Essential Foundational Education Research Methods Articles for Graduate Medical Educators: A Delphi Study.

Graduate medical educators interested in designing and conducting education research may seek foundational general overview articles on education research methods. We aimed to identify the most useful foundational education research methods articles for medical educators. We identified candidate articles through a 2020 Ovid MEDLINE literature search augmented by the authors' personal files and by cross-checking references of included articles.

Team-Based Learning as a Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective Educational Method for Internal Medicine Trainees - A Multi-phase Intervention and Cohort Comparison.

Background: Team-based learning (TBL) is an active learning strategy gaining traction in medical education. However, studies demonstrating successful incorporation into Graduate Medical Education (GME) curricula are limited.

Objective: To assess the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of Infectious Disease (ID) TBL sessions within an Internal Medicine (IM) residency curriculum as part of a traditional 60-minute conference.

Impact of Students' Scheduling Choice on Clerkship Examination Score Performance in a Time-Varying Competency-Based Curriculum.

Purpose: Standardized end-of-clerkship examinations typically occur on the last day of the clerkship. However, recent trends toward time-varying competency-based medical education have offered students more test scheduling flexibility, creating an opportunity to study the impact of student-selected examination timing.

Method: Starting with the graduating class of 2018, students took the required standardized end-of-core clerkship examinations at any available time they chose during their clinical years.

Preclinical Assessment Performance as a Predictor of USMLE Step 1 Scores or Passing Status.

Purpose: To determine the association between student performance on preclinical pass/fail assessments in an allopathic medical school curriculum and Step 1 scores or passing status.

Materials And Methods: This observational retrospective study involved preclinical assessments, including National Board of Medical Examiners Customized Assessment Services (NBME CAS) exams, faculty developed exams, and the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 from 582 medical students in four cohorts (2018-2021). Analyses included descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient (ρ) and logistic regression, presented as odds ratios (ORs) and associated values.

Multi-valvular infective endocarditis from .

is increasingly implicated in infectious endocarditis. Our patient presented with anaemia and renal failure with evidence of infarcts and embolic disease. He was found to have endocarditis with an organism that could not speciate with standard culture methods requiring matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) for identification and susceptibilities.

Platet Rich Plasma or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as callus accellerator in aseptic tibial non union. Evaluate of outcomes.

Background And Aim Of The Work: The incidence of long bone non-unions has been estimated to range between 5-10%. Nonunion of fracture is a delayed complication of fracture. A large bone resection, associated with Ilizarov's osteo-distraction technique, is commonly used in these cases.

Infectious Diseases Simulation for Medical Students: Experiential Instruction on Personal Protective Equipment.

Introduction: The emergence of COVID-19 highlighted the critical importance of appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the safety of patients and health care personnel. However, previously published survey data indicated that formal instruction on the correct utilization of PPE is uncommon in medical school curricula, and there is no published guidance about optimal instruction methods. The infectious disease (ID) simulation lab at Oregon Health & Science University filled this need.

Effectiveness of teriparatide combined with the Ilizarov technique in septic tibial non-union.

Aim The septic non-union is a common compliance in bone healing due to bone infection. Bone resection, associated with Ilizarov osteo-distraction technique, is commonly used in these cases. The aim of this study was to analyse clinical and radiological results of teriparatide in combination with the Ilizarov technique and to compare this treatment with the standard treatment.

Reliability of S.A.R.A. (sterilization and reimplantation autograft) technique in long bone open fractures.

The reimplantation of small or large extruded bone segments is one of the most complex clinical management scenarios in the treatment of open fractures. No consensus exists regarding the efficiency of this technique. The aim of the study was to analyse the clinical and radiological outcomes of Sterilization and Reimplantation Autograft (S.

Strut graft vs. traditional plating in the management of periprosthetic humeral fractures: a multicentric cohort study.

