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Patel D, Mullen M, Eley DS. A Paradigm Shift from International to Transnational Medical Education. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR 2023; 33:1227-1230. [PMID: 37886290 PMCID: PMC10597967 DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01843-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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In recent years, the number of medical students seeking international opportunities has grown. To satisfy these demands, collaborative international programs have been developed. However, the benefits of these programs are limited as they employ an international medical education (IME) approach where only the students are exchanged. In this commentary, we discuss the current models of IME and propose a paradigm shift to a transnational approach wherein the student, faculty, and curriculum are exchanged allowing for increased integration and awareness of cultural and educational approaches to treatment that can be retained and incorporated into future practice to advance healthcare across the globe.
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- Dhaval Patel
- Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 1401 Jefferson Hwy, 70121 Jefferson, LA USA
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- Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 1401 Jefferson Hwy, 70121 Jefferson, LA USA
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- Academy for Medical Education, Medical School, The University of Queensland, 288 Herston Road, 4006 Brisbane, QLD Australia
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da Costa JC, Coe JB, Blois SL, Stone EA. Twenty-five components of a baseline, best-practice companion animal physical exam established by a panel of experts. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2022; 260:923-930. [DOI: 10.2460/javma.21.10.0468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE
To establish the components of a best-practice, baseline companion animal physical exam (CAPE).
SAMPLE
25 small animal veterinary internists and 20 small animal primary care veterinarians, all teaching the CAPE at veterinary colleges in the US, Canada, and Australia.
PROCEDURES
Using the Delphi Method of Consensus, 3 rounds of online questionnaires were sent to participants. The first round included demographic questions, questions about teaching the physical exam, and an open-ended question allowing participants to record details of how they conduct a CAPE. In the second round, participants were asked to rate components of the CAPE, which were derived from round 1, as “always examine,” “only examine as needed,” or “undecided.” Following round 2, any component not reaching 90% consensus (set a priori) for the response “always examine” was put forth in round 3, with a summary of comments from the round 2 participants for each remaining component.
RESULTS
35 components of a baseline CAPE were identified from round 1. The 25 components that reached 90% consensus by the end of round 3 were checking the oral cavity, nose, eyes, ears, heart, pulse rate, pulse quality, pulse synchrony, lungs, respiratory rate, lymph nodes, abdomen, weight, body condition score, mucous membranes, capillary refill time, general assessment, masses, haircoat, skin, hydration, penis and testicles or vulva, neck, limbs, and, in cats only, thyroid glands.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
The findings establish an expert panel’s consensus on 25 components of a baseline, best-practice CAPE that can be used to help inform veterinary curricula, future research, and the practice of veterinarians.
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- Judith C. da Costa
- 1Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- 1Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- 2Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- 2Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Wu CA, Dutta R, Virk S, Roy N, Ranganathan K. The need for craniofacial trauma and oncologic reconstruction in global surgery. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res 2021; 11:563-567. [PMID: 34430193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2021.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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The global burden of surgical disease is concentrated in low- and middle-income countries and primarily consists of injuries and malignancies. While global reconstructive surgery has a long and well-established history, efforts thus far have been focused on addressing congenital anomalies. Craniofacial trauma and oncologic reconstruction are comparatively neglected despite their higher prevalence. This review explores the burden, management, and treatment gaps of craniofacial trauma and head and neck cancer reconstruction in low-resource settings. We also highlight successful alternative treatments used in low-resource settings and pearls that can be learned from these areas.
