When Breath Becomes Air [book review]

Book review of: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. New York, NY, Random House, 2016, 228 pp

Listening for Grace

Narrative essay which under the title That\u27s Our Saving Grace was the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) Annual Prose Contest Winner for 2015

Again

This poem represents a number of patients I have in recovery who really want to be better but have so many setbacks for so many reasons. I hope it expresses the balance of obstacles and hopefulness

Goodbye Season 1, and Thank You!

Thank you so much for joining us for this first season! We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey. If you have a couple minutes to spare, please consider filling it out. We hope to see you soon with a season 2! The transcript for this podcast is available for download as an additional file

Prenatal Oral Health Education in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residencies and Dental Schools: Results of a National Survey

Background: Pregnant women represent a special population within oral health care. Adverse pregnancy outcomes and increased infant caries can occur when prenatal oral disease is not addressed. Currently, medical and dental clinicians are not meeting the oral health needs of pregnant patients. Objective: Medical and dental providers are not addressing prenatal oral health (POH) with patients despite knowledge of the risks. The objective of this study was to determine how training in dental schools and OB/Gyn residencies may contribute to this paradox. Methods: We conducted a national survey of 60 dental school deans and 240 obstetrics and gynecology residency program directors. Questions assessed the number of hours of POH education, topics addressed, awareness of guidelines, and barriers to including more POH training. Results: Response rates were 53% and 40% for dental schools and OB/Gyn residencies, respectively. 94% of dental schools provide some POH education, with 61% of schools offering 3+ hours. Only 39% of OB/Gyn residencies provide some POH education, most only 1-2 hours. 65% of dental programs and 45% of OB/Gyn residencies are aware of current POH evidence-based guidelines. Those OB/Gyn residency programs with POH training were three times as likely to expose their residents to these guidelines. A similar trend was observed for dental schools. Barriers to POH education include space in the curriculum and competing clinical priorities. 76% of OB/Gyn directors affirmed the importance of addressing oral health needs among prenatal patients; however, only 23% agreed that the ACGME should add POH competencies. The majority of respondents agreed they would add more POH education if the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology issued a policy statement or practice bulletin. Conclusions: The majority of dental schools teach POH but clinical exposure is limited. Less than half of OB/Gyn residencies include POH training. Future efforts should include distribution of POH guidelines/consensus statements to educators and learners, increasing exposure of dental students to pregnant patients, and developing faculty expertise in residencies

Prenatal oral health education in U.S. dental schools and obstetrics and gynecology residencies

Prenatal oral health (POH) is an important health issue, but dental and obstetrical clinicians are not meeting the oral health needs of pregnant patients. This study evaluates how training contributes to this paradox with a national survey of sixty dental school deans and 240 obstetrics and gynecology residency program directors. Response rates were 53 percent and 40 percent for deans and program directors, respectively. According to the respondents, 94 percent of responding dental schools provided POH education, only 39 percent of responding residencies taught POH, and 65 percent of responding deans and 45 percent of responding program directors were aware of current POH guidelines. The residencies exposing trainees to guidelines were three times more likely to have POH training. Barriers to POH education were reported to include too few pregnant patients in clinical settings (for responding dental schools) and lack of faculty expertise (for responding residencies). The majority of responding deans and program directors agreed they would add more POH education if the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued a policy statement or practice bulletin. The majority of responding dental deans reported teaching POH in their schools, but clinical exposure was limited; less than half of responding residencies included POH training. Future efforts should include distribution of POH guidelines/consensus statements to educators and learners, increasing exposure of dental students to pregnant patients, and developing faculty expertise in residencies

Season 2, Episode 5: Julie

Laël Ngangmeni (\u2723, MD/PhD) and Jesse Sardell (\u2724) are joined by Sara Wang (\u2724) for a discussion on how to tell stories from a patient\u27s perspective, as well as what medical students should consider when they meet a patient for the first time. Sara Wang\u27s piece Julie was first published on The Interstitium blog. The transcript for this episode is available for download as an additional file

Season 2, Episode 3: People and Places

Dr. Hugh Silk and Jesse Sardell (\u2724) are joined by Mina Botros (\u2724) to hear about his experience meeting people -- both similar and quite different from himself -- as he got involved with vaccination efforts early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Mina Botros\u27 piece People and Places and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files

Episode 4: Dear Anonymous Donor

Divya Bhatia and Qiuwei Yang sit down with Bridget Yang to discuss her piece, Dear Anonymous Donor,” and the anatomy lab experience. Recorded October 2019. Bridget Yang\u27s poem Dear Anonymous Donor and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files