Developing an animated COVID-19 e-curriculum for adults with dementia and caregivers: Challenges and solutions.

Objectives: Effective education and support for adults with dementia and their caregivers around pandemic issues is critical for protecting them. Animation-based learning has shown promise in patient education. We collaborated with educators and support staff at Alzheimer's Association Connecticut (AACT) to conduct a mixed-methods study and develop an animated e-curriculum addressing pandemic related challenges.

Indoor Air Quality Prior to and Following School Building Renovation in a Mid-Atlantic School District.

Children spend the majority of their time indoors, and a substantial portion of this time in the school environment. Air pollution has been shown to adversely impact lung development and has effects that extend beyond respiratory health. The goal of this study was to evaluate the indoor environment in public schools in the context of an ongoing urban renovation program to investigate the impact of school building renovation and replacement on indoor air quality.

Broadening learning communities during COVID-19: developing a curricular framework for telemedicine education in neurology.

Background: In response to the cancellation of clinical clerkships due to COVID-19, the Johns Hopkins (JH) Neurology Education Team developed a virtual elective to enhance medical students' clinical telemedicine skills and foster community between academic institutions.

Methods: This two-week clinical elective, entitled "Virtual Patient Rounds in Neurology," was administered once in April 2020 and once in May 2020. The curriculum included attending/fellow-led Virtual Rounds, Student Presentations, and Asynchronous Educational Activities.

Indoor air quality in inner-city schools and its associations with building characteristics and environmental factors.

Indoor concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO), and carbon monoxide (CO) were measured across 16 urban public schools in three different seasons. Exceedance of the WHO guidelines for indoor air was observed, mainly for the hourly average NO concentrations. Seasonal variability was statistically significant for indoor NO and CO concentrations, with higher exposures in fall and winter.