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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Emergency Medicine Volume 30, Issue 17: Pulmonary Disease

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Audio-Digest Foundation announces the release of Emergency Medicine Volume 30, Issue 17: Pulmonary Disease.

The goal of this program is to improve the management of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumonia in the emergency department. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Evaluate and compare various agents for the treatment of asthma. 2. Safely initiate intubation and ventilation in the refractory asthma patient. 3. Utilize appropriate tests to distinguish COPD from other diseases. 4. Recognize the indications for antibiotics in treating acute exacerbations of COPD. 5. Determine classification of risk in the patient with pneumonia.

The original programs were presented by James K. Takayesu, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Residency Director, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Sandra M. Schneider, MD, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.

Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.

Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.

Out of these cutting-edge programs, Audio-Digest then chooses the most clinically relevant, edits them for clarity, and publishes them either every week or every two weeks.

In addition, Audio-Digest publishes subscription series in conjunction with leading medical societies: DiabetesInsight with The American Diabetes Association, ACCEL with The American College of Cardiology, Continuum Audio with The American Academy of Neurology, and Journal Watch Audio General Medicine with Massachusetts Medical Society.

For 60 years, the global medical community of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical professionals around the world has subscribed to Audio-Digest specialty series in order to remain current in their specialties as well as to maintain their Continuing Education requirements with the most cutting-edge, independent, and unbiased continuing medical education (CME).

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Loyola Bioethics Institute Study Finds Medical Students Concerned About Becoming Desensitized to Dying Patients

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Newswise MAYWOOD, Ill. The imminent death of a patient is riddled with emotions for a patient and family as well as the medical team. A study based on the reflections of third-year Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students is shedding light on the struggle physicians in training often face when trying to control their own emotions while not becoming desensitized to the needs of the dying patient and his or her family.

Medical students are very aware they are undergoing a socialization process by which they become desensitized to the difficult things they see every day in the hospital. They realize this is necessary to control their emotions and focus on caring for the patients. On the other hand, they are very concerned about becoming insensitive to the spiritual, emotional and personal needs of the patient, said Mark Kuczewski, PhD, leader author and director of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics.

The study published in the January issue of Academic Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal, focused on a randomized group of Loyola third-year medical students who were asked to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience as part of a team caring for a dying patient. The students were asked to think about patient care, communication, compassionate presence and personal/professional development. The assignment was given two months into their clinical rotation and was to be completed five months later allowing the student to complete five of their required clerkships.

The essays were coded using a multistep process and content-analysis approach. A bioethicist, physician and medical school chaplain independently read and coded the essays looking for emerging themes. The team then met together to compare themes and resolve discrepancies. Four themes emerged from the 68 student responses: communication, compassionate presence, patient care and personal and professional development.

The study found that conveying the prognosis of death to patients was understandably difficultbut not just the manner in which it was conveyed, but also who conveyed it.

Students observed how their teams delivered and explained the prognosis. Conversely they also wrote how teams avoided it, the study reported. Students reported no matter how well a physician communicated a prognosis, families and individual family members absorbed and digested the information in their own manner and at their own pace.

The study also pointed out the importance of the medical team having a compassionate presence beyond routine medical interactions, such sharing interests, conveying affection or continuing to show interest in the patient after treatment had ended.

The study affirmed the importance of the medical care team understanding that a patient is body and soul, acknowledging there needs to be emotional and spiritual support for dying patients and their families.

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MAYWOOD, Ill. The imminent death of a patient is riddled with emotions for a patient and family as well as the medical team. A study based on the reflections of third-year Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students is shedding light on the struggle physicians in training often face when trying to control their own emotions while not becoming desensitized to the needs of the dying patient and his or her family.

"Medical students are very aware they are undergoing a socialization process by which they become desensitized to the difficult things they see every day in the hospital. They realize this is necessary to control their emotions and focus on caring for the patients. On the other hand, they are very concerned about becoming insensitive to the spiritual, emotional and personal needs of the patient," said Mark Kuczewski, PhD, leader author and director of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics.

The study published in the January issue of Academic Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal, focused on a randomized group of Loyola third-year medical students who were asked to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience as part of a team caring for a dying patient. The students were asked to think about patient care, communication, compassionate presence and personal/professional development.

The assignment was given two months into their clinical rotation and was to be completed five months later allowing the student to complete five of their required clerkships.

