Mayo Clinic Hematology Fellowship for Advanced Practice Providers.

Advanced practice providers (APPs), including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), are part of a growing cancer care workforce. Current hematology-specific education provided by most graduate NP and PA school educations is limited. Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences launched a hematology-specific fellowship in 2018 to provide APPs with the skills and knowledge required to deliver high-quality specialty care in hematology and blood and marrow transplant (BMT).

Comparison of Diaphragm Thickness Measurements Among Postures Via Ultrasound Imaging.

Background: Assessment of diaphragm contraction may be useful for identifying impairments in patients with movement dysfunction involving trunk stabilization, respiration, or both. Real-time ultrasound imaging is a readily available technology that can be used to quickly assess this aspect of diaphragm activity. Although previous studies have examined diaphragm contraction in the supine posture, a comparison of measurements between supine and upright postures has not been made.

Joint mobilization vs massage for chronic mechanical neck pain: a pilot study to assess recruitment strategies and estimate outcome measure variability.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of a trial comparing cervical spine mobilization and massage as adjuncts to usual physical therapy treatments (superficial heat and head and neck posture education) for chronic neck pain. Specific objectives were to assess procedures and recruitment strategies and estimate the variability of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and visual analog scale (VAS) in a population of subjects with chronic nonspecific neck pain and calculate a sample size for a definitive trial.

Methods: Subjects with nonspecific chronic neck pain (≥3 months) were randomized to receive either sedative massage or cervical spine joint mobilization in addition to postural education and home exercises.

Collaborative model of clinical education in physical and occupational therapy at the Mayo Clinic.

Clinical education experiences, a significant portion of entry-level professional education programs in physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), commonly use a one student to one clinical instructor (1:1) model. Recently, though, the collaborative model of clinical education has received more attention in the professional literature and in clinical education experiences. The collaborative model--where two or more students complete a clinical education experience within a specific clinical area while supervised and educated by one primary clinical instructor (2:1 or 3:1)--has been used historically within the Mayo Clinic's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in PT and now OT.

Comparison of the Neck Disability Index and the Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire in a sample of patients with chronic uncomplicated neck pain.

Objective: This study compares the sensitivity to change of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and the Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ) in patients with chronic uncomplicated neck pain.

Methods: This prospective longitudinal study was completed in an outpatient physical therapy clinic. Subjects, with uncomplicated neck pain (no concurrent shoulder pain or nerve root symptoms) for more than a 3-month duration, participated in a 4-week course of therapy that included moist heat, neck exercises, and either mobilization or massage.