Virtual Obstetric Emergency Simulations: Enhancing Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence of Emergency Medicine and Obstetric Professionals.

Objective:  Between 2008 and 2016, 23% of pregnancy-related deaths in Ohio occurred in an emergency department (ED) or outpatient setting. Prior research showed that 98% of Ohio's delivery hospitals conduct obstetric (OB) emergency simulations, whereas only 30% include ED staff. The goal of the grant was to increase the knowledge, skill, and self-efficacy of emergency medicine (EM) professionals in managing OB emergencies.

Using simulation to train clinical providers in the effective use of telehealth.

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became a widely used method to provide patient care. Providers had to quickly learn how to adapt traditional clinical care to the virtual environment. The existing literature focuses on the technological aspects of telehealth with only a few publications addressing optimization of communication, with even fewer looking at the use of simulation to fill the knowledge gap in this area.

Improving Training Motivation and Transfer in Hospitals: Extension of a Conceptual Model.

Health-care professionals undergo numerous training programs each year in order to fulfill licensure requirements and organizational obligations. However, evidence suggests that a substantial amount of what is taught during training is never learned or transferred back to routine work. A major contributor to this issue is low training motivation.

Medical Emergency Management in the Dental Office (MEMDO): A Pilot Study Assessing a Simulation-Based Training Curriculum for Dentists.

In the event of a medical emergency in the dental office, the dentist must be able to identify a patient in distress, assess the situation, and institute proper management. This study assessed the impact of a simulation-based medical emergency preparedness curriculum on a resident's ability to manage medical emergencies. This interventional and pre-post educational pilot study included 8 participants who completed a standard curriculum and 8 who completed a modified curriculum (N = 16).

Feasibility and usability study of a pilot immersive virtual reality-based empathy training for dental providers.

Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact individuals' engagement with the healthcare system. To address SDOH-related oral health disparities, providers must be equipped with knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) to understand how SDOH affect patients and how to mitigate these effects. Traditional dental school curricula provide limited training on recognizing SDOH or developing empathy for those with SDOH-related access barriers.

Psychological Health Among Gastroenterologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented and unique challenges to gastroenterologists eager to maintain clinical practice, patients' health, and their own physical/mental well-being. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and critical determinants of psychological distress in gastroenterologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Breaking bad news: A communication competency for ophthalmology training programs.

As the ophthalmology accreditation system undergoes major changes, training programs must evaluate residents in the 6 core competencies, including appropriately communicating bad news. Although the literature is replete with recommendations for breaking bad news across various non-ophthalmology specialties, no formal training programs exist for ophthalmology. There are many valuable lessons to be learned from our colleagues regarding this important skill.

Primary Care of the Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease involves 2 major disorders, ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease, both of which are due to inflammatory dysregulation in the gastrointestinal tract. Although these disorders have many overlapping features in pathophysiology and management, our current understanding of inflammatory bowel disease has illuminated several distinguishing features of the 2 diseases. This article highlights similarities and differences most applicable to a primary care physician's practice.

Gastroenterology.

Gastroenterology and hepatology are dynamic and changing fields. Recent scientific advances have improved the understanding of disease pathogenesis and have made possible more effective therapies than ever available previously. An enormous number of individuals are afflicted with these gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders and conditions.