Design, Creation, and 13-Month Performance of a Novel, Web-Based Activity for Education in Primary Cardiology Palliative Care.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) clinicians who care for seriously ill patients frequently report that they do not feel confident nor adequately prepared to manage patients' palliative care (PC) needs. With the goal, therefore, of increasing PC knowledge and skills amongst interprofessional clinicians providing CVD care, the ACC's PC Workgroup designed, developed, and implemented a comprehensive PC online educational activity. This paper describes the process and 13-month performance of this free, online activity for clinicians across disciplines and levels of training, "Palliative Care for the Cardiovascular Clinician" (PCCVC).

An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Experiences of Interprofessional Teams Who Received Coaching to Simultaneously Redesign Primary Care Education and Clinical Practice.

Introduction/objectives: Coaching is emerging as a form of facilitation in health professions education. Most studies focus on one-on-one coaching rather than team coaching. We assessed the experiences of interprofessional teams coached to simultaneously improve primary care residency training and interprofessional practice.

Hormonal variations in the vascularity of breast tissue.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are sonographically detectable variations in breast glandularity and vascularity due to hormonal changes during the course of a normal menstrual cycle.

Methods: Gray scale and color and power Doppler sonographic evaluations were performed on 7 premenopausal patients over the course of 1 menstrual cycle. Progesterone and estradiol levels were measured from saliva collected from the patients.

Microcalcifications in breast tissue phantoms visualized with acoustic resonance coupled with power Doppler US: initial observations.

Calcium carbonate particles embedded in gelatin and turkey breast tissues were visualized with acoustic resonance imaging and power Doppler ultrasonography. Sonography revealed that the region of color level detection corresponded to the location of the calcium carbonate particles. Correlation between color level detection and the location of the particles was confirmed on radiographs of the specimens obtained at core needle biopsy performed through the region of color level detection.