Can a single interactive seminar durably improve knowledge and confidence of hospital diabetes management?

Background: Safe and effective diabetes management in the hospital is challenging. Inadequate knowledge has been identified by trainees as a key barrier. In this study we assess both the short-term and long-term impact of an interactive seminar on medical student knowledge and comfort with hospital diabetes management.

Preprocedure and preoperative management of diabetes mellitus.

Appropriate management of diabetes mellitus before a procedure or operation is important for the prevention of hypo- and hyperglycemia in the periprocedural/perioperative period. This can significantly influence glucose levels after a procedure, which in turn affects outcomes. There is a paucity of prospective trials addressing algorithms to guide adjustment of oral diabetes medications and insulin prior to a procedure.

Management of non-islet-cell tumor hypoglycemia: a clinical review.

Context: Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare but serious paraneoplastic syndrome in which a tumor secretes high molecular weight IGF-II, causing hypoglycemia. Complete tumor resection is curative but is often delayed or unfeasible. There is no clear "standard of care" for managing these patients.

An academic hospitalist model to improve healthcare worker communication and learner education: results from a quasi-experimental study at a Veterans Affairs medical center.

Background: Although hospitalists may improve efficiency and quality of inpatient care, their effect on healthcare-worker communication and education has been less well-studied.

Objective: To test various approaches to improving healthcare-worker communication and learner education within the context of a newly designed academic hospital medicine program.

Design: Before-and-after design with concurrent control group.