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A Module-Based Novel Approach To Electrocardiogram Interpretation For Emergency Medicine Residents, Alexandra Koutsoubis, Emily Fishbein, Jennifer White, Md

Phase 1

Purpose: In the Emergency Department, accurate ECG interpretation is essential as many conduction abnormalities are treatable and can lead to death if inaccurately diagnosed. Learning how to read a 12-lead ECG is part of medical education, taught through the following approach: rate, rhythm, axis. In the ED, this tedious approach doesn’t relay important information that should be garnered from the ECG with accuracy. Currently, resources for residents to improve ECG interpretation skills are limited. The purpose of the study was to design a module that teaches an accurate way of interpreting an ECG, that allows for pragmatic, pattern recognition of …

The Effect Of The Surgery Rotation Sequence On Surgery And Emergency Medicine Nbme Scores, Anna Lin, Gerald Isenberg, Md, Chaiya Laoteppitaks, Md

Phase 1

Purpose: Within a school, the formerly fourth year emergency medicine clerkship was added to the third year curriculum in a sequence with general surgery and surgical subspecialty clerkships. Together, a student can be placed in any permutation of the three clerkships, but a student will take the Surgery and EM NBME exam after the completion of the respective clerkship regardless of the order of clerkships. The purpose of this project was to look to see if there was a significance difference in NBME scores between four different sequences of clerkships and to see if sequence of a third year student’s …

An Educational Workshop To Improve Neurology Resident Knowledge And Understanding Of Burnout, Substance Abuse, And Mood Disorders, Shiori Tomatsu, Ryan Donaghy, Patrick Kerns, Md, Phd, Courtney White, Md

Phase 1

Problem: Many medical residents are at risk for burnout, mood disorders, and substance abuse. We created an educational activity composed of an online module (OM), an interactive role-playing session (AL), and a video practicum (VP) to inform neurology residents on the aforementioned risks and available support resources. This project evaluates the efficacy of these tools.

Methods: PGY2 and PGY3 neurology residents were given OM. In addition, the PGY2 residents participated in AL. Three surveys were given to assess their knowledge about burnout before completing the module (Sur1), after AL session (Sur2), and after watching VP(Sur3).

Outcomes: More PGY2 residents scored …

Motivational Interviewing For Cpap Adherence, Caitlin Green, Grayton Downing, Cindy Cheng, Md, Phd

Phase 1

Background: Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP), is the gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment. If left untreated, patients with OSA can experience serious and potentially life-threatening consequences. However, patient CPAP adherence is an ongoing problem, as compliance rates are historically low (typically 30-60%). Engaging patients in motivational interviewing (MI) by trained providers could promote increased CPAP adherence.

Question/Purpose: Assess CPAP compliance in patients who receive motivational interviewing compared to a control attention intervention.

Methods: A team of medical students were trained in MI interviewing techniques through a novel training protocol. The training protocol includes reading articles and watching …

Assessing Student Opinion On Autopsy As A Supplement To Medical Education, Wing Fei Wong, Joanna Chan, Md

Phase 1

Purpose: Medical schools in the United States have decreased use of autopsy as a teaching tool in undergraduate medical education (UME). However, there are no recent data to understand how undergraduate medical students (UMS) value autopsies in their education, thus limiting suggestions for improving UME. This study aims to assess UMS opinion regarding autopsies as a supplement to their medical curriculum: is autopsy important and how?

Methods: This was a questionnaire study targeted to UMS at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. The questionnaire contained 51 closed- and open-ended questions (e.g. multiple choice, Likert scale, free response), and was distributed electronically. Data …

Building Connections: Skmc – Ces Medellín International Exchange Program Development, Elias Borne, Kaitlin Demarest, Rosemary Frasso, Phd, Andres Fernandez, Md, Msed

Phase 1

Introduction: To date, there has been no formal evaluation of the exchange program that sends medical students from Sydney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) to CES University, Colombia. While many medical schools have international exchange partnerships, little is known about what makes a successful global training experience. This project aims to evaluate the SKMC-CES student exchange program with the goal of improving collaboration between the two universities and creating a logic model backbone for the program going forward.

Methods: Surveys and interviews were done with program participants from the 2018 and 2019 academic years (6 students interviewed and 4 surveyed) exploring …

What It’S Like To Study The Brain: A Creative Exploration, T. J. Cahanap, Katherine Hubbard, Ma

Phase 1

Introduction: In recent years, medicine and the humanities have evolved to be adopted synergistically in dual practice. Employing principles of narrative medicine, this multimodal piece explores the experience of hunger to draw parallels between creativity in art and creativity in medicine. By stimulating reading, writing, listening, and seeing, this account aims to represent these faculties as necessary to both art and medicine and to exemplify synergy between the two.

Methods: As codified by the field of narrative medicine, methods consisted of a repetitive practice of close reading, writing, and reflecting. In viewing medicine as interconnected provider-patient narrative, scholars of narrative …

The Clicker Study, Alex Brady, Daniel Mirsch, Do, Xiao C. Zhang, Md, Ms, Rishi Kalwani, Md, Phd, Zachary Risler, Md, Mph, Mark Magee, Md, Kelly Goodsell, Md, Resa E. Lewiss, Md, Arthur Au, Md, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Md

Phase 1

Purpose: A recent study in orthopedics showed that clicker-based learning was more effective than traditional feedback when teaching procedures. We sought to determine whether this principle is applicable to ultrasound skills.

