An examination of eating disorder education and experience in a 1-month adolescent medicine rotation: what is sufficient to foster adequate self-efficacy?

Objective Medical students and professionals report receiving limited education/training related to treating eating disorders. Because medical professionals are the point of initial contact for these patients and are involved necessarily in their treatment, sufficient knowledge on identification and intervention are imperative. This research set out to examine the impact of the eating disorder education and experience offered through a 1-month Adolescent Medicine rotation at a medical university on medical student/resident self-efficacy.

Eating disorders in Arkansas: trends observed over fourteen years.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore trends among patients presenting to an outpatient multidisciplinary child and adolescent eating disorders program over a period of fourteen years (1997-2010).

Methods: An Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved chart review was performed on demographic, physical and psychological data collected at intake on 507 patients who presented to the eating disorders program during the target time period. Gender, age, ethnicity, diagnosis, weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), bone density and Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) are among some of the variables collected.

Eating disorders in a rural state: two adolescent cases: a Hispanic male and a Korean female.

Purpose: The objective is to increase knowledge on eating disorder presentation and prevalence across age, gender and ethnicity.

Methods: Two adolescent ethnic minority cases diagnostically evaluated and treated at a multidisciplinary pediatric eating disorders specialty clinic in a rural state.

Results: A 14-year-old Hispanic male presented with a history of a 22-pound weight loss over brief period, food restriction, over-exercising, excessive fears regarding weight.

Bradycardia: an important physical finding in anorexia nervosa.

Cardiovascular complications are common in patients with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder resulting in severe malnutrition that affects multiple organ systems. Sinus bradycardia is the most common cardiovascular physical finding and the most common arrhythmia in patients with anorexia nervosa. It is important to appreciate the significance of sinus bradycardia in this clinical setting because it may be associated with sudden death, especially in the presence of other arrhythmias or EKG abnormalities, such as prolongation of the QTc interval.

The use of a parent support group in the outpatient treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders.

Our objective was to measure parents' level of satisfaction and perceived benefits gained from participating in a parent support group as part of an outpatient treatment program. We mailed surveys to 261 parent/guardian participants. Results reflected high satisfaction with the support group.