Primary palliative care education in emergency medicine residency: A mixed-methods analysis of a yearlong, multimodal intervention.

Background: Emergency medicine (EM) physicians frequently care for seriously ill patients at the end of life. Palliative care initiated in the emergency department (ED) can improve symptom management and quality of life, align treatments with patient preferences, and reduce length of hospitalization. We evaluated an educational intervention with digital tools for palliative care discussions in an urban EM residency using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.

Telemedicine for Cranial Radiosurgery Patients in a Rural U.S. Population: Patterns and Predictors of Patient Utilization.

Telemedicine retains potential for increasing access to specialty providers in underserved and rural communities. COVID-19 accelerated adoption of telehealth beyond rural populations, serving as a primary modality of patient-provider encounters for many nonemergent diagnoses. From 2020 to 2021, telemedicine was incorporated in management of stereotactic radiosurgery patients.

The Low-Wage Essential Worker: Occupational Concerns and Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Round Table.

Background: Planning occupational health and wellness services and support directed toward low-wage, essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a number of challenges across work settings. This article explores the concerns and needs of low-wage essential workers as understood by experts in the field.

Methods: Leading experts in the areas of occupational health and safety, risk management, insurance, and professional education/training were identified and invited to participate in a Round Table discussion.

Variability in the Massive Open Cluster NGC 1817 from : A Rich Population of Asteroseismic Red Clump, Eclipsing Binary, and Main-sequence Pulsating Stars.

We present a survey of variable stars detected in Campaign 13 within the massive intermediate-age (~1 Gyr) open cluster NGC 1817. We identify a complete sample of 44 red clump stars in the cluster, and have measured asteroseismic quantities ( and/or Δ) for 29 of them. Five stars showed suppressed dipole modes, and the occurrence rates indicate that mode suppression is unaffected by evolution through core helium burning.

Planning for Active Learning in the Didactic Classroom.

Driven by the convergence of the exponential growth of medical knowledge and the dated medical education delivery system, educators in physician assistant (PA) programs are striving to create teaching practices that actively engage students, improve knowledge retention, and prepare students for a career that requires lifelong learning and reflection. The emphasis on professor-directed teaching and learning activities is shifting toward a more learner-centered approach. To incorporate appropriate active learning exercises into the PA classroom, instructors must plan, design, and execute pedagogically sound practices.