Publications by authors named "V Uhley"
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- * In a four-week challenge, 46 medical students engaged in health screenings and nutrition seminars, resulting in significant weight loss and reductions in blood pressure.
- * Results showed a strong push from participants for more nutrition education in medical schools, indicating that integrating such topics could enhance long-term patient health outcomes.
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- - Longitudinal bone growth is influenced by various factors, including nutrients and hormones, but childhood obesity can disrupt these processes by affecting signaling pathways and placing stress on the body.
- - A review of existing research highlights the role of the epiphyseal growth plate and shows how obesity leads to abnormal bone development, emphasizing the need for adequate nutrition during critical growth periods.
- - To promote healthy bone growth, the review suggests focusing on nutrient-dense diets rather than caloric restrictions, and that supervised weight loss with proper nutrition can mitigate the negative impacts of childhood obesity on bone health.
An interdisciplinary team-teaching session was introduced to high school students who participated in the Oakland University William Beaumont Future Physician Summer Enrichment Program. The rising prevalence of adolescent obesity necessitates innovative educational strategies that effectively engage high school students in understanding the complex physiologic mechanisms and nutrition concepts underlying its development. This submission presents a session that is designed to integrate the physiological concepts and nutrition that are associated with the development of obesity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExaminations are essential in assessing student learning in medical education. Ensuring the quality of exam questions is a highly challenging yet necessary task to assure that assessments are equitable, reliable, and aptly gauge student learning. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the incorporation of student feedback can enhance the quality of exam questions in the Renal and Urinary System course, offered to second-year medical students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Foundational and clinical science integration, a long-standing goal of undergraduate medical education, benefits learners by promoting retention of critical knowledge and skills as well as their transfer to the clinical setting. We implemented a team-based learning (TBL) module in which foundational knowledge and skills from the disciplines of biochemistry, nutrition, and genetics were leveraged in a simulated patient encounter for diagnosis and management of a patient with dyslipidemia.
Methods: The TBL was deployed in a first-year medical student cardiovascular system course with 125 students over three academic years.