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View article: Usability Testing an Educational Telemedicine Simulation: Description of Methods and Preliminary Findings
Usability Testing an Educational Telemedicine Simulation: Description of Methods and Preliminary Findings Open
Simulations are often used in medical education to practice developing skills in low-stakes situations. We created a telemedicine simulation for residents in obstetrics, gynaecology, and family medicine to teach best practices in telehealt…
View article: Hybrid Usability Analysis to Improve an Educational Telemedicine Simulation: Task Analysis and Survey Results
Hybrid Usability Analysis to Improve an Educational Telemedicine Simulation: Task Analysis and Survey Results Open
Medical educators frequently use simulations with standardised patients in their curriculum to expose learners to high-stakes scenarios in a safe, monitored context. It can be challenging to ensure a standardised experience for learners an…
View article: Co-Creating a Mnemonic with Learners to Support Telehealth Competency Development During Simulations
Co-Creating a Mnemonic with Learners to Support Telehealth Competency Development During Simulations Open
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need for telehealth training to address challenges unique to virtual care, including ensuring patient safety, privacy, and autonomy. To this end, faculty and students co-developed the CAMPER mnemonic – a…
View article: Trial Participation and Outcomes Among English-Speaking and Spanish-Speaking Patients With Appendicitis Randomized to Antibiotics
Trial Participation and Outcomes Among English-Speaking and Spanish-Speaking Patients With Appendicitis Randomized to Antibiotics Open
Importance Spanish-speaking participants are underrepresented in clinical trials, limiting study generalizability and contributing to ongoing health inequity. The Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial int…
View article: Quantifying the Prognostic Value of Preoperative Surgeon Intuition: Comparing Surgeon Intuition and Clinical Risk Prediction as Derived from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Risk Calculator
Quantifying the Prognostic Value of Preoperative Surgeon Intuition: Comparing Surgeon Intuition and Clinical Risk Prediction as Derived from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Risk Calculator Open
BACKGROUND: Surgical risk prediction models traditionally use patient attributes and measures of physiology to generate predictions about postoperative outcomes. However, the surgeon’s assessment of the patient may be a valuable predictor,…
View article: Patient and Clinician Experience of Using Telehealth During the <b>'COVID-19</b> Pandemic in a Public Mental Health Service in Australia
Patient and Clinician Experience of Using Telehealth During the <b>'COVID-19</b> Pandemic in a Public Mental Health Service in Australia Open
Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, mental health services adopted telehealth to facilitate ongoing assessment and treatment of patients with severe mental illness. We aimed to assess the telehealth experien…
View article: Association of Patient Belief About Success of Antibiotics for Appendicitis and Outcomes
Association of Patient Belief About Success of Antibiotics for Appendicitis and Outcomes Open
Importance A patient’s belief in the likely success of a treatment may influence outcomes, but this has been understudied in surgical trials. Objective To examine the association between patients’ baseline beliefs about the likelihood of t…
View article: Analysis of Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Management of Nonoperatively Treated Patients With Appendicitis
Analysis of Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Management of Nonoperatively Treated Patients With Appendicitis Open
IMPORTANCE: In the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, which found antibiotics to be noninferior, approximately half of participants randomized to receive antibiotics had outpatient management with hos…
View article: Self-selection vs Randomized Assignment of Treatment for Appendicitis
Self-selection vs Randomized Assignment of Treatment for Appendicitis Open
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02800785.
View article: Patient Factors Associated With Appendectomy Within 30 Days of Initiating Antibiotic Treatment for Appendicitis
Patient Factors Associated With Appendectomy Within 30 Days of Initiating Antibiotic Treatment for Appendicitis Open
This cohort study found that presence of an appendicolith was associated with a nearly 2-fold increased risk of undergoing appendectomy within 30 days of initiating antibiotics. Clinical characteristics often used to describe severity of a…
View article: Pathway-Based Reduction of Repeat Head Computed Tomography for Patients With Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Implementation and Outcomes
Pathway-Based Reduction of Repeat Head Computed Tomography for Patients With Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Implementation and Outcomes Open
BACKGROUND Routine follow-up head imaging in complicated mild traumatic brain injury (cmTBI) patients has not been shown to alter treatment, improve outcomes, or identify patients in need of neurosurgical intervention. We developed a follo…
View article: Effect of midodrine versus placebo on time to vasopressor discontinuation in patients with persistent hypotension in the intensive care unit (MIDAS): an international randomised clinical trial
Effect of midodrine versus placebo on time to vasopressor discontinuation in patients with persistent hypotension in the intensive care unit (MIDAS): an international randomised clinical trial Open
View article: Acute large bowel pseudo-obstruction due to atrophic visceral myopathy: A case report
Acute large bowel pseudo-obstruction due to atrophic visceral myopathy: A case report Open
Atrophic visceral neuropathy is a rare cause of intestinal pseudo-obstruction. While often presenting with chronic obstruction in younger populations, we present a rare late-onset acute presentation that may have been secondary to underlyi…