Towards the optimal use of video recordings to support the flipped classroom in medical school basic sciences education.

The use of recorded video in medical education is increasing. Video material may be assigned before scheduled sessions to create a flipped classroom. Here, the instructor may lead a session that is organized for discussion, interpretation, and reflection of the previewed content.

Patient activation, knowledge, and health literacy association with self-management behaviors in persons with heart failure.

Background: More evidence is needed about factors that influence self-management behaviors in persons with heart failure.

Objective: To test a correlational mediation model of the independent variables of health literacy, patient activation, and heart failure knowledge with heart failure self-management behaviors.

Methods: The study used a prospective, cross-sectional, correlational design.

Factors Associated With Adherence to 14-Day Office Appointments After Heart Failure Discharge.

Background: Follow-up within 14 days after hospital discharge for heart failure (HF) may prevent 30-day hospital readmission, but adherence varies. The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of nonadherence to scheduled appointments.

Methods And Results: A medical record review included patients hospitalized for decompensated HF at 3 health system hospitals who had a scheduled 14-day office appointment.

Value of, Attitudes Toward, and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Based on Use of Self-Study Learning Modules.

Background: It is unknown if completing educational modules on understanding, reviewing, and synthesizing research literature is associated with higher value of, attitudes toward, and implementation of evidence-based practices.

Method: Nurses completed valid, reliable questionnaires on the value of, attitudes toward, and implementation of evidence-based practice 6 months after four educational modules were introduced. Multivariable modeling was used to learn associations of education modules and evidence-based practice themes.

Predictors of over-the-counter drug and herbal therapies use in elderly patients with heart failure.

Background: Over-the-counter (OTC) drug and herbal therapies (HT) may worsen heart failure or interact with prescription medications. Frequency of and predictors for routine OTC drug and HT use are not well studied.

Methods And Results: We examined routine use of OTC drug and HT in patients at 8 medical centers.

Evaluation, development, and implementation of potentially better practices in neonatal intensive care nutrition.

Objective: The desire for evidence-based clinical guidelines for nutritional support of the preterm infant has been identified. Published evidence has not yielded clear guidelines about the best method of delivery, substrate use, or appropriate outcome measure to evaluate nutrition support. In addition, reports on research of nutrition support often fail to give the most rudimentary process necessary to improve quality in various unit settings.