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View article: Professionalization of an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program to increase participation and build career skills
Professionalization of an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program to increase participation and build career skills Open
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) positions offer valuable benefits for student learning, leadership development, and resume building. Here, we share the multi-year transformation of our biology UTA program, which was designed to incr…
View article: Bridging Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology: A Novel Curriculum Component Incorporating Self-directed Learning for First-Year Medical Students
Bridging Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology: A Novel Curriculum Component Incorporating Self-directed Learning for First-Year Medical Students Open
View article: Planetary Health—Global Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease: A New Undergraduate Online Asynchronous Course
Planetary Health—Global Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease: A New Undergraduate Online Asynchronous Course Open
Will a warmer world be a sicker world? What is it about the New England landscape that supports the proliferation of Lyme disease? How are local wildlife trade and global species invasions contributors to emerging diseases such as the 2003…
View article: Emergency Nurses’ Perceptions of Opioid Use Disorder and Its Treatment in the Emergency Department
Emergency Nurses’ Perceptions of Opioid Use Disorder and Its Treatment in the Emergency Department Open
Objectives: To describe the knowledge and attitudes of emergency nurses regarding caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department.Background: Many eligible patients with opioid use disorder do not receive available…
View article: Impact of medical school responses during the COVID-19 pandemic on student satisfaction: a nationwide survey of US medical students
Impact of medical school responses during the COVID-19 pandemic on student satisfaction: a nationwide survey of US medical students Open
Purpose: Medical schools have faced various challenges in preparing their clinical students for the frontlines of a pandemic. This study investigated medical students’ satisfaction with their institutions during the coronavirus disease 201…
View article: Medical Advisability of Youth Pitching Recommendations on the Internet
Medical Advisability of Youth Pitching Recommendations on the Internet Open
Background: As the incidence of youth pitching injuries and surgical procedures attributed to overuse has drastically increased, there are quality concerns about popular internet resources regarding arm care for youth pitchers. Purpose/Hyp…
View article: Impact of nasal dilator strips on measures of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy
Impact of nasal dilator strips on measures of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy Open
Maxwell M, Sanapo L, Monteiro K, et al. Impact of nasal dilator strips on measures of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022;18(2):477-483.
View article: DO NASAL DILATOR STRIPS IMPACT SITE OF OBSTRUCTION AND SEVERITY OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING DURING PREGNANCY?
DO NASAL DILATOR STRIPS IMPACT SITE OF OBSTRUCTION AND SEVERITY OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING DURING PREGNANCY? Open
View article: Assessing Food Insecurity in Medical Students
Assessing Food Insecurity in Medical Students Open
Background and Objectives: Food insecurity, defined as the lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food and present in 11.1% of the general population, has not been assessed in medical students. Food inse…
View article: A Qualitative Analysis of Interprofessional Students’ Perceptions toward Patients with Opioid use Disorder after a Patient Panel Experience
A Qualitative Analysis of Interprofessional Students’ Perceptions toward Patients with Opioid use Disorder after a Patient Panel Experience Open
Background: Students from health professional schools participated in a half-day interprofessional education workshop centered on substance use disorder training. One component was a patient panel featuring individuals with a history of op…
View article: Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Overweight/Obesity in Rhode Island: Comparisons of Survey and Claims Data
Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Overweight/Obesity in Rhode Island: Comparisons of Survey and Claims Data Open
Many states, including Rhode Island, have begun to collect insurance claims data to better understand healthcare spending and local health outcomes. In this study, we sought to determine whether or not the prevalence of tobacco use and ove…
View article: Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations among Medicare-Disability Beneficiaries
Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations among Medicare-Disability Beneficiaries Open
MDBs constitute a substantial and growing proportion of opioid overdose hospitalizations in the United. To prevent opioid overdoses among MDBs, care must be taken to address the unique needs of this population.
