Teaching Principles of Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Hackathons: Case Study and Qualitative Analysis.

Background: Innovation and entrepreneurship training are increasingly recognized as being important in medical education. However, the lack of faculty comfort with the instruction of these concepts as well as limited scholarly recognition for this work has limited the implementation of curricula focused on these skills. Furthermore, this lack of familiarity limits the inclusion of practicing physicians in health care innovation, where their experience is valuable.

Calculated decisions: Drug resistance in pneumonia (DRIP) score.

A review of the uses and evidence for the DRIP score, which predicts risk for community-acquired pneumonia due to drug-resistant pathogens.

Dietary soy phytoestrogens effects on retinal thickness in rats.

Naturally occurring estrogen-like molecules in plants (phytoestrogens), present via soy, in animal diets are known to alter brain morphology and reproductive endocrine parameters. This study characterized dietary phytoestrogens' effect on retinal thickness in male and female Long-Evans rats. Experiment 1a and 1b: upon arrival (50 day-old) animals received either a phytoestrogen-rich diet (containing 600 microg phytoestrogen/g diet; referred to as Phyto-600) or a diet low in phytoestrogens (Phyto-free).