Methods: Our prospective randomized control trial used a population of new ultrasound learners. Exclusion criteria included previous ultrasound experience of more than one hour. Students were shown an instructional video on the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exam and randomized to receive clicker or scripted feedback. Each student performed the FAST exam once without feedback, then with either scripted or clicker-based feedback. They were timed and scored …

“Trauma To The Eye” – A Low Fidelity Module For Identifying Retrobulbar Hematoma And Practicing Lateral Canthotomy & Cantholysis, Jared Raikin, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Md, Ronald Hall, Md

Phase 1

Purpose: A retrobulbar hematoma (RH) can cause preventable blindness due to damage of the optic nerve. Due to its relative infrequency in the emergency department, Emergency Medecine (EM) residents have limited experience in recognizing and treating a RH. This paper outlines a simulated scenario that was developed to improve EM residents knowledge in diagnosing a RH and performing an emergent lateral canthotomy and cantholysis (LCC).

Methods: This module used a low fidelity task trainer and case vignette created for EM residents to practice recognizing a RH and perfroming a LCC. Participants took an assessment questionnaire before and after the teaching …

A Comparison Of Homemade Phantoms For Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion, Saami Zakaria, Liam Hughes, Lauren Selame, Kelly Kehm, Resa E. Lewiss, Arthur Au, Zachary Risler

Phase 1

Purpose: U/S guided peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV) placement is implemented in many clinical settings. Commercially available U/S phantoms are expensive and difficult to alter from stock. Non-commercial phantoms have been described in published literature without data showing which type is more efficacious. The primary objective of this study was to determine efficacy of various non-commercial phantoms for U/S guided PIV placement, while secondary objectives were to characterize the cost and ease of production.

Methods: This prospective observational study trialed six unique phantom models: 1) Amini ballistics gel model, 2) Morrow ballistics gel model, 3) University of California San Diego (UCSD) …

Impact Of An Interprofessional Education Quality Of Life Forum On Students’ Perceptions And Commitment To Addressing Local Health Disparities And The Social Determinants Of Health, Jamie Bayliss, Erin Hofmeyer, Bc Charles-Liscombe, Kristin Clephane, Sandra Matthias, Donna Glankler, Nicole Harshbarger

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

ABSTRACT

Purpose: Healthcare providers and educational programs share a challenge where limited resources make interprofessional education (IPE) and collaboration difficult. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of IPE, specifically The Greater Cincinnati Quality of Life Forum within the School of Health Science at Mount St. Joseph University, on students’ perceptions of communication skills, collaboration, and values of interprofessional practice as they relate to emergent topics within the community and healthcare. Methods: Consenting participants completed an electronic survey with five reflection questions. Qualitative assessment included analysis of text for emergent themes. Results: Four themes evolved impacting future …

Global Interest For Health Professions Education: A Geographic And Temporal Analyses Through Web Search Differences From 2010-2019, Junhel Dalanon, Yoshizo Matsuka

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the spatio-temporal differences in web search trends for dental degrees (DD), medical degrees (MD), and nursing degrees (ND) across 197 countries from 2010 to 2019. Method: A search string was used to initiate a search query using Google Trends. The parameters used were DD, MD, and ND as search terms; worldwide as Location; 2010 to 2019 as time range; health education & medical training as category; and web search as database. Data were downloaded and analyzed. Results: Via one-way ANOVA and post hoc Dunnett test, the searches for DD were found …

Can The Augmented Web-Based Applicant Experience Replace An Audition Rotation?, Joshua J. Goldman, Vladislav Pavlovich Zhitny, Noama Iftekhar, Chad M. Teven, Richard Baynosa

School of Medicine Faculty Research

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Applications Of Machine Learning Methods In Health Outcomes Research: Heart Failure In Women, Khalid Abdullah Alhussain

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

There is robust evidence that heart failure (HF) is associated with substantial mortality, morbidity, poor health-related quality of life, healthcare utilization, and economic burden. Previous research has revealed that there are sex differences in the epidemiology, etiology, and disease burden of HF. However, research on HF among women, especially postmenopausal women, is limited. To fill the knowledge gap, the three related aims of this dissertation were to: (1) identify knowledge gaps in HF research among women, especially postmenopausal women, using unsupervised machine learning methods and big data (i.e., articles published in PubMed); (2) identify emerging predictors (i.e., polypharmacy and some …

Faculty Publications 2019, Lsu Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Historical Faculty Publications

This Faculty bibliography contains 841 publications.

Attitude Towards Patient Undergraduate Medical Students In The University Of Malaya, Jeevitha Rajasingam

Student Works (2020-2029)

In the last two decades, patient safety awareness has become one of the emerging themes. To prevent from doing harm to patients, safe medical practices should be implemented and followed strictly. Therefore, a basic understanding of human factor principles need to be instilled into all health care workers. Medical universities play a vital role in fostering patient safety attitudes of their students towards the importance of patient safety during their practise. However, the medical curricula still face challenges regarding the correct timing and appropriate methods of instruction in their understanding of their principles. Experiments have shown that patient safety classes …

Impact Of Learning Support Intervention On Preclinical Students' Conception Of Self-Regulated Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Study Based On The Motivated Strategies For Learning Questionnaire, Kodiappan Radha

Student Works (2020-2029)

Self-regulated learning (SRL), which includes the ability to regulate motivational, cognitive and metacognitive strategies based on the contextual and task demand, is recognized as a critical element for lifelong learning. However, past literature indicate a deficit in undergraduate medical students’ capabilities to self-regulate their learning and shortcoming of implicit methods to develop students’ SRL in medical schools. Thus, the objectives of this research were to analyse (i) the baseline level of the preclinical students’ SRL and (ii) the impact of the learning support intervention on the students’ conception of SRL. These objectives were approached from the perspectives of the students’ …

Tubular Adenoma Of Breast, Diksha Dadlani

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease, Rohan Karkra

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.

Macular And Optic Disc Drusenoid Deposits With Hemifield Defects In A Patient With Iga Nephropathy: New Findings, Dr. Prabhakar S K

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.