The Impact of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Leadership Development Program: Experience from the First 20 Years.

 This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)'s Leadership Development Program (LDP), report the program's impact on participants in attaining ophthalmic leadership positions, and identify opportunities to improve future LDP programming.  An open cohort study was performed on AAO LDP graduates by using an online questionnaire and retrospective monitoring.  AAO LDP graduates from 1999 to 2019 participated in the study.

Outcomes of elective labour induction and elective caesarean section in low-risk pregnancies between 37 and 41 weeks' gestation.

Objective: To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes after elective induction of labour and elective Caesarean section with outcomes after spontaneous labour in women with low-risk, full-term pregnancies.

Methods: We extracted birth data from 1996 to 2005 from an obstetrical database. Singleton pregnancies with vertex presentation, anatomically normal, appropriately grown fetuses, and no medical or surgical complications were included.

Resident physician mentoring program in ophthalmology: the Tennessee experience.

Objective: To establish a mentoring program to provide resident physicians in ophthalmology with career guidance in practice management and to identify new and creative ways to involve future eye physicians in the legislative and political process.

Methods: A multicenter prospective study was conducted of the mentorship experiences of 24 (88.9%) of 27 resident physicians in Tennessee during the 2000-2001 academic year.

ST segment analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram plus electronic fetal heart rate monitoring in labor and its relationship to umbilical cord arterial blood gases.

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the ability of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) plus fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) ST segment automated ANalysis (STAN, Neoventa Medical, Goteborg, Sweden) monitoring to predict metabolic acidemia (defined as an umbilical cord artery pH < 7.15 and base deficit > or = 12 mmol/L) at birth.

Study Design: Women with singleton, term pregnancies who had a clinical indication for internal EFM with a fetal scalp electrode were included in the study.