Publications by authors named "Daniel J Berger"

Background The effects of tobacco use create a significant burden on the American healthcare system. The U.S.

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Introduction The 2020 American Heart Association's (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) curriculum focuses on cardiac arrest resuscitation with one or two rescuers, providing only limited opportunities to develop higher-level skills such as leadership, communication, and debriefing. This mixed-methods pilot study evaluated whether supplementing the traditional Heartcode BLS course with a high-fidelity teamwork simulation session improved mastery of these higher-level skills. Methods Twenty-four first-year medical students completed the pilot training during sessions offered in February and May of 2023.

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Introduction Despite the fact that tobacco use continues to have significant public health impacts, most healthcare providers are not adequately trained to counsel patients on their tobacco use or to provide cessation resources. Although all healthcare providers have a role in providing tobacco cessation assistance, physicians and advanced practice providers are generally the only practitioners able to furnish tobacco cessation medications and bill insurance for their cessation services. Therefore, ensuring these practitioners are properly trained to offer tobacco cessation to their patients is critical to addressing this public health threat.

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Background and objective Emergency medical services (EMS) are often assumed to only involve bringing patients to physicians for treatment in the emergency department. However, EMS staff are also responsible for responding to physicians in the primary care setting when medical emergencies arise. While emergency medicine (EM) residents are exposed to EMS as part of their curriculum, little is known about the knowledge of other resident physicians who may interact with EMS.

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Introduction: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is utilized by medical schools to assess students' competency in clinical skills. Literature has shown that first-year students who were tutored by fourth-year students (MS4s; near-peer) in practice OSCEs reported self-perceived improvement in OSCE skills. There is a lack of research regarding the effectiveness of first-year (MS1) pairs for reciprocal-peer practice OSCEs.

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