Distance Learning During COVID-19 Mitigates Learning Loss for Interprofessional Education.

On-site interprofessional education (IPE) simulation is primarily used to teach students teamwork, communication, and crisis resource management. Participants view it as an educational environment in which to acquire and consolidate skills. Virtual IPE simulation is traditionally seen as an opportunity to supplement, complement, and reinforce on-site IPE (OI).

The impact of public hospital closure on medical and residency education: implications and recommendations.

Background: Challenges around safety-net hospital closure have impacted medical student and resident exposure to urban public healthcare sites that may influence their future practice choices.

Objective: To assess the impact of the closure of a public safety-net teaching hospital for the clinical medical education of Charles Drew University medical students and residents.

Method: Retrospective cohort study of medical students' and residents' and clinical placement into safety-net experiences after the closure of the primary teaching hospital.

The impact of literacy enhancement on asthma-related outcomes among underserved children.

Statement Of Problem: Despite the availability of improved healthcare access, self-management programs, disease management protocols, and advances in pharmacologic and immunotherapy therapy, the prevalence of asthma in the urban inner city remains one of the major health disparities in the United States. Additionally, sustainability of effective intervention programs after the funding has ended remains a significant issue for asthma programs.

Objective: This study examines the effectiveness of a longitudinal intervention program that was designed with the assumption that improved literacy plays a role in improving asthma-related health outcomes among high-risk children with the most severe forms of asthma.

The development of a mandatory medical thesis in an urban medical school.

Background: The objective of this study was to describe the development of a primary care medical student's thesis.

Description: In 1995, as part of its primary care clerkship, the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew University), College of Medicine created a curriculum requiring medical students to develop, design, and implement a research project during their 2-year longitudinal clinical experience.

Delays and unmet need for health care among adult primary care patients in a restructured urban public health system.

Objectives: We estimated the prevalence and determinants of delayed and unmet needs for medical care among patients in a restructured public health system.

Methods: We conducted a stratified cross-sectional probability sample of primary care patients in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 1819 adult patients in 6 languages.