Effectiveness of innovative instructional module for professional competence in health literacy in medical students.

Background: Physicians should be equipped with professional competence in health literacy to communicate more effectively with patients with limited health literacy. However, the health literacy curriculum has not yet been refined globally, and is scarce in Taiwan's medical education. We implemented an innovative instructional module to attain professional competence in health literacy among medical students and investigated its effects.

Adequate emergency department resource usage: Applying simulation-based workshop to improve teaching competence among elementary and junior high school teachers in Taiwan.

Introduction: More than 80% of patients who visited Emergency Department (ED) was not urgent in Taiwan in 2019. It causes insufficient medical services and a latent fiscal threat to the Nation Health Insurance (NHI). This study adopted simulation-based educating modules to explore the effect in teaching competence among primary and middle school teachers for efficient AEDRU (adequate emergency department resource usage) education in the future.

Risk Factors for Tracheobronchomalacia in Preterm Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

To identify the risk factors associated with the development of tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). This was a retrospective cohort study using chart reviews of preterm infants born at ≤ 36 week's gestation who underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in a tertiary pediatric referral center between January 2015 and January 2020. Indications for the bronchoscopy examination included lobar atelectasis on plain chest film, persistent CO retention, recurrent extubation failure, or abnormal breathing sounds such as wheeze or stridor.

Clinical survey and predictors for the development of tracheobronchomalacia in preterm infants.

Background: Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) contributes to the increased morbidity and mortality observed in preterm infants. Effective strategies for the prevention of TBM are necessary to achieve better outcomes. We sought to identify risk factors associated with the development of TBM in preterm infants.

Ebola virus disease and social media: A systematic review.

Objectives: We systematically reviewed existing research pertinent to Ebola virus disease and social media, especially to identify the research questions and the methods used to collect and analyze social media.

Methods: We searched 6 databases for research articles pertinent to Ebola virus disease and social media. We extracted the data using a standardized form.