Inducing a Closed Ankle Fracture in a Cadaveric Model to Create Interdisciplinary Teaching Models for Preclinical Medical Students.

This paper describes a cost-effective fracture simulation that aids in preclinical learning of fracture identification. This project establishes feasibility of inducing closed fractures in a donated cadaver. The study team made an identified Weber C ankle fracture in this donor, maintaining the soft tissue envelope surrounding the fracture, using minimal materials in a stepwise process that will be reproducible across educational programs regardless of access to highly specialized equipment.

Introducing Osteopathic Curriculum for Family Medicine Physicians in a Community-based Allopathic Residency Program.

Context: Will increased exposure to osteopathic medicine improve allopathic resident and attending physicians' support of implementing an osteopathic curriculum in graduate medical education? The overall goal of this quality improvement project was to examine the familiarity and interest of allopathically-trained residents and attendings with osteopathic medicine before, and after, a brief educational workshop.

Methods: Setting: Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. Participants included a sample of 27 Family Medicine (FM) residents and attendings who had been trained in allopathic medical schools.

Benign mesothelial mesenteric cyst: case report and literature review.

A rare case of a benign mesothelial cyst arising from the mesentery of the descending colon is presented. A 73 year old female presented with an asymptomatic mesenteric cyst on CT scan. Colonoscopy revealed extrinsic compression of the descending colon.