Education curriculum assessment for teaching electrocardiography: Rationale and design for the prospective, international, randomized controlled EDUCATE trial.

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation training is a fundamental component of medical education across disciplines. However, the skill of interpreting ECGs is not universal among medical graduates, and numerous barriers and challenges exist in medical training and clinical practice. An evidence-based and widely accessible learning solution is needed.

Association of Gender and Race/Ethnicity with Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Performance in Graduate Medical Education.

Background: Disparities in objective assessments in graduate medical education such as the In-Training Examination (ITE) that disadvantage women and those self-identifying with race/ethnicities underrepresented in medicine (URiM) are of concern.

Objective: Examine ITE trends longitudinally across post-graduate year (PGY) with gender and race/ethnicity.

Design: Longitudinal analysis of resident ITE metrics at 7 internal medicine residency programs, 2014-2019.

Who Benefits Most? A Multisite Study of Coaching and Resident Well-being.

Background: Coaching has been shown to improve resident well-being; however, not all benefit equally.

Objective: Assess predictors of changes in resident physician well-being and burnout in a multisite implementation of a Professional Development Coaching Program.

Design: Pre- and post-implementation surveys administered to participant cohorts at implementation sites in their intern year.

Methemoglobinemia: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management.

The diagnosis of methemoglobinemia should be considered in patients presenting with cyanosis and hypoxia. A variety of frequently used medications are capable of inducing methemoglobinemia, with dapsone and benzocaine being common culprits. Unique features, such as a saturation gap and chocolate-brown-colored blood, can raise suspicion for methemoglobinemia.

Predictors of success with highly active antiretroviral therapy in an antiretroviral-naive urban population.

Abstract Predictors of successful virologic, immunologic, and clinical response with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) containing a boosted protease inhibitor or a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor were analyzed among an antiretroviral naive (ARV-naive) urban cohort. Measures of success included virologic suppression [HIV-1 viral load (VL) <400 copies/ml], an increase in CD4(+) T cells from baseline of >100 cells/microl, and lack of development of an AIDS-defining illness at 24 and 48 weeks after cART initiation. Two hundred and eighty-seven ARV-naive patients were included in this cohort, of which 76.