM students, and …

Graduate Medical Education Annual Report 2020-2021, Children's Mercy Hospital

GME Annual Reports

Annual report of the Children's Mercy Hospital Graduate Medical Education department, including pediatric residency, internal medicine/pediatrics residency, fellowship programs, medical students, continuing medical education, and library services.

Np’S Perception Of Preparedness And Self-Efficacy Between Novice Nps That Participated In A Post Graduate Training Program And Those That Did Not, Tasha Bruner-Hill

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The role transition from a registered nurse (RN) to a nurse practitioner (NP) can be challenging and stressful as the RN moves from often expert status back to novice status as an NP. The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore if role transition was easier for novice NPs that participated in a post-graduate training program, then for those that did not. Following IRB approval for the study, a self-report tool consisting of 18 questions was emailed to a national sample of NPs who graduated 2014-2020 and practiced at least one year but not more than five years …

Open Neuroscience Initiative, Austin Lim

College of Science and Health Full Text Publications

The Open Neuroscience Initiative is a free-to-use textbook

This project began as a means to overcoming the financial burden that face undergraduate neuroscience students when buying textbooks. By compiling and writing a completely free-to-access textbook that covers the foundations of a typical college introduction to neuroscience course, students would have one less obstacle to overcome in their educational career, allowing them to focus their valuable time and attention on learning rather than finances. To make this project a reality, I began with a humble tweet in May 2019 that managed to gain a tiny bit of traction among the neuroscience …

Student Nurses' Association By-Laws, Hazleton State General Hospital

Historical Archives

No abstract provided.

Assessing How A Tobacco-Free Campus Leads To Attitude Change And Support Among Students, Faculty, And Staff., Trevin E. Glasgow, Carrie A Miller, D Jeremy Barsell, Elizabeth K. Do, Bernard F Fuemmeler

Health Sciences Education Research

INTRODUCTION: Universities are increasingly considering tobacco-free campus policies to help promote a healthy learning and working environment. We assessed attitudes of students, faculty, and staff, before and after the implementation of a tobacco-free campus policy at a large, urban university. We also examined individual factors associated with these attitudes.

METHODS: An independent panel design method was used to assess students, faculty and staff about their tobacco product use, attitudes towards tobacco policies, and support for cigarette and e-cigarette bans 3 months before and 7 months after a university-wide policy change to ban tobacco and e-cigarettes on campus. Survey participants before …

How To Launch And Continually Enhance An Effective Medical Campus Faculty Development Program: Steps For Implementation And Lessons Learned., Ellen Childs, Christy D. Remein, Robina M Bhasin, Angelique C Harris, Alyssa Day, Lisa M Sullivan, David L Coleman, Emelia J Benjamin

Health Sciences Education Research

Purpose: Drawing on the decade of experience of Boston University Medical Campus' Faculty Development Office, this paper reports strategies used to launch and continually improve faculty development programming within an academic health sciences campus.

Patients and Methods: The authors explain the steps that Boston University Medical Campus took to institute their set of faculty development programs, including an overview of resources on how to periodically conduct needs assessments, engage key institutional stakeholders, design and evaluate an array of programming to meet the needs of a diverse faculty, and institute real-time program modifications.

Results: In a step-by-step guide, and by highlighting …

Community Health Center Residency Training: Improving Staffing, Service, And Quality, Candice Chen, Nicholas Chong, Qian Luo, Jeongyoung Park

Health Sciences Education Research

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Community-based residency programs are an important strategy to address rural and underserved primary care shortages, however, health centers report both benefits and challenges to training. This study aims to understand the impact of new Teaching Health Center (THC) residency programs on health center staffing, patient service, quality of care, and provider productivity.

METHODS: Using the Uniform Data System, we used inverse propensity score weighting to create a balanced sample of new THC and non-THC health centers in 2010. Using 2018 data, we applied propensity score weighted regressions to examine changes in staffing, service, quality of care, and …

Hpv Vaccine Discussions Between Medical Students And Standardized Patients, Eric S. Brian, Emily Noonan, Laura A. Weingartner

Undergraduate Arts and Research Showcase

The vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) protectsindividuals from cancer by preventing HPV infection. This vaccination is recommended for people who are assigned male or female at birth. However, since these groups are often associated with different risks of HPV infection, there may be gaps in how effectively the vaccination is recommended to patients. We gathered data by viewing recordings of medical students taking histories from standardized patients. We recorded if and which vaccinations were discussed as the patients established primary care. We focused on discussions surrounding HPV vaccines and used discussions around influenza vaccines as a comparison. We recorded if …

Efficacy Of A Social Determinants Of Health Training Intervention, Stacy A. Henley, Emily J. Noonan, Laura A. Weingartner

Undergraduate Arts and Research Showcase

BACKGROUND

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are circumstances, such as living and work conditions, that affect patient health outcomes and contribute to health inequalities. Understanding patients’ SDOH can help physicians recognize barriers to care. Therefore, it is important that medical students learn to gather information on SDOH from patients.

