Validation of Panoramic Ultrasound Measurement of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Vastus Medialis.

Minnehan, KS, Dexter, WW, Holt, CT, Scharnetzki, L, Alex, JP, Chin, KE, and Kokmeyer, DJ. Validation of panoramic ultrasound measurement of the cross-sectional area of the vastus medialis. J Strength Cond Res 37(1): 41-45, 2023-The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the vastus medialis (VM) is an independent predictor of important clinical outcomes in musculoskeletal conditions of the knee, such as pain and long-term function.

An Asynchronous Curriculum to Address Substance Use Disorder Training Needs for Medical and Surgical Residents.

Developing substance use (SU) skills in medical training remains a challenge. Residents in teaching hospitals bear a large burden in managing SU sequelae and often lack support. Preventive and addiction medicine faculty defined broadly applicable core knowledge and skills for residents across specialties in a tertiary care center.

Improving Internal Medicine Resident Comfort With Shoulder and Knee Joint Injections Using an Injection Workshop.

Introduction: Joint injections can be effective treatments for musculoskeletal issues. We examined whether a brief teaching session delivered to residents and faculty would significantly improve resident confidence in performing shoulder and knee joint injections.

Methods: We implemented a 90-minute workshop instructed by two sports medicine providers.

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Consultations for Hospitalized Patients.

Context: Although osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is predominantly known for its benefits in improving musculoskeletal pain, many studies have examined the effects of OMT on hospitalized patients with a variety of conditions, showing improved outcomes in conditions such as pneumonia, postoperative and postpartum recovery, preterm newborn recovery, and newborn feeding dysfunction.

Objective: To determine the reasons osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) consultations are being ordered at a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at an academic medical center with a well-established electronic health record system.

Using Controlled Substance Receipt Patterns to Predict Prescription Overdose Death.

Background: This study evaluates complete state data from controlled substance prescribing trends in the prescription monitoring program (PMP) database and their association with the risk of prescription drug overdose death.

Summary: Maine PMP records of individuals who died of prescription overdose deaths between 2006 and 2010 were selected (n = 690). For each subject, an age, gender, and residence matched cohort of PMP users in a 50: 1 ratio was identified (n = 34,500).

Unverifiable Academic Work by Applicants to Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs in the United States.

Background: In 2008, it was shown that 11% of applications to a primary care sports medicine program contained unverifiable citations for publications. In 2009, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine changed the application requirements, requiring proof that all claimed citations (publications and presentations) be included with the fellowship application.

Objective: We determined the rate of unverifiable academic citations in applications to primary care sports medicine fellowship programs after proof of citations was required.

Temporal changes in tolerance of uncertainty among medical students: insights from an exploratory study.

Background: Physicians' tolerance of uncertainty (TU) is a trait potentially associated with desirable outcomes, and emerging evidence suggests it may change over time. Past studies of TU, however, have been cross-sectional and have not measured tolerance of the different, specific types of uncertainty that physicians confront. We addressed these limitations in a longitudinal exploratory study of medical students.

Developing, evaluating and validating a scoring rubric for written case reports.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate Family Medicine Clerkship students' writing skills using an anchored scoring rubric. In this study, we report on the assessment of a current scoring rubric (SR) used to grade written case description papers (CDP) for medical students, describe the development of a revised SR with examination of scoring consistency among faculty raters, and report on feedback from students regarding SR revisions and written CDP.

Methods: Five faculty members scored a total of eighty-three written CDP using both the Original SR (OSR) and the Revised SR1 (RSR1) during the 2009-2010 academic years.