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Exploring the Role of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine in Sacramento: Bridging Cultural Practices with Allopathic Healthcare

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exploring the Role of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine in Sacramento: Bridging Cultural Practices with Allopathic Healthcare

Understanding the Efficacy of the TEACH-MS Curriculum at UC Davis School of Medicine: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Curriculum from the Graduates’ Perspectives

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Transforming Education and Community Health for Medical Students (TEACH-MS) was created 10 years ago with a specific aim towards preparing future physicians to practice primary care in urban underserved populations. Prior studies have explored curriculum changes within TEACH-MS.

Modeling the social determinants of resilience in health professions students (HPS)

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Background: Stressors, both inherent to training and stemming from the learning environment, have left many health professions students (HPS) struggling with high rates of burnout, depression, and academic difficulties. Besides being problematic for HPS themselves, these problems have also been shown to affect patient outcomes. In light of these findings, psychological resilience is gaining traction as a promising area of intervention to counter those problems in health professional schools. To address gaps in the literature, the authors propose a multidimensional model of the social determinants of resilience in HPS that includes drivers and their relationship to adverse mental health and academic outcomes.

Methods: The authors assessed the current literature for theories, interventions, and empirical evidence related to resilience and its associated variables in health professional students, distilling key drivers into a model inspired...

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Preclinical Student Well-being at UCD SOM

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

• Nationally, students in their pre-clerkship years have been abruptly transitioned to a mostly or entirely virtual educational experience. In this research study, we explored the impacts of this radical and sudden change on medical student well-being.

• How does the COVID-19 pandemic affect this already staggeringly high burn-out rate? To our knowledge, this question has not been thoroughly explored in the literature.

• We hypothesized that the sudden changes in medical education—including the loss of many timed and anticipated traditions, such as physical exam sessions, shadowing, and preceptorships— may potentially have negative effects on the mental health of medical students.

Evaluation of Distance Learning in Basic Ultrasonography: Can E-FAST Exams be Learned through Distance Learning?

Mon, 4 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical education has drastically changed to a remote format, with independent and e-learning becoming more valuable. While virtual learning of ultrasound has shown to be effective, there is scant literature regarding the efficacy of independent remote learning of the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma exam (E-FAST).

Medical Mentorship Deconstructed: An Analysis and Structural Recommendation for High Value Mentorship

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Despite medical school admissions increasing, the numbers of prospective doctors are not enough to address the physician shortage, especially in rural areas. Many of these rural areas, such as California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV), are impacted by the lack of interest in primary care, aging practitioners, and various other factors; leading to higher rates of death, disability, and chronic disease when compared to urban populations. An important aspect of increasing medical students and physician training from rural areas is utilizing mentorship to foster a continuous supply of rural medical students who plan to serve their communities and residents who decide to remain in rural areas after training. Mentorship in medicine is not a new concept ,with many studies showing that mentorship results in benefits for both the mentee and the mentor. Junior physicians who received mentorship were found to have increased skill development, job satisfaction, and career development while mentors...

Preparing future providers to care for urban underserved communities: An evaluation of the TEACH-MS curriculum at UC Davis School of Medicine

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Transforming Education and Community Health for Medical Students (TEACH-MS) was created in 2011 and designed to be a “four-year tailored M.D program at the UC Davis School of Medicine for students with a strong interest in primary care for the urban underserved. The program fosters thisinterest through “rewarding community-based experiences” and ultimately aims to “improve access to effective, culturally respectful and equitable health services for underserved communities.” As of February2021, 31 alumni have participated in the TEACH-MS. However, there has not yet been a holistic evaluation of the impact of the TEACH-MS curriculum in preparing future physicians to care for urban underserved communities. The urgency for this investigation is also compounded in the setting of major overarching curricular changes at UC Davis School ofMedicine. There are elements of the current TEACH-MS curriculum that have been previously studied in wider academic research. Most notably, the...

The Perceived Value of Same-Sex or Race Mentors and Role Models in Academic Medicine

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Mentorship has been shown to play a large part in career development, program retention and workplace satisfaction. Previous studies have shed light on the importance of improving the representation of women and racial minorities among faculty mentors across several medical specialties. This is especially true in the field of surgery, where female and minority representation has been historically low. Women, for example, represent only 15% of orthopaedic surgery residents while racial/ethnic minorities account for 3% to 10% of US orthopaedic surgeons. Recognizing these continued disparities, our study aimed to describe the implication and perception of need for same-sex and same-race mentorship and role models at evolving stages of a medical career, from medical student to resident to attending physician and to explore if these differences affect specific career choices within the field of medicine.

The Impact of New Student-Run Clinic on the Russian-Speaking Population of Sacramento

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The greater Sacramento area is host to over 30,000 residents who primarily speak Russian, of whom approximately 55% are not fluent in English (Sacramento County LEP, 2014). Many may find it difficult navigating the Western medical system. Lack of access to healthcare also may put Russian-speaking residents who live in lower socioeconomic areas at higher risk of developing preventable chronic diseases (Ainsworth, Dale, 2012). Thus, Nadezhda Clinic has been established to bring the Russian-speaking community of Sacramento culturally sensitive primary healthcare at no cost to the patient. To determine the effectiveness of this project, patients were administered a modified satisfaction questionnaire (PSQ-18) at their first and each subsequent visit. Here, we present a progress report from August 2019 to January 2020 that investigates trends such as Patient Satisfaction, Patient Adherence to Appointments, Clinic Finances and Adherence to ShortTerm Goals. The long-term goal of this...

Navigating the Pathway in Specialty Selection and Medical Education Curricula

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) faces significant health challenges, and many of its regions have been identified as “medically underserved areas.”1 Research indicates that the long-standing shortage of health care professionals in rural areas is one of the factors that contribute to the poor health outcomes of the population.2,3 Furthermore, a recent report published by the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) emphasizes that there is a high need to improve health care access in the SJV.

Health Systems Science at UC Davis: A Case Study

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

With health policy playing a larger role in the practice of medicine since the passage of the Affordable Care Act1, the need for medical students to have a basic understanding of health policy and its many components is urgent. Teaching medical students basic knowledge of health policy will properly prepare them to grow into the future leaders of the healthcare system.

Only 3 initiatives that address Health SystemsSciences (HSS) curricula and provide a case-study of sorts have been documented3,4,5. These include Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Penn State College of Medicine.

Assessing Exposure of a Career as a Doctor among High School Students in Disadvantaged California Communities

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Early exposure to medicine as a careeramong high school students in underservedcommunities is crucial for igniting passionand confidence in the next generation ofURM physicians to serve the diversecommunities of California. We hypothesize that after participating in this program, high school students will have increased awareness about the pathway to medicine and interest in pursuing a career in medicine.

Participation in a Mentorship Organization Contributes to Leadership Development Among URM

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

MiMentor is a student-led non-profit org whosemission is to provide innovative and inclusivementorship opportunities to inspire the nextgeneration of diverse healthcare leaders. This project aims to identify factors that contributeto leadership identity formation among students that have participated in MiMentor leadership positions.

Currently, there are less than 3.8% of physicians in faculty leadership positions in Academic Medicine that identify as Latino/Hispanic. Latinx are the largest single racial/ethnic group in California at 39% and are expected to constitute nearly half of Californians by 2060, there is an urgency to diversify our healthcare workforce toimprove the health and future of our state.