Moving to a more restrictive transfusion protocol: Outcomes in head and neck free flap surgery.

Purpose: To determine if a more restrictive transfusion protocol results in increased rates of adverse flap outcomes in patients undergoing free tissue transfer.

Materials And Methods: Mixed retrospective and prospective cohort study. Patients who underwent surgery before the protocol change were collected retrospectively.

Perceived Benefits of a Peer Mentoring Program for First-Year Medical Students.

Peer mentoring has long been accepted as beneficial in a multitude of fields, but there has been limited description or study of the way these types of relationships may benefit medical students. Peer mentoring may be helpful for 1st-year medical students; however, little evidence is thus far available on which aspects of peer mentoring provide benefit and what those specific benefits are. This study examines the perceived benefits and satisfaction derived by 1st-year medical students from participation in a semi-structured, informal cross-year peer mentoring program.