How to Teach Cross-Cultural Communication: A Workshop Using the Experiential Learning Model.

Introduction: The United States population is diversifying, leading to higher rates of cultural, ethnic, and racial discordance between medical teams and patients. Studies show that pediatric residents lack training in cross-cultural communication (CCC).

Methods: We based learning objectives on the AAMC's Tool for Assessing Cultural Competency Training.

Feasibility and Perceptions of Cell Phone-Based, Health-Related Communication With Adolescents in an Economically Depressed Area.

We examined the feasibility and perception of cell-based (texting, voicemail [VM], and email/social media), health-related communication with adolescents in Genesee County, MI, where 22% reside below the poverty level. Results of an anonymous survey found that 86% of respondents owned a cell phone, 87% had data, 96% texted, 90.5% emailed/used social media, and 68% had VM.

Preference for high-fat diet is developed by young Swiss CD1 mice after short-term feeding and is prevented by NMDA receptor antagonists.

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that is increasing at an alarming rate. One of its causes is the increased availability and consumption of diets rich in fat. In the present study, we investigated the effects of short-term consumption of a high fat diet (HFD) on dietary preferences in Swiss CD1 mice and its relation in time to specific metabolic effects.