Tag: training
Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
After completing her medical training in New York, Susan Levenstein set off for a one year adventure in Rome. Forty years later, she is still practicing medicine in the Eternal City. In Dottoressa: An American Doctor... read more
Quality Metrics For The Evaluation of RRS
A consensus process was used to develop ten metrics for better understanding the course and care of deteriorating ward patients. Others are proposed for further development. Consensus emerged that core outcomes for... read more
Healthcare Provider Perceptions of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality During Simulation Training
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during mock codes does not meet the American Heart Association's quality recommendations. Healthcare providers have poor insight into the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation... read more
Palliative Care in the Emergency Department As Seen By Providers and Users
This study provides insights into targets for changes in Italian Emergency Departments. Room for improvement relates to training for healthcare professionals on palliative care, the development of a shared care pathway for... read more
12 Great Summer Reads for Intensivists
From fascinating medical memoirs to horrifying accounts of medical mistreatment in the past two centuries, these books will make you aware of how far medicine has come and how far it has yet to go. Surgeries without anesthesia,... read more
Interhospital Transport on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation of Neonates
In recent years the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cases in neonates has been relatively constant. Future expansion lays in new indications for treatment. Regionalization to high-volume ECMO centers... read more
The Hospitalist Role in Treating Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid use disorder, like many of the other conditions we see, is a chronic relapsing remitting medical disease and a risk factor for premature mortality. When a patient with diabetes is admitted with cellulitis, we might... read more
Patients Identify Female Physicians as Doctors Less Than Male Physicians
Patients correctly identify female attending physicians as doctors significantly less frequently than they identify male attending physicians as doctors. Patients correctly identify male nurses as nurses significantly less... read more
Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care
This updated second edition of Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care contains the ideal combination of updated information for the practitioner, presented in easy-to-digest short chapters.... read more
Translational Simulation: Not “Where?” But “Why?” A Functional View of In SITU Simulation
Healthcare simulation has been widely adopted for health professional education at all stages of training and practice and across cognitive, procedural, communication and teamwork domains. Recent enthusiasm for in situ simulation—delivered... read more
Teaching the Principles of Pediatric Critical Care to Non-Intensivists in Resource Limited Settings
It is a dismal reality of global health that the vast majority of critically ill or injured children are found in regions of the world least equipped to care for them. Most of these severely ill or injured children are cared... read more
Optimizing Continuous RRT in the ICU
The consideration of acute kidney injury, its incidence and its impact on the outcome of patients has grown continuously in recent years, leading to an increase in the use of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques. Recent... read more
All Good Doctors Listen to Nurses
Medicine, what a noble profession. As the keepers of human health and longevity, we are entrusted with a huge but solemn responsibility. It's an ancient artwork, passed through the generations from pre-antiquity, hand in... read more
Use of the Confusion Assessment Method in Multi-center Delirium Trials
Delirium occurs commonly in older adults and is associated with adverse outcomes. Multi-center clinical trials evaluating interventions to prevent delirium are needed. The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a validated... read more
No-Shitters, Boldface, and the Resus QRH
In an amazing lecture; Joe Novak, ED doc and former combat aviator; spoke about the need for memorized boldface actions and then the availability of a quick reference handbook (QRH) for the next steps. But where are either... read more
Internal Medicine Board Review E-Book: Certification and Recertification
Don't gamble on the most important exam of your career... ace the boards with The Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review! Brought to you from the birthplace of Internal Medicine and regarded as the most effective review... read more
Feasibility, Safety, and Utility of Advanced Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography Performed by Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellows in a Medical ICU
Critical care transesophageal echocardiography is feasible, safe, and has clinical utility. It can be safely and effectively performed by fellows within the context of their critical care training with faculty supervision.... read more
