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Pediatric Chest X-Rays, Liam du Preez University of Vermont

Pediatric Chest X-Rays, Liam Du Preez

Larner College of Medicine Fourth Year Advanced Integration Teaching/Scholarly Projects

Chest Radiographs are the most commonly ordered diagnostic image in the pediatric population. These images are encountered often in both the early medical school curriculum and outside in the clinical setting. This module was generated with the goals of giving a framework for approaching pediatric chest x-rays, as well as showcasing common radiographic findings, both normal and pathologic.

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Systems Thinking In The Healthcare Professions: A Guide For Educators And Clinicians, Margaret M. Plack, PT, DPT, EdD, Ellen F. Goldman, EdD, MBA,, Andrea Richards Scott, EdD, MBA, Shelley B. Brundage, PhD, CCC-SLP George Washington University

Systems Thinking In The Healthcare Professions: A Guide For Educators And Clinicians, Margaret M. Plack, Pt, Dpt, Edd, Ellen F. Goldman, Edd, Mba,, Andrea Richards Scott, Edd, Mba, Shelley B. Brundage, Phd, Ccc-Slp

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Easy And Accurate Transition Between Common Beta Blockers: A Qi Project, Sam Short, Amalia Kane UVM

Easy And Accurate Transition Between Common Beta Blockers: A Qi Project, Sam Short, Amalia Kane

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Hypertension is a common condition that often worsens with disease progression and/or age alone. The management of hypertension often requires multiple drug therapy. Beta blockers can be useful for this, and are often prescribed for other comorbid conditions such as angina or heart failure. Yet, not all beta blockers have the same effect on blood pressure and it can be advantageous to transition patients to non-selective agents such as carvedilol. However, dose conversions are not 1:1 and inappropriate transition can be dangerous. No readily accessible resources are available to aid the clinical management of this problem. This project aims to …

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Evidence-Based Best Practice For Discharge Planning: A Policy Review, Marissa Lewis University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Evidence-Based Best Practice For Discharge Planning: A Policy Review, Marissa Lewis

Student Scholarly Projects

Ineffective discharge planning produces poor patient healthcare outcomes, potential adverse events, and medical errors. A primary deterrent to successful discharge planning is communication, either within the interdisciplinary team or during handoff to the receiving transition of care facilities of home health, skilled nursing, or acute rehabilitation.

The purpose of the evaluation project was to determine if current policies, communication tools, and workflows of three healthcare organizations were based on evidence and make recommendations for policy revisions. The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Model (JHNEBP) was used with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Policy Process (POLARIS) …

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Does Music Directly Affect A Person’S Heart Rate?, David Sills, Amber Todd Wright State University - Main Campus

Does Music Directly Affect A Person’S Heart Rate?, David Sills, Amber Todd

Medical Education Faculty Publications

Music can have a profound effect on a person’s body, in that it may cause people to dance and move around, but does it have a direct and significant effect on a person’s heart rate if they are still? In this study, 24 high school students’ heart rates were recorded while listening to 6 selections of 6 different genres of music. The effect of different types of music was tested using heart rate monitors, data collection software, and music from free music archives. We found that music has a significant impact on heart rate. Average heart rates were significantly higher …

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Engaging Parents To Promote Children’S Nutrition And Health: Providers’ Barriers And Strategies In Head Start And Child Care Centers, Dipti A. Dev, Courtney Byrd-Williams, Samantha Ramsay, Brent A. McBride, Deepa Srivastava, Ashleigh L. Murriel, Chrisa Arcan, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Engaging Parents To Promote Children’S Nutrition And Health: Providers’ Barriers And Strategies In Head Start And Child Care Centers, Dipti A. Dev, Courtney Byrd-Williams, Samantha Ramsay, Brent A. Mcbride, Deepa Srivastava, Ashleigh L. Murriel, Chrisa Arcan, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Purpose: Using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks as a framework, this study examined childcare providers’ (Head Start [HS], Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, and non-CACFP) perspectives regarding communicating with parents about nutrition to promote children’s health.

