Publications by authors named "Shelby Olesovsky"
Introduction: While medical school interventions can help address rural physician shortages, many urban Canadian medical students lack exposure to rural medicine. The Rural Mentorship Programme (RMP) is a 4-month pilot initiative designed by medical students to bridge this gap by pairing preclerkship medical students at an urban medical school with rural physician mentors to provide exposure to rural careers.
Methods: A realist-influenced methodology evaluated perceived benefits and challenges of RMP, assessed how RMP influenced mentee perceptions and intentions towards rural careers, and investigated factors leading to success.
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- Stroke is a major global health issue, leading to significant disability and highlighting the need for better recovery therapies and assessment tools.
- Nonhuman primates, like cynomolgus macaques, were used in a study to evaluate motor function after inducing stroke, demonstrating their similarity to human motor deficits.
- The study revealed that post-stroke movements were slower and less accurate, identifying sensorimotor deficits that validate the use of robotic assessment tools in stroke research.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 350,000 Canadians and has an estimated annual economic burden exceeding $800 million dollars. Anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy and catheter ablation (CA) are the two common treatments for paroxysmal AF. However, the upfront costs of CA are quite substantial.
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