Group peer mentoring to improve faculty connections and enhance mentoring networks.

Background: Difficulty finding mentors and forging connections in academic departments can be challenging and became even more so when the COVID-19 pandemic reduced opportunities for informal networking. Even as restrictions on in-person meetings eased, many faculty preferred meetings to remain virtual. Because some of the most powerful predictors of faculty vitality are positive professional relationships and feelings of inclusion and belonging to an institution, attending to faculty needs in this area is important to mitigate undesired lingering consequences.

"Hot Seat" Simulation to Teach Conflict Management Skills to Residents.

Background: Conflict management is an important leadership skill for residents to develop, yet it is a challenging skill to practice.

Objective: We developed and evaluated a workshop that teaches conflict resolution skills to physical medicine and rehabilitation residents in a group setting with real-time faculty coaching and peer feedback.

Methods: A 4-step model for handling work-related conflicts was taught, and then residents practiced their skills during a realistic simulated conflict with a trained actor.

Electrodiagnosis in the Patient with Metabolic Syndrome: Adding Value to Patient Care.

Patients with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of peripheral neuropathy; entrapment neuropathies, such as carpal tunnel syndrome; and spine disease that can lead to radiculopathy or spinal stenosis. Electrodiagnostic studies are a valuable part of patient care in this population. They can confirm suspected diagnoses, uncover additional conditions, and lead to the diagnosis of other causes of neuropathy that require treatment.

New challenges for the graduate medical educator: implementing the milestones.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs will face new challenges as they implement the Milestones and establish a Clinical Competency Committee, new requirements in the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education's Next Accreditation System. The milestones require programs to measure the capabilities of individual residents, and programs will be expected to show how residents progress to successively higher levels of behavior during the course of the residency. Program directors will be assisted by a committee of faculty whose role is to assess each individual resident's attainment of milestones and assist in the early identification of residents not making the expected progress.

Review of upper and lower extremity musculoskeletal pain problems.

This article reviews common causes of upper and lower extremity pain problems, including bone pain, osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, and muscle pain problems. These common conditions affect many areas of the body; knowledge of their diagnosis and treatment guides the rehabilitation of many patients who have musculoskeletal complaints.

Lumbar stabilization: a review of core concepts and current literature, part 2.

Lumbar-stabilization exercise programs have become increasingly popular as a treatment for low-back pain. In this article, we outline an evidence-based medicine approach to evaluating patients for a lumbar-stabilization program. We also discuss typical clinical components of this type of program and the rationale for including these particular features based on the medical literature.

Evidence-based treatment of foot and ankle injuries in runners.

Foot and ankle injuries are common in runners. Treatment is becoming more evidence-based for the most common of these conditions; however, further research is needed to determine the best treatments for injuries that are encountered less commonly.

Lumbar stabilization: core concepts and current literature, Part 1.

The factors that affect lumbar stability have been an area of extensive research. The clinical application of this research in the form of lumbar stabilization exercise programs has become a common treatment of low back pain and is also increasingly used by athletes to improve performance and by the general public for health and the prevention of injury. This article includes a review of the key concepts behind lumbar stabilization.

Whiplash: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

We have reviewed the literature relevant to pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) since 1995 and provided a brief summary of literature pertaining to forces action on the head and neck during a motor vehicle accident. The scope of the current review is confined to the Quebec guidelines for WAD grades 1-3 but excludes grade 4 (neck complaints and fracture or dislocation). After excluding papers without scientific data and single case reports or case series with fewer than 20 patients, articles were reviewed for methodological quality.

Rotator cuff disease.

Rotator cuff disease is a complex condition. It includes a variety of pathologies, ranging from tendinosis to complete tear. The cause seems to be multifactorial and is most likely a combination of major trauma, microtrauma from daily wear and tear, and age related degeneration.