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMICs, BARC Hospital (Government of India), Mumbai, India.,Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in LMICs, BARC Hospital (Government of India), Mumbai, India
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Binnekamp M, van Stralen KJ, den Boer L, van Houten MA. Typical RSV cough: myth or reality? A diagnostic accuracy study. Eur J Pediatr 2021; 180:57-62. [PMID: 32533258 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-020-03709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is well known for causing a potentially severe course of bronchiolitis in infants. Many paediatric healthcare workers claim to be able to diagnose RSV based on cough sound, which was evaluated in this study. Parents of children < 1 year old admitted to the paediatric ward because of airway complaints were asked to record cough sounds of their child. In all children, MLPA analysis-a variation of PCR analysis-on nasopharyngeal swab was performed (golden standard). Sixteen cough fragments representing 4 different viral pathogens were selected and presented to paediatric healthcare workers. Thirty-two paediatric nurses, 16 residents and 16 senior staff members were asked to classify the audio files and state whether the cough was due to RSV infection or not. Senior staff, nurses and residents correctly identified RSV with a sensitivity of 76.2%, 73.1% and 51.3% respectively. Correct exclusion of RSV cases was performed with a specificity of 60.8%, 60.2% and 65.3% respectively. Sensitivity ranged from 0 to 100% between colleagues; no one correctly identified all negatives. Residents had significantly lower rates of sensitivity than senior staff and nurses. This was strongly related to work experience, in which more than 3.5 years of work experience was related to the best result.Conclusion: Senior staff and nurses were better in making a cough-based diagnosis of RSV compared to residents. Both groups were able to detect the same proportion of true RSV patients based on cough sounds compared to bedside tests but could not validly distinguish RSV from other pathogens based on cough sounds. What is Known: • Many paediatric healthcare workers claim to be capable of diagnosing RSV in infants based on cough sound • Up to now, no studies investigating the recognisability of RSV based on cough sound are published What is New: • Senior staff and paediatric nurses performed better than various other bedside tests in diagnosing RSV but could not replace MLPA analysis • Residents need at least 3.5 years of work experience to be able to make a RSV diagnosis based on cough sound.
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- Mirjam Binnekamp
- Department of Pediatrics, Spaarne Gasthuis, Boerhaavelaan 22, 2035 RC, Haarlem, The Netherlands
- Spaarne Gasthuis Academy, Spaarnepoort 1, 2134 TM, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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- Spaarne Gasthuis Academy, Spaarnepoort 1, 2134 TM, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Spaarne Gasthuis, Boerhaavelaan 22, 2035 RC, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
- Spaarne Gasthuis Academy, Spaarnepoort 1, 2134 TM, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
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Han H, Williams R, Hingle S, Klamen DL, Rull GM, Clark T, Daniels J. Medical Students' Progress in Detecting and Interpreting Visual and Auditory Clinical Findings. TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE 2020; 32:380-388. [PMID: 32281403 DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2020.1749636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phenomenon: Detection of visual and auditory clinical findings is part of medical students' core clinical performance abilities that a medical education curriculum should teach, assess, and remediate. However, there is a limited understanding of how students develop these skills. While training physical exam technical skills has received significant attention and emphasis, teaching and assessing medical students' ability to detect and interpret visual and auditory clinical findings skills has been less systematic. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate how medical students' visual and auditory clinical findings skills progress and develop over their four years of undergraduate medical education. This study will provide educators insights that can guide curriculum refinements that lead to improving students' abilities in this area. Approach: A computer-based progress exam was created to measure the longitudinal development of students' abilities to detect and interpret visual and auditory findings. After pilot testing, sixty test items were developed in collaboration with six clinical faculty members and two medical education researchers. The exam includes detection and description of ECG, x-ray, heart sounds, breath sounds, skin lesions, and movement findings. The exam was administered to students at the beginning of each training year since 2014. Additionally, the exam was administered to the Class of 2017 prior to their graduation. Measurement validity and reliability tests were conducted. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used to determine progress. Findings: More than 98% of students in four years of training completed the exam each year. The exam instrument had high reliabilities and demonstrated acceptable concurrent validity when compared with other academic performance data. Findings showed that students' visual and auditory clinical findings skills increased each training year until their fourth year. There was no performance improvement between incoming Year 4 students and graduating Year 4 students. While group means increased, class performance did not become more homogeneous across four years. Longitudinal data showed the same performance patterns as the cross-sectional data. Performance of the bottom quartile of graduating fourth-year students was not significantly higher than the performance of the top quartile of incoming first-year students who had not had formal medical training. Insights: A longitudinal study to follow learners' performance in detecting and interpreting visual and auditory clinical findings can provide meaningful insights regarding the effects of medical training programs on performance growth. The present study suggests that our medical curriculum is not effective in bringing all students to a higher level of performance in detecting and interpreting visual and auditory clinical findings. This study calls for further investigation how medical students can develop visual and auditory detection and interpretation skills in undergraduate medical education. There is a need for planned curriculum and assessment of medical students' skills in detecting and interpreting visual and auditory clinical findings.
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- Heeyoung Han
- Department of Medicine Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- J. Roland Folse Professor of Surgical Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Quincy, Illinois, USA
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