Development of laparoscopic skills in skills-naïve trainees using self-directed learning with take-home laparoscopic trainer boxes.

Background: To determine if take home laparoscopic trainer boxes with only self-directed learning can develop laparoscopic skills in surgically naive learners.

Methods: 74 starting PGY1 OB/Gyn residents and OB/Gyn clerkship medical students volunteered for the study. Learners performed a laparoscopic peg transfer task with only task instructions and no additional training.

A Successful Dental Care Referral Program for Low-Income Pregnant Women in New York.

Despite evidence-based guidelines that advocate for dental care during pregnancy, dental utilization among pregnant women remains low, especially among low-income and racial-ethnic minority women. We investigated self-reported dental care referral and self-reported dental care attendance among a group of 298 low-income, largely racial-ethnic minority pregnant women attending two suburban prenatal care clinics that had integrated dental care referrals into their prenatal care according to these guidelines. We administered a questionnaire that asked women: (1) whether they had been referred for care by their prenatal care provider; (2) whether they had been seen by a dentist during pregnancy.

Are Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents Equipped to Care for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients? A National Survey Study.

Our study aims to assess three self-reported outcomes: (1) comfort of, (2) competency in, and (3) curricular satisfaction of OB-GYN residents in caring for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) patients. This was a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of OB-GYN residents consisting of 28 questions on a 4-point Likert scale. The survey was distributed to OB-GYN residents via residency program directors and coordinators.

Healing by Leaps and Gowns: A Novel Patient Gowning System to the Rescue.

Patient attire is paramount to a patient's dignity and hospital experience. The traditional hospital gown is dehumanizing, anachronistic, and was designed for providers' convenience. In this descriptive, prospective follow-up to our previous pilot study, we evaluated male and female medical and surgical patients and provider preference and experience with a novel patient gowning system, the Patient Access Linen System (PALS).

Third year medical students impersonalize and hedge when providing negative upward feedback to clinical faculty.

Medical students provide clinical teaching faculty with feedback on their skills as educators through anonymous surveys at the end of their clerkship rotation. Because faculty are in a position of power, students are hesitant to provide candid feedback. Our objective was to determine if medical students were willing to provide negative upward feedback to clinical faculty and describe how they conveyed their feedback.

Compassionate Coverage: A Patient Access Linen System.

Background: Patient attire is paramount to patient's dignity and overall experience. In this pilot study and in concert with a designer and clinician, we developed, patented, tested, and evaluated patient and provider preference and experience with a novel patient gowning system. Our objective was to survey obstetrics and gynecology hospital inpatients' and providers' experience with a novel hospital attire system; the patient access linen system (PALS).

Acute Myocardial Infarction in the First Trimester of Pregnancy in a Great Grand Multiparous Woman with Poorly Controlled Chronic Hypertension.

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction (MI) in pregnancy is a rare event, usually occurring late in gestation, either in the third trimester or in the puerperium. It is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Although diagnosis and management of MI in pregnancy has been discussed in the literature, management of pregnancy following an early antepartum MI, which may have more consequences for the fetus, has not received as much attention.

Not for industry only: medical students and office-based academic detailing the PIVOT (Pregnant women Influenza Vaccine Optimization Team) initiative.

Academic detailing is a method of educational outreach that utilizes individualized encounters with physicians to broach specific medical issues in an evidence-based and quality-driven manner. Medical students utilized the matter of influenza vaccination during pregnancy as a lens through which to explore the methods of academic detailing in a community setting. Structured and customized dialogues between North Shore-LIJ affiliated obstetricians and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ medical students were conducted regarding the disparity between the proportion of providers that recommend the vaccine and the percentage of pregnant women being vaccinated annually.

Benefits of a comprehensive, publicly funded prenatal care and obstetrics program.

Objective: To demonstrate the effectiveness of a comprehensive, multispecialty, interdisciplinary team approach to prenatal and obstetric care for previously medically underserved patients.

Study Design: A retrospective chart review analysis was performed on a total of 1,800 charts pertaining to 600 patients divided evenly between a publicly funded, comprehensive prenatal care program and that same institution's private faculty practice. For each of the 600 patients data were extracted from prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum records.