Faculty and Student Perceptions of Unauthorized Collaborations
In this study, it was clear students do recognize the need for individual accountability and that their individual competence will be assessed, but they also recognize that they are encouraged to work with each other and that throughout their careers they will be working with colleagues in the clinical settings and for the rest of their lives. That gets at some of the tension, and we create some of that tension in the curriculum because we foster students working together in small groups and we embrace them supporting each other and helping each other learn. Then that comes up against the individual demonstration of compet...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 24, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast faculty learning environment medical students RIME Source Type: blogs
What you need to know about ragweed allergies [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Kara Wada, a board-certified academic adult and pediatric allergy, immunology, and lifestyle medicine physician. We’ll delve into the world of ragweed allergies, exploring their prevalence, causes, and practical tips for managing symptoms. Discover how factors like climate change and urban environments impact allergies
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What you need to know about ragweed allergies [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
Health > Care, Border Runs
November will mark the beginning of the 24th year of this blog. While my posts are far from frequent, I hope that each one is helping others in some way.
That’s always been my goal. Along these lines, I’ll offer the answer to a question I was asked by a start-up health IT company yesterday, and will also outline the process for the Costa Rica ==> Nicaragua ==> Costa Rica border run, which is both necessary and relatively easy.
Health > Care
“Dr. Reider – why are you interested / willing to help out little company?”Some context – and then my response. (After – ...
Source: Docnotes - October 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jacob Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Diversity and inclusion: Go beyond performative actions
The performative actions of institutions, corporate America, academia, and hospitals among other entities have made me highly dislike the acronyms DEI, EDI, DEIB, or whatever other fancy acronyms the C-suiters come up with. I remember hearing from a colleague that their institution did not want the words “anti-racism” included in the title of one of
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Diversity and inclusion: Go beyond performative actions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
A 20-something woman with cardiac arrest.
The patient is a 20 something female. She is healthy with no known cardiac disease. She was admitted to the neurology department due to headache and vomiting. She was found to have a viral CNS infection. A few days into her hospital stay she developedchest discomfort and the following ECG was recorded. What do you think? Why such large T-waves? Are these hyperacute T-waves? Are these ECG changes related to the CNS infection perhaps? What disease processes would you put on your list of differential diagnoses?When I saw the ECG of this patient I saw that there was definitely something " off " . I didn ' t get...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - October 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Magnus Nossen Source Type: blogs
Learner Perspectives on the Learner Handover Process
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Tammy Shaw, MD, MMed, and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Arianne Teherani, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into learner perspectives on the learner handover process. They discuss the role of trust in this process, the potential for bias, the purpose of handovers vs. how they’re perceived by learners, and recommendations for making handovers safer and more effective.
This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available.
This episode is the first in thi...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast bias handovers medical education RIME trust Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 16th 2023
In conclusion, a number of studies have shown that CD4+ Treg cells are crucial in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance and have an important role in the control of atherosclerosis-related inflammation. Therefore, Treg cells are a promising target of major research efforts focused on immune-modulating therapies against atherosclerosis. Developing anti-atherosclerotic Treg-based therapies faces challenges. However, rapid progress in genetic, epigenetic, and molecular aspects of cellular immunology gives hope for a fast-track solution.
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Delivering Senolytic Nanoparticles to Atheroscle...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The proletarianization of the medical profession
I ' ve come to a sticking point in my book project because there is just too much current discourse to absorb about the commodification and corporatization of medicine. The medical industry exists to make profit for owners and enrich executives -- even so-called " non-profit " medical corporations are mostly organized around maximizing revenues, minimizing costs, and racking up the big bucks for their managers.The people who suffer the most from this are, of course, patients. However, it has also produced a huge shift in the status of physicians, who used to constitute what Paul Starr called a " sovereign profession....
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
There Needs to Be an “ AI ” in “ Med Ed ”
By KIM BELLARD
It took some time for the news to percolate to me, but last month the University of Texas San Antonio announced that it was creating the “nation’s first dual program in medicine and AI.” That sure sounds innovative and timely, and there’s no question that medical education, like everything else in our society, is going to have to figure out how to incorporate AI. But, I’m sorry to say, I fear UTSA is going about it in the wrong way.
UTSA has created a five year program that will result in graduates obtaining an M.D. from UT Health San Antonio and a Master of Science in Artificial Intelli...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech AI Kim Bellard Medical Education UT San Antonio Source Type: blogs
Adoptive Transfer of Regulatory T Cells as a Way to Treat Atherosclerosis
In conclusion, a number of studies have shown that CD4+ Treg cells are crucial in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance and have an important role in the control of atherosclerosis-related inflammation. Therefore, Treg cells are a promising target of major research efforts focused on immune-modulating therapies against atherosclerosis. Developing anti-atherosclerotic Treg-based therapies faces challenges. However, rapid progress in genetic, epigenetic, and molecular aspects of cellular immunology gives hope for a fast-track solution. (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - October 11, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
New Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoc to Postdoc Transition Program and Upcoming Webinar
We’re pleased to announce the new Advancing Research Careers (ARC) program as part of NIGMS’ strategic efforts to enhance support for trainees from diverse backgrounds—for example, individuals from underrepresented groups—through critical career transition points. The ARC program is designed to enhance participation of trainees as they transition from predoctoral research training to postdoctoral research and career development. The program has two components:
ARC Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00) PAR-23-222
Supports promising, late-stage graduate students from di...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 10, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs
What is the natural history of TCFA “ Thin cap fibro atheroma ” ?
(Why should the number 65 bother us in TCFA-detected by OCT? Does this number really deserve that respect? Trying to find some truths from 8 questions with & without evidence.)
1. Does TCFA really make a plaque vulnerable?
A.Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
Answer: Yes & Maybe. But there seem to be more important factors other than TCFA for a plaque to become vulnerable making TCFA not really a big deal.
2. TCFP is more common in which lesions?
A.Flow limiting lesion
B.Nonflow limiting lesion
C.No relationship between TCFA and flow
Answer: No relation, rather a random relationship.
3. What...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 10, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Balancing medical ethics in opioid treatment
What is a legitimate medical reason to prescribe an opioid medication today? For pain or addiction? Who decides which patients are worthy of treatment? This question is not just of academic interest. Any prescribing medical provider today must constantly live in fear that a law enforcement agent somewhere will disagree with the prescriber’s answer to
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Balancing medical ethics in opioid treatment originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: L. Joseph Parker, MD Tags: Physician Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
