Team-Based Learning Activities for First-Year Medical Students: Perception of the Learners Objectives: Team-based learning (TBL) is an active learning strategy that is used increasingly in medical education to promote critical thinking, knowledge application, teamwork, and collaboration. The aim of this study was to assess the students’ perspective on the utility…
2018 SGIMForum – read the full article here J Frank, MD, MPH; A Fox, MD, MS; A Chatterjee, MD, MPH; D Goede, MD; A Gordon, MD, MPH; J Starrels, MD, MS (2018) Harm Reduction and the Drug Overdose Crisis: Evidence and Advocacy Opportunities SGIM Forum 41 (9): 1-3…
Case Report Summary: A 63-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 diagnosed ~ 30 years ago associated with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, chronic kidney disease stage 3 and congestive heart failure (CHF) was seen in nephrology clinic for evaluation of worsening kidney function. Abhilash Koratala, Gajapathiraju Chamarthi, Edlira Maska, William…
Case Report Summary: Neck pain is a common musculoskeletal problem that up to 70% of the world population will experience at some point in their lives. Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis is an exceedingly rare complication of malignancy that affects less than 1% of all patients with cancer. Neeka N Akhavan,…
Case Report Summary: A growing body of research exists on the impact of integrative therapies such as massage, yoga, and meditation/relaxation on symptom management, costs, and patient satisfaction in both ambulatory and hospital-based settings. A patient and relationship-centered approach that is fundamental to the practice of integrative medicine, engenders connection,…
Case Report Summary: Given the relative newness of primary care interprofessional collaboration, exploration of team members perspectives about their team experience can provide insights about the benefits and detractions of interprofessional collaboration in primary care delivery. Nichole E. Stetten, Melanie G. Hagen, Ryan W. Nall, Katherine Vogel Anderson, Erik…
Case Report Summary: An 86-year-old woman presented with marked blistering of her left index fingertip and ulceration of the left middle fingertip, with a 2-year history of recurrent blistering and ulceration of her fingers bilaterally. On admission, she had elevated inflammatory markers but unremarkable autoantibodies. Radiograph of the hand revealed…
Case report summary: Anticoagulation is the mainstay of treatment for pulmonary embolism. However, if bleeding unfortunately occurs, the risks and benefits of anticoagulation present a challenge. Management of one hemorrhagic complication, retroperitoneal hematoma, is rare, difficult, and controversial. Cua G, Holland N, Wright A. BMJ Case Rep…
Case Report Summary: A 28-year-old man presented to our clinic over the course of 3 weeks with symptoms that progressed from mild headaches to fever, fatigue, myalgia and an enlarged right preauricular lymph node with ipsilateral conjunctivitis and upper eyelid weakness. Our differential included Epstein Barr Virus/Cytomegalovirus mononucleosis, bacterial conjunctivitis…
Collaborative learning groups have evolved into learning communities at the…
