A Clinical Librarian Embedded in Medical Education: Patient-Centered Encounters for Preclinical Medical Students.

Adding patient encounters and simulation to the preclinical years of medical school is becoming increasingly popular. This article describes the creation of active learning opportunities by a clinical librarian that are aimed at training preclinical students through the use of simulated patient scenarios. Scenarios for second-year students walk them through the evidence-based resources needed in clinical years and beyond through a standardized patient encounter.

Neonatal ovarian torsion complicated by intestinal obstruction and perforation, and review of the literature.

We present a case of neonatal ovarian torsion complicated by bowel obstruction and perforation and review the literature regarding the incidence of bowel obstruction in neonatal ovarian cysts, the presentation, and treatment. A term neonate was prenatally diagnosed with a cystic abdominal mass palpable on physical examination. A postnatal abdominal x-ray showed paucity of gas in the left hemiabdomen with rightward displacement of bowel loops.

Multicenter trial of the clinical activities tool to document the comparability of clinical experiences in obstetrics-gynecology clerkships.

Purpose: To assess the implementation of the Clinical Activities Tool (CAT) for facilitating Liaison Committee on Medical Education-required documentation of the comparability of obstetrics-gynecology (ob/gyn) clinical experiences and midclerkship feedback at multiple sites during one academic year.

Method: Ob/gyn clerkship students at six U.S.

Retention of medical genetics knowledge and skills by medical students.

Purpose: To determine whether specific knowledge and skills medical students acquire after completing a Year 1 genetics course are retained at the end of Year 3.

Methods: A genetics case was developed for an observed structured clinical exam at the end of Year 3. The case involved a pregnant patient who underwent population screening for cystic fibrosis and is identified as a carrier of a common mutation.

Maternal hypothyroidism in early and late gestation: effects on neonatal and obstetric outcome.

Background: Maternal hypothyroidism may be associated with a variety of adverse neonatal and obstetric outcomes. Whether these outcomes are affected by maternal thyroid status at initial presentation or in late gestation specifically within a dedicated antenatal endocrine clinic remains unclear. The effects of thyroxine dose requirement during pregnancy and serum concentrations of TSH within such clinic settings are still not known.