Milestones for medical students completing a clinical genetics elective.

Purpose: We are not aware of any competency-based evaluation method that is specifically designed for a genetics elective for medical students. Here, we aimed to create a milestone template to improve evaluation and to use the feedback from the template to improve the elective.

Methods: Through an iterative process using feedback from eight medical students and eight attendings, we crafted a milestone template for the medical student genetics rotation.

Overview: referrals for genetic evaluation from child psychiatrists.

A growing multitude of known genetic diagnoses can result in presentation to child psychiatry. For numerous reasons, it is important to identify a genetic etiology in child psychiatry patients when it is present. Genetic diagnoses can guide treatment and enable access to specialized clinics and appropriate screening measures.

What patients with addiction disorders need from their primary care physicians: A qualitative study.

Background: Although strong relationships between primary care providers (PCPs) and patients with addictive disease are essential for care, these relationships are often strained. Providers frequently have negative attitudes about treating these patients, in part due to the practical and psychosocial challenges that come with addictive disease. Resulting hostility frequently causes avoidance of primary care by patients with potentially increased morbidity.