Aim The gradual increase in shoulder implants in active elderly patients has appeared in a parallel increase in periprosthetic humeral fractures. The aim of this study was to investigate the advantages of using strut grafting with plate fixation during periprosthetic humerus fractures. Methods Thirty patients diagnosed with periprosthetic humeral fracture were divided into two groups.

Tibial diaphyseal fractures in children: indications and limitations of the treatment with monolateral and hybrid external fixator.

Aim To report our indications and limitations about the use of external fixation in children. Methods It was retrospectively reviewed all tibial fractures treated with monolateral and hybrid external fixator, at our three Centres. It was included 32 fractures which did not show an acceptable reduction after an attempt under anaesthesia.

Surgical treatment of multifragmentary segmental femur shaft fractures with ORIF and bone graft versus MIPO: a prospective control-group study.

Aim Multifragmentary segmental femoral shaft fracture is a high energy injury frequently associated with life-threatening conditions. The aim of this study was to compare the use of bio metallic open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) (plate with allograft bone strut) with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) fixation for the treatment of multi-segmental femoral shaft fracture in terms of outcomes, bone healing and complications. Methods Forty patients with segmental femoral shaft fractures were included and divided into two groups: 20 patients treated with ORIF+, 20 with MIPO.

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosed at <21 Years of Age.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is the most common inherited cardiomyopathy, with varied timing of phenotypic and clinical presentation. Literature describing cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in young patients with HC is limited. This study included patients diagnosed with HC at young age (<21 years) between January 1990 and January 2015 who underwent transthoracic echocardiography and CMR with assessment of LGE at a single tertiary referral center.

Standard plating vs. cortical strut and plating for periprosthetic knee fractures: a multicentre experience.

Aim Periprosthetic fracture after knee arthroplasty occurs more frequently in the supracondylar area of femur, especially after low energy trauma associated with torsional or compressive forces. Several techniques have been described for the treatment of displaced fractures. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the outcomes and bone healing of periprosthetic femoral fractures managed by standard plate fixation compared to plating with bone grafting.

Conservative Treatment of Spondylodiscitis: Possible Therapeutic Solution in Case of Failure of Standard Therapy.

Introduction: Spondylodiscitis (SD) is an uncommon disease but not rare, because it represents around 3-5% of all cases of osteomyelitis. Late diagnosis and/or inadequate treatment often cause irreversible damage to cause neurological deficit. Most require only conservative treatment, sometimes a surgical approach is required.

Measuring Coaching in Undergraduate Medical Education: the Development and Psychometric Validation of New Instruments.

Background: Coaching is emerging as a novel approach to guide medical students toward becoming competent, reflective physicians and master adaptive learners. However, no instruments currently exist to measure academic coaching at the undergraduate medical education level.

Objective: To describe the development and psychometric assessments of two instruments designed to assess academic coaching of medical students toward creating a robust measurement model of this educational paradigm.

Factors Influencing Selection of Infectious Diseases Training for Military Internal Medicine Residents.

Background: Applications to infectious diseases fellowships have declined nationally; however, the military has not experienced this trend. In the past 6 years, 3 US military programs had 58 applicants for 52 positions. This study examines military resident perceptions to identify potential differences in factors influencing career choice, compared with published data from a nationwide cohort.

Case Report: Conjunctival Infestation with : A Novel Agent of Human Thelaziasis in the United States.

We report a case of thelaziasis in a 26-year-old female, acquired in Oregon. A total of 14 worms were removed from the patient's left eye and were morphologically identified as being . Until now, only two species of have been implicated in causing human disease, in Asia and Europe and occasional reports of from the United States of America.

Military Internal Medicine Resident Decision to Apply to Fellowship and Extend Military Commitment.

Introduction: Nationally, the number of internal medicine physicians practicing in primary care has decreased amidst increasing interest in hospitalist medicine. Current priorities in the Military Health System include access to primary care and retention of trained personnel. Recently, we have conducted a study of military internal medicine residents' decision to enter infectious disease.