Introduction The impact of modifications in curriculum and clinical rotations made secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education has yet to be fully investigated. We observed differences in the types of patients seen by medical students that may have resulted from clinical disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We then evaluated what impact these disruptions had on the students' clinical competency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Endovascular coil embolization continues to become a more frequent modality of addressing hemorrhage and bleeding in patients. Migration refers to the coil unraveling or moving from the original embolization site. Migration of a coil is a known complication which can lead to serious consequences based on where the coil migrates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provided our institution a unique opportunity to develop a new procedural curriculum for our fourth-year, emergency medicine-bound medical students. A significant portion of our ED's fourth-year elective has traditionally been centered in our simulation center, using high-fidelity simulation models to practice important emergency medicine procedures. Due to the pandemic, the simulation center was unavailable for our use, and this new curriculum was created in an effort to fill this gap in procedural education.
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