Eight-year evaluation of dental public health students' research using balanced scorecard - Retrospective study.

Introduction: Measuring the performance of dental schools in the research area has always been challenging. Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a performance measurement tool with four perspectives that balance financial and non-financial performance indicators. Some medical colleges use BSC for performance measurement of all departments' activities while others use it in some sections or departments.

Outcomes of transitioning from mandatory to elective research at a dental school in Southern California.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a curricular change from mandatory to elective research on the student research outcomes at a Southern California Dental School over ten years. Additionally, the perception of dental students and faculty toward research in dental education was assessed.

Methods: A survey was distributed to determine the perception towards research in dental education, motivation and barriers for pursuing research and the possibility participants would pursue research-even if the school did not mandate it.

Green spectrophotometric approaches applied to tertiary mixture for management of common cold and COVID-19 symptoms.

Recently, cold and cough dosage forms have gained significant attention due to their use in the supportive protocols for managing COVID-19 symptoms. In this study, a pharmaceutical formulation containing Paracetamol (PAR), Guaifenesin (GUA), and Phenylephrine hydrochloride (PHE) was investigated for spectral resolution and quantification using advanced spectrophotometric methods. The spectra of these components were significantly overlapped and present in their combined tablet in a challenging ratio of 250:100:5 for PAR, GUA, and PHE, respectively.

Characterizing Global Gender Representation in Veterinary Executive Leadership.

Veterinary medicine is an increasingly feminized field, with growing numbers of veterinary students and professionals identifying as women. Increased representation of women in senior veterinary education leadership has not yet been examined across all global regions. To address this question, we compiled a comprehensive list of veterinary academic executives from veterinary educational institutions listed by the World Veterinary Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, and the World Organisation for Animal Health.

Cross-Sectional Survey of Student and Faculty Experiences with Feedback and Assessment of Clinical Competency on Final Year Rotations at American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Member Institutions.

The clinical experiences, feedback, and assessment that veterinary students receive during final year rotations have a significant impact on whether they will achieve entry-level competency at the time of graduation. In this study, a cross-sectional survey was administered to American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) member institutions to collect baseline data about current feedback and assessment practices to identify key target areas for future research and educational interventions. Responses were received from 89 faculty and 155 students distributed across 25 universities.

Development and Use of the Competency-Based Veterinary Education (CBVE) Assessment Toolkit.

The Competency-Based Veterinary Education (CBVE) Analyze Working Group of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Council on Outcomes-based Veterinary Education (COVE) has developed a CBVE assessment toolkit. The toolkit is designed to provide curriculum committees and individual instructors with an opportune intersection of the CBVE domains of competence and various assessment techniques. College-wide curriculum committees can use the toolkit to guide programs of assessment in the larger unit, ensuring that assessment methods are aligned with intended learning outcomes throughout the curriculum.

Academic Career Exploration: Learner Opportunities Through the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Introduction: Early exposure to medical school offices can help to facilitate interest in academic medicine and senior leadership positions. This workshop provides an overview of the roles, responsibilities, and activities within the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) and highlights opportunities for trainee engagement and leadership.

Methods: The Kern model was applied in the design of a 60-minute interactive module for medical students.

Implementing an accelerated three-year MD curriculum at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Over the last decade there has been tremendous growth in the development of accelerated MD pathways that allow medical students to graduate in three years. Developing an accelerated pathway program requires commitment from students and faculty with intensive re-thinking and altering of the curriculum to ensure adequate content to achieve competency in an accelerated timeline. A re-visioning of assessment and advising must follow and the application of AI and new technologies can be added to support teaching and learning.

Equity and justice in medical education: mapping a longitudinal curriculum across 4 years.

Background: In 2024 in the United States there is an attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within education. Politics notwithstanding, medical school curricula that are current and structured to train the next generation of physicians to adhere to our profession's highest values of fairness, humanity, and scientific excellence are of utmost importance to health care quality and innovation worldwide. Whereas the number of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ARDEI) curricular innovations have increased, there is a dearth of published longitudinal health equity curriculum models.

Cybersecurity threats and preparedness: Implications for dental schools.

Background: Cybersecurity threats are a growing concern in healthcare, where digital systems now underpin patient care, financial management, and educational operations. A cybersecurity breach in a Dental school environment can have widespread consequences to the mission of the school-patient care, research, education and service. For dental school administrators, these risks highlight the necessity of robust cybersecurity measures.

The challenges of diversity in nursing faculty recruitment: the case of Finland.

Background: Diversity considerations in hiring faculty in higher education have garnered significant attention globally in recent years. However, analyses of faculty recruitment dynamics outside the United States, particularly in schools and colleges of nursing, have been limited.

Purpose: This paper explores how concepts related to racism apply to recruitment in nursing education, focusing on the specific context of Finland.

Validation of the Chinese Version of the Body Image Flexibility and Inflexibility Scale among Chinese College Students.

