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In the context of all of the discussion about "Fletcherian" ethics consultation, we're including this description of ethics consultation for clarity and in deference to the work of John C. Fletcher. It's reprinted from the third edition of Fletcher's Introduction to Clinical Ethics.

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Testing the Feasibility of Skype and FaceTime Updates With Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Am J Crit Care

July 2015

Elizabeth Gingell Epstein is an associate professor in the University of Virginia School of Nursing and the University of Virginia Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, Charlottesville. Jessica Sherman is a family nurse practitioner at Village Square Family Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. Amy Blackman is a clinical research coordinator in the neonatal intensive care unit and Robert A. Sinkin is Charles Fuller Professor and division head of neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, and medical director for newborn services, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville.

Background: Effective provider-parent relationships are essential during critical illness when treatment decisions are complex, the environment is crowded and unfamiliar, and outcomes are uncertain.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of daily Skype or FaceTime updates with parents of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to assess the intervention's potential for improving parent-provider relationships.

Methods: A pre/post mixed-methods approach was used.

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The Title VII Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry grant program has been an engine for innovation by providing funds to develop and implement new curricula, new models of care delivery, and new methods of fellowship and faculty development. During period one, 1963-1975, the disciplines of family medicine and physicians assistants (PAs) first received funding to establish residency programs in family medicine and student training for PAs. Other innovations included interdisciplinary training and curricula in substance abuse and nutrition.

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