In-person classroom instruction and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among undergraduates at Indiana University, Fall 2020.

To examine how in-person classroom instruction was related to risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in undergraduate students. Indiana University undergraduate students (n = 69,606) enrolled in Fall 2020, when courses with in-person and remote instruction options were available. Students participated weekly in mandatory SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR asymptomatic testing by random selection, supplemented with symptomatic testing as needed.

Applicant Reactions to the AAMC Standardized Video Interview During the 2018 Application Cycle.

Purpose: This study examined applicant reactions to the Association of American Medical Colleges Standardized Video Interview (SVI) during its first year of operational use in emergency medicine (EM) residency program selection to identify strategies to improve applicants' SVI experience and attitudes.

Method: Individuals who self-classified as EM applicants applying in the Electronic Residency Application Service 2018 cycle and who completed the SVI in summer 2017 were invited to participate in 2 surveys. Survey 1, which focused on procedural issues, was administered immediately after SVI completion.

The AAMC Standardized Video Interview: Reactions and Use by Residency Programs During the 2018 Application Cycle.

Purpose: To evaluate how emergency medicine residency programs perceived and used Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Standardized Video Interview (SVI) total scores and videos during the Electronic Residency Application Service 2018 cycle.

Method: Study 1 (November 2017) used a program director survey to evaluate user reactions to the SVI following the first year of operational use. Study 2 (January 2018) analyzed program usage of SVI video responses using data collected through the AAMC Program Director's Workstation.

Innovation in Residency Selection: The AAMC Standardized Video Interview.

Purpose: Innovative tools are needed to shift residency selection toward a more holistic process that balances academic achievement with other competencies important for success in residency. The authors evaluated the feasibility of the AAMC Standardized Video Interview (SVI) and evidence of the validity of SVI total scores.

Method: The SVI, developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges, consists of six questions designed to assess applicants' interpersonal and communication skills and knowledge of professionalism.

An assessment of residents' and fellows' personal finance literacy: an unmet medical education need.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess residents' and fellows' knowledge of finance principles that may affect their personal financial health.

Methods: A cross-sectional, anonymous, web-based survey was administered to a convenience sample of residents and fellows at two academic medical centers.  Respondents answered 20 questions on personal finance and 28 questions about their own financial planning, attitudes, and debt.

Timing of Emergency Medicine Student Evaluation Does Not Affect Scoring.

Background: Evaluation of medical students rotating through the emergency department (ED) is an important formative and summative assessment method. Intuitively, delaying evaluation should affect the reliability of this assessment method, however, the effect of evaluation timing on scoring is unknown.

Objective: A quality-improvement project evaluating the timing of end-of-shift ED evaluations at the University of Arizona was performed to determine whether delay in evaluation affected the score.

Analysis of the evaluative components on the Standard Letter of Recommendation (SLOR) in Emergency Medicine.

Introduction: The standard letter of recommendation in emergency medicine (SLOR) was developed to standardize the evaluation of applicants, improve inter-rater reliability, and discourage grade inflation. The primary objective of this study was to describe the distribution of categorical variables on the SLOR in order to characterize scoring tendencies of writers.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all SLORs written on behalf of applicants to the three Emergency Medicine residency programs in the University of Arizona Health Network (i.

Does the experience of the writer affect the evaluative components on the standardized letter of recommendation in emergency medicine?

Background: The Standardized Letter of Recommendation (SLOR) was developed in an attempt to standardize the evaluation of applicants to an emergency medicine (EM) residency.

Objective: Our aim was to determine whether the Global Assessment Score (GAS) and Likelihood of Matching Assessment (LOMA) of the SLOR for applicants applying to an EM residency are affected by the experience of the letter writer. We describe the distribution of GAS and LOMA grades and compare the GAS and LOMA scores to length of time an applicant knew the letter writer and number of EM rotations.

Syndromic surveillance for influenza in the emergency department-A systematic review.

The science of surveillance is rapidly evolving due to changes in public health information and preparedness as national security issues, new information technologies and health reform. As the Emergency Department has become a much more utilized venue for acute care, it has also become a more attractive data source for disease surveillance. In recent years, influenza surveillance from the Emergency Department has increased in scope and breadth and has resulted in innovative and increasingly accepted methods of surveillance for influenza and influenza-like-illness (ILI).

Influenza vaccination in the emergency department: are our patients at risk?

Background: Influenza is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality annually. Vaccination strategies target high-risk patients. The percentage of Emergency Department (ED) patients at high risk is largely unknown.

Impact of the Final Rule on the rate of clinical cardiac arrest research in the United States.

Background: The federal government placed a moratorium on human emergency resuscitation research in 1993 due to concerns related to informed consent. In 1996, the Food and Drug Administration introduced the Final Rule in order to allow clinical resuscitation research to proceed in special cases without prospective informed consent. It is unclear, however, how this change has impacted the performance of this research.