Body image flexibility is a specific type of psychological flexibility relevant to body image. The development of the Body Image Flexibility and Inflexibility Scale (BIFIS) expands the concept and structure of body image flexibility and provides more detailed measurement indicators for theoretical research and clinical practice. However, the tool's applicability to the Chinese population is still unclear.

Mortality salience and helping behavior amidst public crisis: cross-sectional evidence during COVID-19.

Background: As a real mortality salience, a public crisis would have a major impact on individual minds, behaviors, and lifestyles. COVID-19 provides us with a stark real-world example to understand these implications. Previous research has revealed that some individuals become more willing to help the infected at the risk of their own lives, while others become more self-centered and indifferent during COVID-19.

Describing Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Purpose/aims: To describe clinical nurse specialist practice in Québec, Canada, and propose a dashboard to track role dimensions and outcomes.

Design: Sequential mixed-methods study across 6 sites in Québec (June 2021 to May 2022).

Methods: Phase 1: Focus groups (n = 8) and individual interviews (n = 3) were conducted to adapt a time and motion tool.

A Multi-institutional Cluster Analysis to Identify Groups of Courses with Exemplary Opportunity Gaps for Undergraduate Students in the Biological Sciences.

Examining institutional data from seven cohorts of students intending to major in biology across five research-intensive institutions, this work analyzes opportunity gaps-defined as the difference between the grade received by students from the dominant and nondominant sociodemographic groups in institutions of higher education-at the course-section level across mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry disciplines. From this analysis, we find that the majority of course sections have large opportunity gaps between female and male students, students who are Black, Latino/a/e/x, or indigenous to the United States and its territories and students who are White or Asian, first-generation and non-first-generation students, and low-income and non-low-income students. This work provides a framework to analyze equity across institutions using robust methodology, including: using multiple approaches to measure grades, quantile regression rankscores which adjust for previous academic performance, and cluster analysis.

Description of a Longitudinal Interprofessional Education Plan and Outcomes From an Inaugural Student Cohort.

Objective: To describe a longitudinal interprofessional education (IPE) plan at 1 school of pharmacy including inaugural student cohort outcomes.

Methods: Standards 2016 prompted the creation of an IPE task force at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy to develop and implement an IPE plan consisting of outcome-based goals, a deliberate design, and a formalized assessment strategy (an approach that inspired national consensus guidance from the Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative). Beginning with the 2022 graduating class, required interprofessional learning activities were embedded longitudinally across a 4-year Doctor of Pharmacy program and included classroom-, simulation-, and clinical-based IPE activities.

Academic Coaching in Entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy Education.

Background And Purpose: Learners face a variety of academic and personal challenges that may impact performance in Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs. Academic coaching has emerged as a student support model within undergraduate medical education but has not yet been evaluated in DPT education. The purpose of this method/model presentation was to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of 2 coaching programs.

Balancing Honest Assessment and Compassion for Learners Experiencing Burnout: A Workshop and Feedback Tool for Clinical Teachers.

Introduction: Burnout in medical trainees challenges their work effectiveness and impedes their ability to learn. Teachers in the clinical learning environment (CLE) are well situated to identify burnout and are often responsible for learner assessment.

Methods: We developed a workshop to improve clinical teachers' identification and understanding of learner burnout while empowering them to provide constructive feedback and support.

Outcomes of Accelerated 3-Year MD Graduates at NYU Grossman School of Medicine During Medical School and Early Residency.

Purpose: For accelerated 3-year MD (3YMD) pathways to be fully adopted in medical education, a comprehensive analysis of outcome data is needed. This study includes 7 accelerated 3YMD graduating classes at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYUGSOM) and reports on outcomes from both medical school and internship compared to their 4-year MD (4YMD) counterparts.

Method: Outcomes across the undergraduate-graduate medical education continuum for the first 7 classes of NYUGSOM graduates (matriculated from 2013-2019) from the accelerated 3YMD (n = 136) and 4YMD pathways (n = 681) were compared.

Implementing the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) Tool for Training Medical Faculty.

Introduction Despite simulation being widely recognized as an essential component of medical education, there remains a dearth of literature on its implementation and effectiveness in pre-clerkship medical education. In order to effectively encompass healthcare simulations within medical instruction, it is imperative to first address the often neglected gap in faculty development and training. With this in mind, we aim to present our experience in implementing the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) tool in training faculty at Nova Southeastern University Dr.

Mentoring for Admission and Retention of Black Socio-Ethnic Minorities in Medicine: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: Despite numerous mentoring strategies to promote academic success and eligibility in medicine, Black students remain disproportionately underrepresented in medicine. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to identify the mentoring practices available to Black pre-medical students, medical students and medical residents, specifically the mentoring strategies used, their application, and their evaluation.

Method: Between May 2023 and October 2023, the authors conducted a literature review.