Design: Qualitative.

Setting: State-licensed center-based childcare programs.

Participants: Full-time childcare providers (n ¼ 18) caring for children 2 to 5 years old from varying childcare contexts (HS, CACFP funded, and non-CACFP), race, education, and years of experience.

Methods: In-person interviews using semi-structured interview protocol until saturation were achieved. Thematic analysis was conducted.

Results: Two overarching themes were barriers and …

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Induced Lactation, Katherine M. Evans University of Vermont

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 …

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A Match Made In Antitrust Heaven? A Liberalistic Exploration Of The Medical Match's Antitrust Exemption, Washington University in St. Louis

A Match Made In Antitrust Heaven? A Liberalistic Exploration Of The Medical Match's Antitrust Exemption

Washington University Jurisprudence Review

In the 2004 case Jung v. Association of American Medical Colleges, a group of resident physicians brought a class action suit challenging the legality of the National Residency Matching Program, a system that controls essentially all appointments to medical residency programs. The plaintiffs claimed the Match artificially depressed wages and created an anticompetitive labor market. The lawsuit was met with a swift end by the codification of an antitrust exemption to the Match. Although the Jung case is over, medical residents continue to face unreasonable restraints on their liberty. This note begins with an overview of medical education and the …

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Differential Diagnosis: Approaches And Pitfalls - A Pediatric Case-Based Session For 3rd Year Medical Students, Zev Waldman, Mary Ottolini HSC Pediatric Center

Differential Diagnosis: Approaches And Pitfalls - A Pediatric Case-Based Session For 3rd Year Medical Students, Zev Waldman, Mary Ottolini

E-Learning Modules

This ninety minute session seeks to provide a systematic framework for medical students relatively new to the differential diagnosis process. Via a combined lecture/case-based approach, the session presents basic clinical reasoning concepts and specific heuristics to guide the differential process followed by an opportunity to apply the tools to simulated pediatric cases. It also introduces the concept of cognitive biases and presents strategies to mitigate their effects. The session has been successfully used with third year medical students during the first week of their pediatrics clerkship. However, with minor adaptation, a similar approach could be used at other levels of …

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Interprofessional Collaboration Between Occupational Therapists And Nurses In An Acute Care Setting: An Exploratory Study, Bethany Loy, Holly Micheff, Kelly Nguyen, Vincent O'Brien Dominican University of California

Interprofessional Collaboration Between Occupational Therapists And Nurses In An Acute Care Setting: An Exploratory Study, Bethany Loy, Holly Micheff, Kelly Nguyen, Vincent O'Brien

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

Background. Collaboration between occupational therapists and nurses is key to a positive prognosis for their patients. Currently, there is a gap in the research on professional relationships between occupational therapists and registered nurses in acute care settings.

Purpose. To examine interprofessional collaboration between registered nurses and occupational therapy in an acute care setting.

Methods. A phenomenological, qualitative design with use of semi-structured interviews was used. Interviewees were four occupational therapists and four registered nurses who currently work in acute care settings in Northern California and were recruited through a snowball, convenience and purposive sampling. Themes and subthemes that emerged from …

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How To Respond To Racist Patients: Recommendations From A Literature Review, Benjamin Caplan BA (4th year medical student), Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams MD, PhD 2024 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

How To Respond To Racist Patients: Recommendations From A Literature Review, Benjamin Caplan Ba (4th Year Medical Student), Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams Md, Phd

Cooper Rowan Medical Journal

Introduction: Dealing with racist patients is not uncommon, and these interactions can sever the therapeutic alliance, as well as leave providers feeling isolated, dehumanized, and ashamed. Investigation of published recommendations for handling these situations can give victims, peers, and institutions the tools necessary to prepare, protect, and support providers through these challenging encounters.

