Publications by authors named "Amy Semaka"
Rheumatology Image of the Month: A Low Resource Innovation With Measurable Results.
J Med Educ Curric Dev
March 2023
Objectives: Strategies to increase confidence in rheumatology knowledge are valuable for medical trainees and residents. A web-based teaching innovation was implemented in an attempt to increase rheumatology exposure for internal medicine residents.
Methods: An Image of the Month webpage was established, where a practicing rheumatologist would post a new image that could be answered online by internal medicine residents.
Background: Patients are increasingly turning to the Internet for health guidance, requiring awareness from clinicians of constantly changing resources and quality of available information. A previous study demonstrated a minority of YouTube videos were useful for teaching methotrexate (MTX) self-injection; however, YouTube content constantly evolves, and previous results may not represent current videos. This study provides an update on previous work from 2014 evaluating the quality of YouTube videos demonstrating self-administered subcutaneous MTX injections.
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- Psoriasis is a long-term skin condition caused by immune system issues, but recent treatments targeting specific immune molecules have significantly improved management of the disease.
- * A review of various treatments for psoriasis found a potential increased risk of melanoma with only three drugs: adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab, while most other treatments showed no significant melanoma risk.
- * Overall, there is no strong evidence linking psoriasis treatments to melanoma risk, but ongoing screening for melanoma in psoriasis patients is recommended until more data is available.*
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to assess factors that may influence variability in the pre-treatment kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography (kV CBCT) image matching process for lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
Methods And Materials: Pre-treatment CBCT and planning CT data sets of previously-treated lung SBRT patients were gathered and anonymized from four radiotherapy centers in Alberta. Eight radiation therapists (RTTs) and four radiation oncologists (ROs) were recruited from the same four cancer centers for image matching.