HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders in an Antiretroviral Therapy Era

HIV emerged as a major threat to world health over 30 years ago, and while its effects on the immune system are widely known, HIV also has broad and devastating effects on the nervous system. Despite our potent antiretroviral therapies (ART), these HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) continue to afflict HIV infected individuals. With over 33 million people infected worldwide and evidence that neurological damage can accrue in virologically well controlled individuals, HAND is a pressing challenge. Nevertheless, many questions remain unanswered about this spectrum of disorders

Get With the Rhythm – Telemetry Education in Internal Medicine Residency

Aim Our aim was to design and implement cardiac monitoring education for medical residents in order to help residents feel more comfortable navigating and assessing telemetry. Our objective was to create and pilot a telemetry education video among Internal Medicine residents (from March to May 2018) resulting in a 75% increase in ability to demonstrate essential telemetry skills as determined by a pre and post video assessment.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1100/thumbnail.jp