Pediatric Assent in Clinical Practice: A Critical Scoping Review.

Background: This study assesses how pediatric assent is conceptualized and justified within the therapeutic context. Pediatric ethicists generally agree that children should participate in medical care decisions in developmentally appropriate ways. Much attention has been paid to pediatric assent for research participation, but ambiguities persist in how assent is conceptualized and operationalized in the therapeutic context where countervailing considerations such as the child's best interest and parental permission must also be weighed.

Diagnostic Utility of Conners Continuous Performance Test-3 for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To review the literature on the utility of the Conners CPT-3 in persons with ADHD.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Six databases were searched using inclusion criteria: research studies, year 2000+, English, and ages 8+.

Beyond COVID-19: the impact of recent pandemics on medical students and their education: a scoping review.

Introduction: Over the past two years, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has greatly altered medical student education as well as daily life. Medical schools across the world were disrupted and had to immediately adapt the educational experience to the online environment in order to continue the delivery of quality medical education. However, COVID-19 was not the only recent pandemic.

Differences in executive functioning between adults with ADHD and those diagnosed with other psychiatric diagnoses: Utility of the CTMT and the WAIS-IV.

In this study, the utility of the Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT) and WAIS-IV working memory (WMI) and processing speed (PSI) indices in assessment of ADHD were examined. Using retrospective analysis of data from two private practices, patients were classified as having ADHD, having another psychiatric disorder, or having comorbid ADHD and other psychiatric disorder. Results indicated that significant differences existed in performance across the three groups [(6, 246) = 3.

A health education outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library: lessons learned before and during a pandemic.

Background: Public libraries serve as community centers for accessing free, trustworthy health information. As such, they provide an ideal setting to teach the local community about health and health literacy, particularly during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2018, an outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library has developed, delivered, and continuously evaluated a health education program targeting public library users.

Fostering Early Preclinical Experiences for Developing Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence in Key Residency Competencies Through Participation in a Medical Student Research Training Program.

Periods of academic transition are challenging and require medical students to adjust to new environments and expectations. Commonly cited areas of struggle include integrating into the interprofessional health care team, communication, organization and time management, and self-regulated learning. Consciously designing opportunities early in the preclinical curriculum to help students gradually build these competencies can be achieved within existing research training programs or projects.