Psychiatry Commons^™

12 Tips To Guarantee A Fragmented (Absolutely Terrible) Curriculum In A Time Of Crisis, Constance Tucker, Abigail Kay

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

Medical education scholarship is filled with articles focused on rigorous curriculum design and innovation. In the midst of a public health crisis, the authors aim to provide a reflective guide to curriculum development focused on curriculum gone wrong. The authors propose twelve recommendations that will bring all educators closer to curricular failure.

Linguistic Analysis Of Empathy In Medical School Admission Essays., Mary Yaden, David Yaden, Anneke Buffone, Johannes Eichstaedt, Patrick Crutchley, Laura Smith, Jonathan Cass, Clara Callahan, Susan Rosenthal, Lyle Ungar, Andrew Schwartz, Mohammadreza Hojat

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

Objectives: This study aimed to determine whether words used in medical school admissions essays can predict physician empathy.

Methods: A computational form of linguistic analysis was used for the content analysis of medical school admissions essays. Words in medical school admissions essays were computationally grouped into 20 'topics' which were then correlated with scores on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy. The study sample included 1,805 matriculants (between 2008-2015) at a single medical college in the North East of the United States who wrote an admissions essay and completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy at matriculation.

Results: After correcting for multiple …

Results Of The Adhere Upper Airway Stimulation Registry And Predictors Of Therapy Efficacy., Erica Thaler, Richard Schwab, Joachim Maurer, Ryan Soose, Christopher Larsen, Suzanne Stevens, Damien Stevens, Maurits Boon, Colin Huntley, Karl Doghramji, Tina Waters, Alan Kominsky, Armin Steffen, Eric Kezirian, Benedikt Hofauer, Ulrich Sommer, Kirk Withrow, Kingman Strohl, Clemens Heiser

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: The ADHERE Registry is a multicenter prospective observational study following outcomes of upper airway stimulation (UAS) therapy in patients who have failed continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aim of this registry and purpose of this article were to examine the outcomes of patients receiving UAS for treatment of OSA.

STUDY DESIGN: Cohort Study.

METHODS: Demographic and sleep study data collection occurred at baseline, implantation visit, post-titration (6 months), and final visit (12 months). Patient and physician reported outcomes were also collected. Post hoc univariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify predictors of …

Quetiapine And Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Michael Chen, Hassaan Gomaa, Alonso Cortez-Resendiz, Christopher Martin, Andrew Francis, Alfredo Bellon

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

Quetiapine is occasionally associated with cardiovascular adverse effects such as QTc prolongation. QTc prolongation is a side effect that requires monitoring in order to avoid more serious cardiac complications. One particular understudied area is the potential for antipsychotics to elicit electroconduction abnormalities in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome. In the present report, we describe a case of quetiapine overdose in a patient with WPW.