View article: An Interactive Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Workshop for First-Year Medical Students
An Interactive Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Workshop for First-Year Medical Students Open
First-year medical students' knowledge and perceived skills significantly increased from start to end of the workshop. The workshop was placed in an appropriate stage of the curriculum and contained relevant information for our learners.
View article: Impact Of Risk Adjustment For Socioeconomic Status On Medicare Advantage Plan Quality Rankings
Impact Of Risk Adjustment For Socioeconomic Status On Medicare Advantage Plan Quality Rankings Open
Sociodemographically disadvantaged patients have worse outcomes on some quality measures that inform Medicare Advantage plan ratings. Performance measurement that does not adjust for sociodemographic factors may penalize plans that disprop…
View article: Contrasting Incoming Medical Students’ Attitudes
Contrasting Incoming Medical Students’ Attitudes Open
Background and Objectives: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (AMS) recently implemented a novel dual degree MD-ScM program in primary care and population medicine (PC-PM) that enrolls up to 24 of its nearly 144 yearly ma…
View article: Preceptor Expectations and Experiences in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
Preceptor Expectations and Experiences in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Open
Introduction: The Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) as a pedagogical model in medical education is a burgeoning area of interest as an alternative to a traditional, rotation- (block) based curriculum and presents a distinct set of co…
View article: Blossoming contusions: identifying factors contributing to the expansion of traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
Blossoming contusions: identifying factors contributing to the expansion of traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage Open
OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant cause of neurological morbidity and mortality. Each year, more than 1.7 million patients present to the emergency department with TBI. The goal of this study was to evaluate the …
View article: Predicting Mortality in Diabetic ICU Patients Using Machine Learning and Severity Indices.
Predicting Mortality in Diabetic ICU Patients Using Machine Learning and Severity Indices. Open
Diabetes constitutes a significant health problem that leads to many long term health issues including renal, cardiovascular, and neuropathic complications. Many of these problems can result in increased health care costs, as well risk of …
View article: Predicting United States Medical Licensure Examination Step 2 clinical knowledge scores from previous academic indicators
Predicting United States Medical Licensure Examination Step 2 clinical knowledge scores from previous academic indicators Open
The use of multiple academic indicators to identify students at risk of experiencing difficulty completing licensure requirements provides an opportunity to increase support services prior to high-stakes licensure examinations, including t…
View article: Substance Use Disorder Training Workshop for Future Interprofessional Health Care Providers
Substance Use Disorder Training Workshop for Future Interprofessional Health Care Providers Open
Introduction: Rates of substance use disorders, including opioid misuse, continue to rise despite national initiatives. Because of this, health professional schools from Rhode Island joined together to design and implement a single-day int…
View article: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Engineering Course Syllabi and Recommendations for Increasing Engagement among Women in STEM
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Engineering Course Syllabi and Recommendations for Increasing Engagement among Women in STEM Open
Men outnumber women in the enrollment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate majors. Course syllabi are distributed to students during open enrollment and provide key insights into the courses. A critical…
View article: Clickers can promote fact retention but impede conceptual understanding: The effect of the interaction between clicker use and pedagogy on learning
Clickers can promote fact retention but impede conceptual understanding: The effect of the interaction between clicker use and pedagogy on learning Open
• Two experiments explored the role of clickers on factual and conceptual learning. • One course emphasized fact retention and the other emphasized conceptual understanding. • Factual and conceptual clicker questions enhanced only fact lea…
View article: An interprofessional education workshop to develop health professional student opioid misuse knowledge, attitudes, and skills
An interprofessional education workshop to develop health professional student opioid misuse knowledge, attitudes, and skills Open
View article: PREDICTING CO-RELAPSE AMONG NUTRITION AND EXERCISE FROM ADOLESCENCE THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD
PREDICTING CO-RELAPSE AMONG NUTRITION AND EXERCISE FROM ADOLESCENCE THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD Open
Despite significant public health efforts, obesity remains a stagnant outcome comprised of multiple health behaviors including fruit and vegetable intake (FV) and physical activity (PA). Existing research has provided correlates of FV and …