The essays were coded using a multistep process and content-analysis approach. A bioethicist, physician and medical school chaplain independently read and coded the essays looking for emerging themes. The team then met together to compare themes and resolve discrepancies. Four themes emerged from the 68 student responses: communication, compassionate presence, patient care and personal and professional development.

The study found that conveying the prognosis of death to patients was understandably difficultbut not just the manner in which it was conveyed, but also who conveyed it.

"Students observed how their teams delivered and explained the prognosis. Conversely they also wrote how teams avoided it," the study reported.

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Stay tuned: Business developments to come to fruition in 2014, beyond

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ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Norm Bafunno, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, high fives team member Belinda Chandler, from quality inspection, as they celebrated the start of production of the all-new 2014 Toyota Highlander in a ceremony at the Toyota plant in Princeton, Ind. earlier this month. The new production line of the Highlander has added an additional $430 million dollars in investment and 600 new jobs to the Princeton plant. The Princeton plant will now start production on three versions of the Highlander, the standard model, a hybrid Highlander and the Kluger, the Australian version of the Highlander.

If you had to come up with a theme for the Tri-State's business and economic stories this year, that theme might be "Stay Tuned." Several big developments this year generated a lot of interest, but wont be fully realized until at least 2014. Among them are Midwest Fertilizers planned $2.4 billion Posey County fertilizer project, Indiana Universitys planned medical school and health education center, and federal health care reform.

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Medical school – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A medical school is a tertiary educational institutionor part of such an institutionthat teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians and surgeons. Such degrees include the Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, MBBS, MBChB). Many medical schools offer additional degrees, such as a Doctor of Philosophy, Master's degree, a physician assistant program, or other post-secondary education.

Medical schools can also employ medical researchers and operate hospitals. The entry criteria, structure, teaching methodology, and nature of medical programs offered at medical schools vary considerably around the world. Medical schools are often highly competitive, using standardized entrance examinations to narrow the selection criteria for candidates.

In most countries, the study of medicine is completed as an undergraduate degree not requiring prerequisite undergraduate coursework. However, an increasing number of places are emerging for graduate entrants who have completed an undergraduate degree including some required courses. In the United States and Canada, almost all medical degrees are second entry degrees, and require several years of previous study at the university level.

Medical degrees are awarded to medical students after the completion of their degree program, which typically lasts five or more years for the undergraduate model and four years for the graduate model. Curricula are usually divided into preclinical sciences, where students study subjects such as biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology, pathology, anatomy and physiology, among others, and clinical rotations, which usually include internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, and obstetrics and gynecology, among others.

Although medical schools confer upon graduates a medical degree, a physician typically may not legally practice medicine until licensed by the local government authority. Licensing may also require passing a test, undergoing a criminal background check, checking references, paying a fee, and undergoing several years of postgraduate training. Medical schools are regulated by each country and may appear in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine or the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory.

In Egypt, medical school is a faculty of a university. Medical education lasts for 6 years, at the end of which the student is granted a MB BCh ( ). After graduating, there is a mandatory 12-month full-time internship at one of the University or Government Teaching hospitals, after which medical licensure as a General Practitioner (GP) is obtained. After that, the doctor has to register with the Ministry of Health, and the Egyptian Medical Syndicate ( ). The first 3 years of medical school cover the basic medical sciences, while the last 3 years are focused on clinical sciences.

Admission depends on the score of the applicant in his last 2 years of Egyptian Secondary School) ). Students having taken either the AS Level or the SAT can also apply, however there is a very strict quota to the number of students that get accepted by the admission office, which regulates entry into public universities. This quota does not apply to private universities. There are no entrance exams required for entry.

In Sudan, medical school is a faculty of a university. Medical school is usually 6 years, and by the end of the 6 years the students acquires a Bachelor degree of Medicine and Surgery. Post graduating there is a mandatory one year full-time internship at one of the University or Government Teaching hospital, then a license is issued.

During the first three year the curriculum is completed, and throughout the next three years it is repeated with practical training. Students with high grades are accepted for free in Government Universities. Students who score a grade less than the required would have to pay and must also acquire a still high grade. Students who take foreign examinations other than the Sudanese High School Examination are also accepted in Universities, students taking IGCSE/SATs and the Saudi Arabia examination.