Methods: This paper is a literature review. For inclusion in this review, studies must have met the criteria of providing recommendations for healthcare providers or institutions on how to deal with racist patients. Excluded articles did not include recommendations on how to handle such situations or did …

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The Effects Of Liftng Belts On Power Output, Julio Aguilar, Benjamin Coldwell, Patrick Jackson, Cade Pippen, Zane Thornton 2024 Stephen F. Austin State University

The Effects Of Liftng Belts On Power Output, Julio Aguilar, Benjamin Coldwell, Patrick Jackson, Cade Pippen, Zane Thornton

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

JULIO AGUILAR, BENJAMIN COLDWELL, PATRICK JACKSON, CADE PIPPEN, ZANE THORTON.

Kinesiology & Health Science; Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX

Category: Undergraduate

Advisor: Chelette, Amber, amber.chelette@sfasu.edu

Lifting belts, when lifting heavy weights, are purportedly used to support, stabilize, and attenuate the load on the spine. With the additional support, potential questions arise about whether weightlifting belts affect the power performed when squatting. This study aimed to examine the power produced during a squat with a weightlifting belt compared to a squat performed without one. Ten subjects, five male and five female, performed squats of two sets of 3 repetitions, …

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Tips For Teaching Ebm In The Busy Clinical Setting, Sonam Kiwalkar, Basil Verghese 2024 Legacy Salmon Creek

Tips For Teaching Ebm In The Busy Clinical Setting, Sonam Kiwalkar, Basil Verghese

Faculty Development Lunch and Learn

Tips for Teaching EBM in the Busy Clinical Setting. Sonam Kiwalkar, MD, FACP, Associate Program Director, Legacy Salmon Creek IMRP; Basil George Verghese, MD, FACP, FHM, Associate Program Director, Rochester General Hospital IMRP

Discussion:

  • What is evidence-based medicine?
  • What are the steps to evidence-based medicine?
  • Why is it important to teach evidence-based medicine?
  • How to teach evidence-based medicine in the busy clinical setting?

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Osces’ Impact On Occupational Therapy Student Learning: Insights From Second- And Third-Year Focus Groups, Craig R. St. Jean, Karin Werther, Mary R. Roberts 2024 University of Alberta - Canada

Osces’ Impact On Occupational Therapy Student Learning: Insights From Second- And Third-Year Focus Groups, Craig R. St. Jean, Karin Werther, Mary R. Roberts

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are widely used in health programs to assess clinical skills. We present results of a qualitative study investigating occupational therapy students’ perceptions of OSCEs’ impact on their learning and readiness for clinical practice.

Method: Six second and six third year students in the University of Alberta’s Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program were interviewed in separate focus groups. Independent reviewers applied thematic analysis to the focus group transcripts to identify, analyze, and report themes in the data.

Results: Five themes were constructed from the data: from learning to action, transition …

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The Challenges Of Implementing And Documenting Ottawa Ankle Rules In The Pediatric Emergency Department: A Retrospective Study, Emmalee M. Kugler, Michael Gillman, Olivia Toner 2024 Cooper Medical School Rowan University

The Challenges Of Implementing And Documenting Ottawa Ankle Rules In The Pediatric Emergency Department: A Retrospective Study, Emmalee M. Kugler, Michael Gillman, Olivia Toner

Cooper Rowan Medical Journal

INTRODUCTION
Acute ankle sprains account for nearly 2% of visits to the pediatric emergency department (PED). The Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) were developed as a safe and effective clinical decision-making tool for detecting the need for radiographs in adults with acute ankle pain. OAR state radiographs are required with at least one of the following:

1. Inability to bear weight immediately following the injury and for four steps in the ED 2. Bony tenderness at the posterior edge of the lateral or medial malleolus

OBJECTIVE
Few prospective cohort studies have attempted to assess OAR pediatric populations. This study investigates the …

