INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM FOR SECOND-YEAR HARVARD-MIT MEDICAL STUDENTS: PRACTICING COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH VOLUNTEER PATIENTS GIVING IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK

Innovative curriculum for second-year Harvard-MIT medical students: practicing communication skills with volunteer patients giving immediate feedback

Nadaa B Ali,1 Stephen R Pelletier,2 Helen M Shields1 1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2Center for Evaluation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Purpose: Medical students are expected to develop excellent communication skills.The purpose of our study was to create an innovative communication skills exercise using re

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Fourteen-year follow-up of a child with acroscyphodysplasia with emphasis on the need for multidisciplinary management: a case report

Abstract Background Acroscyphodysplasia has been described as a phenotypic variant of acrodysostosis type 2 and pseudohypoparathyroidism.In acrodysostosis, skeletal features can include brachydactyly, facial hypoplasia, cone-shaped epiphyses, short stature, and advanced bone age.To date, reports on this disorder have focused on phenotypic findings,

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Effects of dietary organic selenium supplementation on selenium content, antioxidative status of muscles and meat quality of pigs

The effects of feeding a high level 15-eg2373cl of organic selenium on the level of selenium, antioxidative status of m.longissimus lumborum et thoracis (MLLT) and m.semimembranosus (MSM) and meat quality of pigs (defined on malignant hyperthermia status, DNA based test) were investigated.Treatments consisted in supplementation of organic selenium

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