Generic Name: Galantamine Brand Name: Reminyl® Manufacturer: Shire Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Cilag (http://www.janssenpharmaceutica.be/index_N.asp) Summary: Galantamine hydrobromide, a phenanthrene alkaloid, is a reversible, competitive acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that is structurally unrelated to other acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (e.g, donepezil, rivastigmine, tacrine). Galantamine hy...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of didactic case-based instruction methodology to improve medical student comprehension of common neurological illnesses and neurological emergencies. SETTING Neurology department, academic university. PARTICIPANTS 415 third and fourth year medical students performing a required four week neurology clerkship. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Raw test scores o...

BACKGROUND This project introduced medicine-related poetry and prose to a Year 3 family medicine clerkship with the purpose of determining students' perception of the usefulness of such materials to enhance empathy, improve patient management, and reduce stress. Although humanities are represented in the curricula of many medical schools, we need more information on how best to incorporate them...

BACKGROUND Concerns about international training experiences in medical school curricula include the effect on student learning. We studied the educational effect of an international elective integrated into a traditional third-year (M3) surgical clerkship. METHODS A 1-week surgical elective in Haiti was available to M3 students during the conventional 8-week surgical clerkship each year for ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this pilot study was to examine our hypothesis that enriching workplace emotional intelligence through resident coaches could improve third-year medical students' adaptability and proactivity on the Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship. METHODS An observational pilot study was conducted in a teaching hospital. Fourteen 3rd year medical students from two cohorts of cler...

Objective. To describe a new national general pediatrics clerkship curriculum, the development process that built national support for its use, and current progress in implementing the curriculum in pediatric clerkships at US allopathic medical schools. Curriculum Development. A curriculum project team of pediatric clerkship directors and an advisory committee representing professional organiza...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect that a 3-year primary-care course experience with family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatric preceptors would have on clerkship performance in pediatrics and internal medicine. DESIGN In 1 academic year, third-year students were divided retrospectively into 3 groups based on preceptor type in the primary care course. An analysis of variance was conducte...

OBJECTIVE To compare general pediatric knowledge acquisition and clinical problem-solving skills by students pre- and postcurricular reform based on the 1994 Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (APA-COMSEP) curricular guidelines. SETTING A large, urban academic medical center. SUBJECTS Third-year medical students on a required clerkshi...

Background and Objectives: On March 17, 2020, the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended temporary suspension all medical student clinical activities due to COVID-19 pandemic, which required a rapid development alternatives traditional teaching methods. This study examines education changes spurred by COVID-19. Methods: Data were collected via Council Academic Family Medicine Educ...