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Iman Jiha-Scutt chosen for Congress of Future Medical Leaders in February

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Iman Jiha-Scutt, a freshman at Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, DC, Feb. 14-16.

The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be physicians or medical scientists, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal.

Jiha-Scutt was nominated by Dr. Connie Mariano, the medical director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, to represent Florida based on her academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field of medicine.

During the three-day Congress, Jiha-Scutt will join students from across the country and hear Nobel laureates and National Medal of Science winners talk about leading medical research; be given advice from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what is to expect in medical school; witness stories told by patients who are living medical miracles; be inspired by fellow teen medical science prodigies, and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology.

This is a crucial time in America when we need more doctors and medical scientists who are even better prepared for a future that is changing exponentially, said Richard Rossi, executive director, National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. Focused, bright and determined students like Iman Jiha-Scutt are our future and she deserves all the mentoring and guidance we can give her.

The Academy offers free services and programs to students who want to be physicians or go into medical science. Some of the services and programs the Academy plans to launch in 2014 are online social networks through which future doctors and medical scientists can communicate; opportunities for students to be guided and mentored by physicians and medical students, and communications for parents and students on college acceptance and finances, skills acquisition, internships, career guidance and much more.

The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists was founded on the belief that we must identify prospective medical talent at the earliest possible age and help these students acquire the necessary experience and skills to take them to the doorstep of this vital career. Based in Washington, DC, the Academy was chartered as a nonpartisan, taxpaying institution to help address this crisis by working to identify, encourage and mentor students who wish to devote their lives to the service of humanity as physicians, medical scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.

For information visit http://www.FutureDocs.com or call 1-202-599-8442, ext. 701.

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UIW looks ahead to leasing Fox Tech site

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SAN ANTONIO University of the Incarnate Word President Louis Agnese Jr. has said the university's lease agreement with the San Antonio Independent School District to locate UIW's proposed osteopathic medical school on Fox Tech High School's unused athletic fields should be signed by both parties in January.

In an interview earlier this month, Agnese said the philanthropic side of the equation is still in progress. He has estimated that $50 million will be needed to get the medical school up and running by 2016.

I've had great meetings with key people, he said of the effort to raise private donations. Have we gotten commitments yet? No. But do I feel good about it? Yes.

SAISD trustees received an update on the progress of the leasing agreement during closed session on Dec. 9, said district spokeswoman Leslie Price prior to the start of winter break. The board's next regular meeting is slated for Jan. 13.

All is well, said Price of the ongoing negotiations.

Agnese, who will start a sabbatical Jan. 13 to travel the world with his wife, said he intends to sign a version of the leasing agreement before he departs, which SAISD's board can ratify. He said he plans to return from his sabbatical in early June.

UIW's talks with SAISD have continued since last summer, and district Superintendent Sylvester Perez signed a nonbinding letter of intent in September outlining the terms of a deal for UIW to lease up to three acres at Fox Tech.

It takes time for the lawyers to get it all into the correct legalese that everybody's comfortable with, Agnese said.

According to the letter of intent, the deal will include funding from UIW to enhance SAISD's health career programs as well as other items, such as grants for SAISD students and faculty worth about $16.3 million during an initial 25-year lease.

Public sector funding also has come through for the project. In October, the City Council approved a $7.7 million funding agreement for infrastructure improvements and job incentives to help UIW create the medical school. Then in November, Bexar County commissioners followed suit, granting UIW $3 million over six years for economic development and job creation associated with the medical school.

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Conn. shooter’s psychiatrist surrendered license

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HARTFORD, Conn.A psychiatrist who treated school shooter Adam Lanza years before the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut voluntarily surrendered his medical license in July 2012 amid allegations he had a sexual relationship with a female patient, according to public records released Monday.

Dr. Paul L. Fox, a former Brookfield, Conn., psychiatrist now living in New Zealand, told police investigating the school shooting that he vaguely recalled treating Lanza. He told police he last saw Lanza when he was about 15 years old and remembered him having aggression problems and possibly Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism not associated with violence.

Lanza was 20 years old when authorities say he killed 20 first-graders and six adults at the Newtown school in December 2012. He first shot his mother to death at their Newtown home before going to the school, where he killed himself as police arrived.

Authorities have not raised any questions about Fox's treatment of Lanza.

In May 2010, Fox began treating the female patient who later would allege that she and Fox had a consensual sexual relationship for over a year, according to a draft investigative report by the Connecticut Public Health Department.