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The Diagnostic Yield Of Endoscopic Ultrasound In Asymptomatic Patients With Unexplained Dilated Common Bile Duct, Or Double Duct Sign With Normal Transaminases A Retrospective Study From A Single Urban-Based University Endoscopy Center, Mina Fransawy Alkomos, Shaker Barham, Youssef Botros, Nader Mekheal, Ariana Tagliaferri, Alisa Farokhian, Hardikkumar M. Shah, Gabriel Melki, Yana Cavanagh, Walid Baddoura, Matthew Grossman 2024 Gastroenterology Department, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA

The Diagnostic Yield Of Endoscopic Ultrasound In Asymptomatic Patients With Unexplained Dilated Common Bile Duct, Or Double Duct Sign With Normal Transaminases A Retrospective Study From A Single Urban-Based University Endoscopy Center, Mina Fransawy Alkomos, Shaker Barham, Youssef Botros, Nader Mekheal, Ariana Tagliaferri, Alisa Farokhian, Hardikkumar M. Shah, Gabriel Melki, Yana Cavanagh, Walid Baddoura, Matthew Grossman

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

Background Common bile duct dilatation alone or double duct sign (both CBD and dilated pancreatic duct dilatation ) and abnormal liver enzymes are highly predictive of biliary disease. This can be identified on ultrasound (US), CT scan, and/or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Unexplained dilatation on imaging might warrant endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) to identify any occult causes. Supporting literature about the importance of using EUS in these conditions is evolving with no clear evidence-based approach to evaluate asymptomatic dilated ducts. We aim to investigate the diagnostic yield of EUS in unexplained CBD dilatation or double duct sign with normal liver enzymes. …

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De-Implementation Of Fecal Occult Blood Testing In The Emergency Department And Hospital Units: A Quality Improvement Project, Adewale Ajumobi, Joline De Castro, Ammar Qureshi 2024 Department of Medicine, Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage, California. University of California, Riverside, California.

De-Implementation Of Fecal Occult Blood Testing In The Emergency Department And Hospital Units: A Quality Improvement Project, Adewale Ajumobi, Joline De Castro, Ammar Qureshi

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

Background: Fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) are inappropriately used in patients with melena, hematochezia, coffee ground emesis, iron deficiency anemia, and diarrhea. The use of FOBT for reasons other than screening for colorectal cancer is considered low-value and unnecessary. Methods: Quality Improvement Project that utilized education, Best Practice Advisory (BPA) and modification of order sets in the electronic health record (EHR). The interventions were done in a sequential order based on the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method. An annotated run chart was used to analyze the collected data. Results: Education and Best Practice Advisory within the EHR led to significant reduction in …

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Conflict With Administrators: Conflict Resolution Approaching Admin, Amjad El Othmani, Bethany Lyche, Hafsah Umerani, Issac Anderson, Katie Clark, Nikhil Navathe, Ayman Salem 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Conflict Resolution Approaching Admin, Amjad El Othmani, Bethany Lyche, Hafsah Umerani, Issac Anderson, Katie Clark, Nikhil Navathe, Ayman Salem

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Scheduling Conflicts With Administration, Constance Cleveland, Deepa Raghavan, Dipra Debnath, Jay Maixner, Ranya Krayem, Vikash Mehan, Zane Mustafa, Ayman Salem 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Scheduling Conflicts With Administration, Constance Cleveland, Deepa Raghavan, Dipra Debnath, Jay Maixner, Ranya Krayem, Vikash Mehan, Zane Mustafa, Ayman Salem

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Excused Absence Policy, Ashley Frei, Cameron Bear, Grant Zydeck, Justin Hassen, Madison Meyer, Mithil Gudi, Amanah Fatima 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Excused Absence Policy, Ashley Frei, Cameron Bear, Grant Zydeck, Justin Hassen, Madison Meyer, Mithil Gudi, Amanah Fatima

