Milestones 2.0: An advancement in competency-based assessment for dermatology.

In 2013, Next Accreditation System and Milestones became the competency-based assessment framework required for all specialties accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Dermatology residency programs implemented Milestones 1.0 in the 2013-2014 academic year.

Patient care, public health, and a pandemic: adapting educational experiences in the clinical years.

The University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health rapidly adapted its four-year, three-phase medical doctorate clinical curriculum at the onset of the COVID-19 in Spring 2020. Medical students in clinical rotations, our Phase 2 and 3 of the ForWard curriculum, temporarily stopped face to face care of patients, transitioning instead to online learning. For Phase 2 students, this single 12- week interim course included didactic content from all required integrated blocks and the creation of a new content which taught public health principles in the context of historical pandemics.

A Mastery Learning Module on Sterile Technique to Prepare Graduating Medical Students for Internship.

Introduction: Sterile technique is a basic technical skill used for a number of bedside procedures. Proper use of sterile technique improves patient safety by reducing infection risk.

Methods: We applied the principles of mastery learning to develop a simulation-based mastery learning module for sterile technique that was used as part of a 2-week internship preparatory course for fourth-year medical students.

Role of CRD-BP in the growth of human basal cell carcinoma cells.

Although the number of new cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) has increased rapidly in the last few decades, the molecular basis of its pathogenesis is not completely understood. Activation of the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway has been shown to be a key factor driving the development of BCC. The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway was also shown to be activated in BCCs and to perhaps modulate the activity of the Hh pathway.