The Best Laid Plans? A Qualitative Investigation of How Resident Physicians Plan Their Learning.

Purpose: Adaptive expertise (AE) has been identified as a critical trait to cultivate in future physicians. The 4-phase master adaptive learner (MAL) conceptual model describes the learning skills and behaviors necessary to develop AE. Though prior work has elucidated skills and behaviors used by MALs in the initial planning phase of learning, most resident learners are not thought to be MALs.

Simultaneous Interpenetrating Polymer Network of Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid as an -Forming Corneal Defect Filler.

Timely treatment of corneal injuries injury can help to prevent corneal scarring, blindness, and the need for corneal transplantation. This work describes a novel hydrogel that can fill corneal defects and assist in corneal regeneration. This hydrogel is a simultaneous interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) composed of collagen cross-linked strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction and hyaluronic acid cross-linked thiol-ene Michael click reaction.

Assessment of Eye Disease and Visual Impairment in the Nursing Home Population Using Mobile Health Technology.

Background And Objective: To characterize the burden of eye disease and the utility of teleophthalmology in nursing home patients, a population with ophthalmic needs not commensurate with care received.

Patients And Methods: Informed consent was obtained from 78 California Bay Area skilled nursing facility patients. Near visual acuity (VA) and anterior/posterior segment photographs were taken with a smartphone-based VA app and ophthalmic camera system.