METHODS

Standardized patient (SP) encounters with rising third-year students were analyzed to determine if an educational intervention about SDOH increased the frequency SDOH were discussed with patients. SP encounters were randomly sampled from 2017 (pre-intervention, n₁ = 37) and 2018 (post-intervention, n₂ = 40) video recordings of students eliciting …

Comparing Medical Student Nonverbal Behavior With Cisgender And Transgender Standardized Patients, Meghan M. Schneider, Meghan M. Schneider, Emily J. Noonan, Laura A. Weingartner

Undergraduate Arts and Research Showcase

BACKGROUND

It is essential for medical students to effectively communicate with patients of all gender identities. Nonverbal behaviors such as eye contact and nodding are key communication skills. Evaluating nonverbal behavior is one way to assess the quality of patient care, and examining providers’ behaviors while working with cisgender and transgender patients can identify potential biases linked to patient identity.

METHODS

To evaluate nonverbal behavior, we analyzed video-recorded training sessions with medical students interviewing standardized patients who identified as cisgender or transgender women. All students identified as cisgender men or cisgender women. Ten nonverbal behaviors were rated from 1-7 using …

18. The Medical Staff Of Elmhurst Hospital Supplemental Information, Stephen Gaies

Doctors and Nurses as Rescuers in Humanitarian Crises Exhibition

Supplemental information for the Medical Staff of Elmhurst Hospital exhibit panel.

To see the associated exhibit panel, click the Related Work button.

Tusm–Mmc Maine Track: Undergraduate Medical Education Teaching Partnership 2021, Maine Medical Center

Annual Reports

2021 Program Report

Utilizing On-Line, Interactive, Adaptive Technology In Nursing Education, Zilola Khashimova

Physician Assistant Studies | Faculty Scholarship

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting health care institutions and is disrupting the training of future nurses. It is more important than ever to ensure that the educators and students have access to high-quality educational materials and technologies to ensure trainee preparedness for clinical and global health challenges. To help meet this challenge, online tools have become a viable option with the recent development of information technology. E-learning can be used to enhance a classroom course, or as a stand-alone course. These online tools include online labs, videos, high resolution images (X-ray, CT-scan, histology), cadaver labs and adaptive, interactive technology such …

Improving Safety Using Hfmea And Insitu Simulation Prior To Initiating Contrast Mri Studies In An Ambulatory Setting, Micheline Chipman, Todd Dadaleares, Heather Beaulieu, Leah Mallory

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

The objective of this event was to test a new system for emergency response to MRI contrast reactions by ensuring staff familiarity with emergency equipment and a newly drafted emergency response protocols, and to mitigate any LST identified.

Dietary Patterns And Pfas Plasma Concentrations In Childhood: Project Viva, Usa, Shravanthi M. Seshasayee, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Jorge E. Chavarro, Jenny L. Carwile, Antonia M. Calafat, Sharon K. Sagiv, Emily Oken, Abby F. Fleisch

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

Children who adhered to a dietary pattern of primarily packaged foods and fish had higher plasma concentrations of select PFAS, reflective of food intake and/or correlated lifestyle factors.

Development Of Maine Ongoing Outreach Simulation Education (Moose), A Novel Telesimulation Program, To Improve Neonatal Resuscitation In A Rural Community Hospital, Allison Zanno, Misty Melendi, Micheline Chipman, Jeffrey Holmes, Alexa Craig, Samantha Piro, Anna Gilbert, Sarah Gabrielson, Leah Mallory, Anya Culter, Mary Ottolini

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

Objective- To implement monthly neonatal resuscitation telesimulation team training sessions in a rural community hospital delivery room that is feasible, sustainable, and replicable at other sites.

