Clinical Effectiveness of Telemedicine-Based Pediatric Genetics Care.

Background And Objectives: Telemedicine may increase access to medical genetics care. However, in the pediatric setting, how telemedicine may affect the diagnostic rate is unknown, partially because of the perceived importance of the dysmorphology physical examination. We studied the clinical effectiveness of telemedicine for patients with suspected or confirmed genetic conditions.

Lt: A Resource to Future-Proof the Laboratory in Uncertain Times.

The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly challenged educators to transition previously in-person courses to an online environment. This has been especially difficult for laboratory courses where students must experience the process of science to develop lab skills and scientific competencies. Due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, it is essential that instructional resources are flexible and robust for use in various potential learning environments.

Muscle Spindles and Our Sense of Physical Self: Kinesthetic Illusions of Limb Position and Posture.

This article describes three simple activities we presented at the 2017 FUN Faculty Workshop at Dominican University that demonstrate how proprioceptive information contributes to our mental image of physical self, and how artificially altering this information creates kinesthetic illusions. We focus on the muscle spindle contribution to limb positional sense and standing postural maintenance. We use a percussion stimulator to vibrate muscle spindles in several muscle groups, causing an artificially incorrect message to the CNS that a muscle has lengthened.