Virtual Faculty Development in Simulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Pilot Training for Pediatricians in Kisumu, Kenya.

Introduction: Simulation is an effective educational tool increasingly being utilized in medical education globally and across East Africa. Globally, pediatric patients often present with low frequency, high acuity disease and simulation-based training in pediatric emergencies can equip physicians with the skills to recognize and intervene. Northwestern University (NU) in Chicago, IL, USA, and Maseno University (MU), in Kisumu, Kenya launched a predominantly virtual partnership in 2020 to utilize the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) simulation center for MU faculty development in simulation based medical education (SBME) for medical students.

Scholarly Products for the Global Health Trainee: a Guide for Educators.

There is consistent interest from medical trainees in high-income countries in academic global health education (GHE) programs. Academic scholarship in global health has traditionally been linked to longer-term programs. However, most programs for medical trainees offer short-term experiences in global health (STEGH).

Natural history of burnout, stress, and fatigue in a pediatric resident cohort over three years.

Background: Burnout is known to be high amongst physician trainees. Factors such as stress, fatigue, social environment, and resilience could affect burnout. Cross-sectional data describe burnout in pediatric residents, but the trajectory of burnout in a cohort of residents followed longitudinally through the full course of residency training has not been reported.

S-PACK: A Modular and Modifiable, Comprehensive Predeparture Preparation Curriculum for Global Health Experiences.

Problem: Approximately 25% of trainees participate in a global health elective during their undergraduate or graduate medical education. Increasingly, educators in the United States and international partners are calling for improved predeparture preparation training for global health experiences. Yet, freely available, easily modifiable curricula are rare.

Structured inpatient evaluation of neonatal cardiac ectopy.

Objective(s): In well-appearing newborns with suspected cardiac ectopy, we sought to evaluate our practice and test whether initial electrocardiogram (ECG) findings were associated with neonatal arrhythmias (NA).

Study Design: We identified well-appearing, non-anomalous infants >34 weeks' gestation with suspected ectopy over 3.5 years.

Epidemic Adolescent Binge Drinking at Lollapalooza, A Music Festival in Chicago.

Objectives: Lollapalooza (LP) is an annual 3-day outdoor music festival in Chicago. Underage drinking and drug use are believed to be common, but the burden on emergency departments (EDs) has not been documented. We assessed the burden on health care resources associated with this music festival.

Therapeutic implications of tumor interstitial fluid pressure in subcutaneous RG-2 tumors.

Increased interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) in brain tumors results in rapid removal of drugs from tumor extracellular space. We studied the effects of dexamethasone and hypothermia on IFP in s.c.

Increased tissue-type plasminogen activator antigen release is not accompanied by increased systemic fibrinolytic activity in severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

Intravascular and intraalveolar fibrin depositions in preterm infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) have been attributed to activation of clotting. We questioned whether in the face of activated clotting, fibrinolysis is sufficient in these infants. We found, in infants with severe RDS within 6 to 12 h of birth, increased median thrombin-antithrombin III complex formation (11.