Senior elective

An intensive medical education elective for senior medical students.

Peer teaching by medical students is increasingly consid- ered an effective and efficient instructional modality with value for both teachers and learners. In 2012, twelve senior medical students participated in an inaugural, four-week Medical Education Elective at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The first week emphasized education theory and skills. During the remaining three we...

A Simulation Course for a Senior Medical Student Elective in Anesthesiology.

Introduction: Simulation has become increasingly important in medical education. Both medical student education and resident education frequently incorporate human simulation as a means of developing skills in patient care, crisis leadership and decision-making 1, . As the overall impact of human simulation on medical education continues to evolve, the use of simulation and the number of simula...

A spirituality and medicine elective for senior medical students: 4 years' experience, evaluation, and expansion to the family medicine residency.

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that spirituality is important in patient care and medical education, yet there are few reports of spirituality and medicine curricular evaluation. METHODS We developed, implemented, and evaluated a 17-hour elective on spirituality and patient care for 4 consecutive years. We presented the elective to 10 fourth-year medical students (MS4s) in years one and two and...

Senior Research

A characterization of both the color and spatial image quality of a camera was performed in order to find out if the camera is good enough to capture detail in paintings for cultural heritage applications (artwork preservation). The following primary factors that affect color and spatial image quality were characterized: spatial uniformity, tone reproduction, color reproduction accuracy, noise ...

Elective fetal reduction: the ultimate elective surgery.