The woman alleged she and Fox had sexual encounters in his office, went out to eat together and spent time together on Fox's sailboat, according to the investigative report. The draft report found that Fox's interactions with the woman exceeded the boundaries of a "professional doctor, patient relationship."

Fox settled the claims by voluntarily surrendering his Connecticut medical license and did not admit any wrongdoing. He also surrendered his New York medical license, records show.

Fox having surrendered his license was first reported by the Connecticut Post.

Hartford lawyer Richard Tynan, who represented Fox during Connecticut investigation, said that he was not aware that Fox was involved in Lanza's treatment.

"Never having discussed anything else with Dr. Fox other than that one matter, I can't see how in any shape or form it can be related to the unfortunate events in Newtown," Tynan said Monday.

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Former ETSU president D.P. Culp passes away

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Former ETSU President Delos Poe Culp, who was instrumental in establishing the medical school, died Friday morning at Johnson City Medical Center.

Culp, 89, served as ETSU's fourth president from 1968-1977. During his tenure, several major construction projects were completed including the D.P. Culp University Center, which bears his name, Memorial Center, the Kingsport Center, two apartment dorms and married student housing.

"The James H. Quillen College of Medicine will stand as a lasting legacy and forever symbolize one of D.P. Culp's greatest acomplishments during his presidency at ETSU," said Dr. Ronald D. Franks, ETSU dean of medicine and vice president for health affairs.

The medical school, then called the Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine, graduated its first class in 1982 after Culp's retirement in 1977. "We will always be grateful for the vision and strong desire he shared for bringing a medical school to this region," Franks said.

During his nine years as president, Culp saw the making of a championship football team, the establishment of WETS-FM public radio and the university foundation, and the creation of 250 new faculty and staff positions, computerized registration and doctoral programs in education and biomedical sciences.

"Dr. Culp's administrative leadership and tenacity brought important opportunities and developments to our campus and to our region," ETSU President Paul Stanton said.

"From academic programming to new physical facilities to public radio to the establishment of our College of Medicine, Dr. Culp exerted a special vision for ETSU and the Tri-Cities - a vision that continues to build upon itself today," he said.

"The news of Dr. Culp's passing has brought a deep sadness to the university community that he served so well with unwavering commitment and personal strength," Stanton said.

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Citing 11 Animal Welfare Violations, USDA Fines HMS $24,036

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The federal government has fined Harvard Medical School $24,036 for multiple animal welfare violations, including numerous infractions that resulted in four primate deaths in fewer than two years. The fines were announced on Dec. 18 by officials from the Department of Agriculture.

As stated in a citation released by the United States Department of Agriculture, between February 2011 and July 2012, Harvard researchersmostly those at the New England Primate Research Center in Southboroughviolated 11 regulations of the Animal Welfare Act.

On two separate occasions, primates had to be euthanized due to dehydration. Another died after it became entangled in its cage, while other animals were subject to inappropriate care from under-qualified staff, according to the citation.

Despite these violations, a statement put out by Harvard Medical School said that the school has again been granted full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, an organization that assesses animal care standards.

The statement also called the USDA review and associated fine appropriate.

The leadership of the School cares deeply about upholding exemplary standards of care and attributes these outcomes [of the AAALAC and USDA reviews] to the excellent work of those members of our community who took aggressive action to institute rigorous quality improvements that benefit animal safety and welfare, the statement reads.

The NEPRC first came under fire for animal welfare violations in 2010. Since then, the center has made leadership changes and announced in April that it will close in 2015. According to a statement released by Harvard officials in April, the planned closure of the Southborough lab is not a result of animal welfare violations but rather is needed because of financial constraints.

According to the Globe article, the center could have faced a larger financial burden if the USDA had decided to impose the highest possible fine, $10,000 per infraction. Such a scenario would have resulted in a total fine of $110,000.

For an institution that receives $185 million annually in taxpayer funds alone, half of which is spent on animal experiments, a $24,000 fine for years of abusing and neglecting monkeys wont motivate Harvard to do better by animals, wrote Justin Goodman, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in an email to the Boston Globe.

Still, the USDA rarely financially penalizes academic institutions, according to the Globe article. Although labs are often cited by the USDA for animal welfare violations, only eight such research facilities have been fined in the last two years.

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