Planetary health education in undergraduate medical education in Germany: results from structured interviews and an online survey within the national PlanetMedEd Project.

Background: In light of the accumulating evidence, awareness and urgency to act upon the three planetary crises - climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution - the concept of Planetary Health underscores their profound implications for health and promotes actionable solutions to advance both wellbeing and ecological sustainability. Despite (inter)national calls to integrate Planetary Health into health workers' curricula, the current status of Planetary Health Education in undergraduate medical education in Germany is unclear. This study therefore aimed (a) to assess the current implementation of Planetary Health in undergraduate medical education in Germany and (b) to explore its characteristics as a foundation to develop evidence-informed recommendations for mainstreaming Planetary Health Education in medical schools in Germany.

Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment.

Introduction: Almost one third of people affected by leprosy in Colombia suffer from disability, which often results from delayed diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to explore the experience of people affected by leprosy during the process of diagnosis and treatment and if and how this experience was influenced by peers.

Methods: A qualitative study using body map stories was conducted from October 2019 to February 2020 in Colombia.

Combatting the occurrence of needle-stick injuries in a medical school: why is it still an issue?

Background: Needle-stick injuries (NSIs) pose a safety risk for healthcare workers with great potential for serious infections. The aim was to determine numbers and causes of NSIs as well as the frequency with which medical students report NSIs in the final stages of study.

Methods: An online questionnaire was developed and made available in January and February 2023 to all undergraduate medical students (n = 423) in the last 1.

Concept and implementation of the longitudinal mosaic curriculum planetary health at the Faculty of Medicine in Würzburg, Germany.

Background Of The Project: Stakeholders in healthcare and science increasingly demand the rapid integration of teaching content on planetary health (PIH) into the curricula of all the healthcare professions. In medical education, such topics are currently only covered inadequately and are mostly limited to elective courses.

Why Was The Project Initiated?: In order to reach all medical students in the sense of a learning spiral and promote an interdisciplinary understanding of planetary health, a longitudinal mosaic curriculum is being developed that introduces aspects of planetary health throughout the entire course of study.

"And how am I going to ask about this?" - introducing the course "sexual anamnesis" in peer teaching for medical students in Würzburg.

Aim: A course on sexual anamnesis based on peer teaching was developed, piloted, and evaluated at the medical school of the University of Würzburg. The course is part of the expansion of the communication curriculum and in order to close existing gaps in medical education. An implementation of the course in the curriculum is meant to give all students the opportunity to acquire professional skills in this area.

Understanding the widespread use of veterinary ivermectin for Chagas disease, underlying factors and implications for the COVID-19 pandemic: a convergent mixed-methods study.

Objectives: Veterinary ivermectin (vet-IVM) has been used widely in Latin America against COVID-19, despite the lack of scientific evidence and potential risks. Widespread vet-IVM intake was also discovered against Chagas disease during a study in Bolivia prior to the pandemic. All vet-IVM-related data were extracted to understand this phenomenon, its extent and underlying factors and to discuss potential implications for the current pandemic.

Impact of benzodiazepines on posaconazole serum concentrations. A population-based pharmacokinetic study on drug interaction.

Objectives: Posaconazole is broadly used for antifungal prophylaxis and therapy. Current data suggest a concentration-dependent effect. Unlike other triazoles, cytochrome P450 is not a relevant route of biotransformation for posaconazole but glucuronidation, which might lead to a different spectrum of drug interactions.

Epidemiology of Candida blood stream infections in patients with hematological malignancies or solid tumors.

Invasive Candida infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Due to an increased incidence in patients with hematological or oncological malignancies, fluconazole prophylaxis became a common practice in many centers in the late 1990s. Until recently, there was insufficient data on the effect of the use of azoles on the incidence of Candida blood stream infections and species distribution.

Relevance of timing for determination of posaconazole plasma concentrations.

For posaconazole, drug monitoring is suggested, but the relevance of timing for the determination of posaconazole concentration (PC) remains unclear. We investigated the variation of PC before and 4 and 8 h after the administration of 400 mg of posaconazole. Mean concentrations were 645, 678, and 616 ng/ml.