Medical Student Appraisal: Electronic Resources for Inpatient Pre-Rounding
Mobile devices offer the potential to enhance pre-rounding efficiency for medical students and residents. A customizable EvernoteTM-based system is described in sufficient detail for reproduction by interested students. Sampognaro PJ, Mitchell SL, Weeks SR, Khalifian S, Markman TM, Uebel LW, Dattilo JR. Appl Clin Inform. 2013 Aug 28;4(3):403-418. Review. PMID: 24155792
A Quality Improvement Survey Assessment of Resident Physician Management With End of Life Care
Our findings identified areas of need for improvement in our medical education and hospital systems. We plan to expand our medical education curriculum to include simulated end of life patient encounters and didactic sessions on effective end of life management. For a process improvement plan, we created a clinical pathway that centralizes all available palliative care documents, consultants, and clinical care orders to facilitate end of life management. Patel A, Mitchell J, Ryu C. Chest. 2013 Oct 1;144(4_MeetingAbstracts):533A. PMID: 24153964
Addressing mental health issues in primary care: An initial curriculum for medical residents
Identifying specific curricula informs education policy-makers of the specific requirements they will need to meet if psychosocial and mental health training are to improve. Smith RC, Laird-Fick H, D'Mello D, Dwamena FC, Romain A, Olson J, Kent K, Blackman K, Solomon D, Spoolstra M, Fortin AH 6th, Frey J, Ferenchick G, Freilich L, Meerschaert C, Frankel R. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24139540
Entry of US Medical School Graduates Into Family Medicine Residencies: 2012--2013
LCME-accredited medical schools with lower percentages of graduates entering family medicine should examine the economic, environmental, and academic factors that may be causing low numbers of their students graduating and entering family medicine residencies. Biggs WS, Crosley PW, Kozakowski SM. Fam Med. 2013 Oct;45(9):642-6. PMID: 24136695
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