The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is not required for osteopathic students to match into postgraduate programs; however, it is unknown if taking the test improves their chances of matching.
Cultural competency training has been a focus of medical schools for some time. An essential step in developing culturally competent physicians, effective cultural competency training has previously been researched at medical schools. Before forming a diversity task force to head cultural competency training, one medical school utilized medical student volunteers to review current teaching material … Read More
Surgical volume is correlated with increased hospital profitability, yet many Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) offer few or no inpatient surgical services.
Many individuals in the United States are plagued by addiction, and the rate at which it is affecting people in the United States only seems to be increasing. Research shows that addiction is a preventable disorder rather than a flaw in one’s moral fiber. It is driven by the imbalance of dopamine and the brain’s … Read More
A 66-year-old cachectic female presented to the emergency department in August 2021 with dizziness. Physical examination revealed a 3–4 cm infraumbilical ulcerative mass, present for approximately 1 month. CT scan showed an 8 cm lower abdominal mass contiguous with the bladder dome, involving the mid-transverse colon and several segments of small bowel without evidence of metastatic disease (Figure 1).
I read with interest the article by Ribeiro et al. [1] that was recently published in this journal. The authors performed a prospective study with a sample composed of individuals of both sexes. The objective was to evaluate the construct validity and determine the intra- and inter-rater reliabilities of the clinical tests that evaluate the sacroiliac … Read More
Nearly 841,000 individuals died of drug overdoses between 1999 and 2019 in the United States (US), with 70% of those deaths attributed to opioids [1]. Misconceptions about persons who use injection drugs and tablets have created barriers to seek ways to minimize associated risks. The creation of supervised injection sites (SIS)—where individuals may use these … Read More
Diabetes-related distress (DRD) is experienced by nearly 50% of people with diabetes at any given time in their diagnosis. The effects of low socioeconomic status (SES) and lacking access to resources can increase DRD. In addition, cardiovascular (CV) complications associated with diabetes are associated with higher DRD scores.
When evaluating a pediatric patient in the emergency department for suspected appendicitis, a provider is often faced with the dilemma of deciding if a computed tomography (CT) scan is warranted when—as is most often the case—ultrasound results do not yield a definitive diagnosis. The potential risks of radiation must be weighed against numerous aspects of … Read More