Pediatric Conjunctivitis: A Review of Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Management.

Conjunctivitis is a common pediatric problem and is broadly divided into infectious and non-infectious etiologies. Bacterial conjunctivitis makes up the majority of cases in children and often presents with purulent discharge and mattering of the eyelids. Treatment is supportive with an individual approach to antibiotic use in uncomplicated cases since it may shorten symptom duration, but is not without risks.

Longitudinal Experience With a Transparent Weighted Lottery System to Incentivize Resident Scholarship.

Background: Promoting resident scholarship is important to programs. Positive Peer-Pressured Productivity (P-QUAD) is a dual incentive model that combines increased transparency through awareness of peers' engagement in scholarship, with a weighted cash lottery where tickets are earned for various dimensions of academic success (ie, 1 point/ticket for an abstract submission up to 6 for manuscript acceptance).

Objective: We explored whether a weighted lottery system contributes to sustained increases in academic productivity in a residency program.

Gaming the System: Creation of a Random Case-Generating Game for Use in Morning Report.

Discussing real-world cases with known outcomes is a common feature of resident morning report. We present a novel case-generating game that allows for creative, dynamic problem-solving discussions and appears to encourage more peer-directed learning than traditional morning report.

Not all unprofessional behaviors are equal: The creation of a checklist of bad behaviors.

Introduction: Professionalism is a key component of medical education and training. However, there are few tools to aid educators in diagnosing unprofessional behavior at an early stage. The purpose of this study was to employ policy capturing methodology to develop two empirically validated checklists for identifying professionalism issues in early-career physicians.

Twelve tips for maximizing the effectiveness of game-based learning.

Game-based learning (GBL) in medical education is emerging as a valid alternative to traditional teaching methods. Well-designed GBL sessions use non-threatening competition to capitalize on heightened learner arousal, allowing for high-level engagement and dynamic group discussion. While many templates for specific educational games have been published, little has been written on strategies for educators to create their own or how to use them with maximal effectiveness.