Speed Mentoring: An Effective & Efficient Path to Development of Mentor Relationships in a Military Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency.

Introduction: With a deficit of effective military residency mentorships, a paucity of research on successful mentorship programs, and growing reports on innovative mentoring programs, we developed a "Speed Mentoring" event for the National Capital Consortium OBGYN Residency.

Materials And Methods: The development, implementation, and follow-up responses through participant surveys were designed as an institutional review board (IRB)-approved evidence-based quality improvement project at our institution. Our event coordinated mentorship opportunities between residents and faculty from a wide range of specialties, leadership roles, and research experiences.

A Case of Intertwin Membrane Hemorrhage with Spontaneous Resolution.

Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy places women at increased risk of spontaneous abortion. Etiologies for threatened and spontaneous abortions have been well studied, but there is little information on intertwin membrane hemorrhage. We present a patient with a multiple gestation pregnancy who experienced first trimester vaginal bleeding with visualization and subsequent rapid resolution of an intertwin membrane hemorrhage.

Comment on "a peptidomimetic targeting white fat causes weight loss and improved insulin resistance in obese monkeys".

A study reporting that a peptidomimetic adipotide reduces weight loss in obese monkeys by inducing apoptosis of blood vessels surrounding white adipose tissue may instead reflect a direct effect of adipotide on food consumption.