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Professionalism Conflict With Administrator, Jessica Long, Jovan Jande, Krishni Kumaresan, Mohammad Al-Hadidi, Molly Dahle, Trevor Ruesch, Wassim Mohamad-Said 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Professionalism Conflict With Administrator, Jessica Long, Jovan Jande, Krishni Kumaresan, Mohammad Al-Hadidi, Molly Dahle, Trevor Ruesch, Wassim Mohamad-Said

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Inappropriate Comment, Akarsh Lal, Damian Daryl Nucum, Elizabeth Choi, Emily Falkowski, Ramneet Chauhan, Shawn O'Malley, Ayman Salem 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Inappropriate Comment, Akarsh Lal, Damian Daryl Nucum, Elizabeth Choi, Emily Falkowski, Ramneet Chauhan, Shawn O'Malley, Ayman Salem

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Medical School Scheduling Conflicts, Ciara White, Cornelius Lau, Hani Nasr, Kimera Harris, Lisa Doan, Kenan Abou Chaer, Astha Saini 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Medical School Scheduling Conflicts, Ciara White, Cornelius Lau, Hani Nasr, Kimera Harris, Lisa Doan, Kenan Abou Chaer, Astha Saini

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Dissemination Of Information, Chase Aaron, Max Jones, Arhan Shetty, Ingrid Rocha, Jane Dow, Karamoja Monchamp, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Dissemination Of Information, Chase Aaron, Max Jones, Arhan Shetty, Ingrid Rocha, Jane Dow, Karamoja Monchamp, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Administrator Makes An Insensitive Joke, Alexa Bernard, Elli Johnson, Jackson Ferris, Jose Lopez, Susan Hartzell, Theodore Schiff, Amanah Fatima 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Administrator Makes An Insensitive Joke, Alexa Bernard, Elli Johnson, Jackson Ferris, Jose Lopez, Susan Hartzell, Theodore Schiff, Amanah Fatima

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Inappropriate Commentary, Ahmed Jafri, Brianna Regan, Maya Kohavi, Tareq Hanna, Zarin Kothari, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Inappropriate Commentary, Ahmed Jafri, Brianna Regan, Maya Kohavi, Tareq Hanna, Zarin Kothari, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Documentation And Administrator Conflict, Arainya Durham, Jacob Hall, James Soetedjo, Khush Hussain, Samantha Markowitz, Shruthi Ilango, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Documentation And Administrator Conflict, Arainya Durham, Jacob Hall, James Soetedjo, Khush Hussain, Samantha Markowitz, Shruthi Ilango, Amanah Fatima, Fadi Kathawa

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Emergency Work Leave, Dylan Kato, Hajirah Farah, Jack Visser, Jessica Elderkin, Michael Salloum, Paige Awtrey, Kenan Abou Chaer, Astha Saini 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Emergency Work Leave, Dylan Kato, Hajirah Farah, Jack Visser, Jessica Elderkin, Michael Salloum, Paige Awtrey, Kenan Abou Chaer, Astha Saini

Patient Education Projects

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Conflict With Administrators: Issues With Patient Scheduling, Elizabeth Helfrich, Laila Al-Jerdi, Nicole Lafrance, Noah Robertson, Tobin Smith, Wassim Mohamad-Said 2024 Wayne State University

Conflict With Administrators: Issues With Patient Scheduling, Elizabeth Helfrich, Laila Al-Jerdi, Nicole Lafrance, Noah Robertson, Tobin Smith, Wassim Mohamad-Said

Patient Education Projects

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Liam du Preez University of Vermont

Amalia Kane UVM

Sam Short UVM

Amber Todd Wright State University - Main Campus

Brent McBride University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Courtney Byrd-Williams University of Texas School of Public Health

Anna Adachi-Mejia Health Promotion Research Center at Dartmouth

Dipti Dev University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chrisa Arcan Stony Brook University, NY

Ashleigh Murriel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

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