'The Virtual Check-In': A tool to facilitate virtual patient interaction for early clinical learners in a longitudinal integrated clerkship.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. In response to restrictions on learner placements in clinical environments during the COVID-19 pandemic the authors developed a tool, 'The Virtual Check-In', for clinical clerks in the University of Calgary Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship.

The limited effectiveness of a home-based eccentric training for treatment of Achilles tendinopathy.

Purpose: Objective was to evaluate the outcome of a standardized heavy load eccentric training program in adults with chronic painful Achilles tendinopathy, and the presence of increased Colour Doppler activity in diseased and non-diseased adults. The hypothesis was that patient satisfaction would fall within the range of average satisfaction present in the literature (60 to 90%).

Methods: Twenty patients were instructed on a training program based on the Alfredson protocol of straight leg followed by bent knee heel drops and raises.