Publications by authors named "Seth McKenzie Alexander"

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  • Many medical curricula lack sufficient nutrition education, which is crucial for health outcomes.
  • A new online nutrition module was developed and tested on 15 medical students, showing a significant increase in knowledge from pre-assessment to post-assessment.
  • The module was effective in teaching essential nutrition topics and demonstrated that students retained most of the information even two months later.
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Future physicians require a strong foundational knowledge of autonomic nervous system (ANS) pharmacology to safely prescribe many medications. Spaced repetition in medical education has previously been examined in the literature. However, we have yet to elucidate the perception of spaced repetition integration into pharmacology curricula across multiple organ systems from a cohort of medical students.

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Despite the shortage of physicians in the United States, there is no consensus among medical educators as to how to address the nation's unmet needs. A growing but unfulfilled argument is to revisit the configuration of medical education and the time required to complete medical training. Pilot programs, such as shortened programs or advancement-in-place structures to accelerate the practice capability of trainees, have been attempted.

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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a life-threatening sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Limited data are available regarding risk-stratification or long-term outcomes in MIS-C. This study sought to determine associations between serologic markers and severity of illness and understand long-term cardiac outcomes.

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Unlabelled: Peer tutoring can benefit both learners and peer teachers that are distinct from the learning that occurs in expert-guided learning environments. This study sought to evaluate the peer tutoring program at a large public medical school to determine the strengths and weaknesses of a near-peer tutoring program and its benefits beyond students' typical classroom-based learning. This was a survey-based study of learners and tutors participating in the peer tutoring program.

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