Comparison between flipped classroom and lecture-based classroom in ophthalmology clerkship

Flipped classroom approach shows promise in ophthalmology clerkship teaching. Students in the flipped group reported more burden and pressure than students from the lecture-based group.

Precision medicine for mood disorders: objective assessment, risk prediction, pharmacogenomics, and repurposed drugs

Mood disorders are prevalent and disabling. They are highly co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders. Currently, there are no objective measures, such as blood tests, used in clinical practice. The development of blood tests would make a significant difference at an individual and societal level

Event-Related Potentials to Rare Visual Targets and Negative Symptom Severity in a Transdiagnostic Psychiatric Sample

Negative psychiatric symptoms are often resistant to treatments, regardless of the disorder in which they appear. The study examined how particular bottom-up and top-down mechanisms of selective attention relate to the severity of negative symptoms across a transdiagnostic psychiatric sample. negative symptoms, and particularly blunted effect, may have a stronger association with deficits in top-down mechanisms of selective attention.

The effect of donor and recipient race on outcomes of assisted reproduction

A growing literature suggests that Minority races, particularly Black women, have a lower probability of live birth and a higher risk of perinatal complications after autologous assisted reproductive technology. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between the race of female oocyte donors and recipients and live birth rates. No significant difference between the two groups among Hispanic, Asian, and other race recipients.

Provider Perception of Frailty Is Associated with Dialysis Decision Making in Patients with Advanced CKD

Patients deemed as frail by physician and nurse frailty impressions were three to four times more likely to choose in-center dialysis. Fried criteria and Short Physical Performance Battery were associated with a two-fold higher risk of all-cause mortality after adjusting for age, sex, and other factors.

German Mobile Apps in Rheumatology: Review and Analysis Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS)

The German App Store and Google Play store were systematically searched to identify German rheumatology mobile apps for patient and physician use. The Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) was used to independently assess app quality.

Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology-American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ

Negative margins narrower than 2 mm alone are not an indication for mastectomy. Clinical judgment should be used in determining the need for further surgery.

How to Talk to Children and Adolescents With Cancer About Spirituality? Establishing a Conversation Model

The study aimed to develop and evaluate a conversation model for a spiritual approach with children with cancer. 15 children and adolescents hospitalized with cancer tested the spirituality conversation model. They expressed feelings, values, beliefs, fears, and the meaning they give to life and illness. The implementation of the conversation model can contribute both to the clinical practice, facilitating care for the spiritual dimension of pediatric patients, and to qualitative research on spi

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