Plasma Concentrations Of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances And Body Composition From Mid-Childhood To Early Adolescence, Jaclyn Janis, Sheryl Rifas-Shiman, Shravanthi M. Seshasayee, Clifford J Rosen, Abby F Fleisch, Sharon Sagiv, Emily Oken

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

BACKGROUND

• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may alter body composition by lowering anabolic hormones and increasing inflammation.

Prior studies have found positive, inverse, and null associations of PFAS concentrations with adiposity among children and adolescents.

Few studies have examined associations of PFAS concentrations with changes in body composition longitudinally.

No study has examined the association of PFAS plasma concentrations with lean mass.

Naloxone Co-Prescribing Across A Large Health System: A Quality Improvement Project, Marc D. Kimball, Sarah Hemphill, Kristen Silvia

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021

Introduction:

• Naloxone availability and administration saves lives

• The CDC recommends naloxone co-prescribing for patients with OUD and other eligibility criteria

• Maine Medical Center’s baseline was found to be 6% in one clinic. This held true across the entire MaineHealth system.

Strengthening Orthopaedic Care At National Level: Output Of A Structured Residency Programme At Aga Khan University, Fateh Ali Janjua, Shah Fahad, Tashfeen Ahmad, Masood Umer

Section of Orthopaedic Surgery

This descriptive review of the output of the orthopaedic residency programme of Aga Khan University, Karachi, comprised information regarding the number of graduated residents and their educational background which was retrieved from departmental records. Information about their work location, subspecialty, current working status, participation in medical camps and national disaster relief efforts were obtained from various sources, including fellow surgeons, and social media profiles. From 1989 to 2017, a total of 48 residents graduated from the programme, with only 2(4.2%) of them being females. Overall, 19(39.6%) residents hailed from areas outside Karachi; 28(58.3%) belonged to Karachi; 1(2%) came from Kenya; …

Simulation-Based Training In The Paediatric Surgery Population: A Review Of Current Trends And Future Direction, Areej Saleem, Zorays Moazzam, Sohail Asghar Dogar, Saqib Hamid Qazi

Section of Paediatric Surgery

In recent years, simulation-based training in surgery has emerged as a viable accompaniment to traditional teaching methods. Multiple studies have highlighted the benefits of simulation-based training in both learning and teaching aspects of surgical training, with a particular emphasis on the honing of technical skills. However, multiple issues still exist in widespread implementation of simulation-based training, especially in the developing countries. Furthermore, the existing literature needs to be expanded upon in both quantity and quality domains to ensure a more evidence-based transition to simulation-based training in surgery. The current review article was planned to take a look at the existing …

Current Standards Of Postgraduate Surgical Education And Training In Pakistan: Time To Bridge The Gaps In Lieu Of National Necessity, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Abdul Hakeem Memon, Omair Saleem, Amir Hafeez Shariff

Section of General Surgery

The provision of good-quality surgical care is a salient feature of every public health system. Pakistan is ranked among low and middle-income countries where the burden of surgical disease is rapidly increasing, but the capacity of the health system has not expanded at the same pace to cater current needs. One of the key components is the dearth of trained surgical specialists and lack of easy access to surgical care. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan is the main certifying institution for surgeons, while public and private teaching hospitals bear the burden of responsibility for surgical education and training. The …

Apprenticeship To Simulation - The Metamorphosis Of Surgical Training, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Saleema Begum

Section of General Surgery

Surgery is a dynamic specialty and surgical competencies are a combination of both technical and non-technical skills. After the inception of the art of surgery, surgical education and training has undergone incredible evolution. The first model of surgical training was introduced in the 19th century and is known as the 'apprenticeship model', followed by the famous 'Halstedian' model. However, a report by the Institute of Medicine challenged the teaching institutions to formulate alternative methods of surgical education to ensure patients' safety and to reduce the fear among patients of them being practised on. Teaching surgical skills outside the operating room …

Mentorship In Surgical Training: Where Do We Stand?, Saleema Begum, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Madeeha Safa

Section of General Surgery

Mentorship in medicine aims at professional and personal development of trainees in the early stages of their careers. It is more popular in surgical subspecialties since transfer of technical skills is an integral part of surgical training, which makes it distinct compared to other specialties. Effective mentoring in surgery plays a crucial role in academic success, professional development, career guidance and personal growth of residents, and provides guidance and support to mentees to excel in their respective fields, and increases the likelihood of success by enhancing motivation with positive impact on burnout among residents. Efforts have been made by accreditation …