The Impact of Medical School Experiences in Global Surgery on Perceptions and Career Plans Among U.S. Medical Students.

Introduction: There is a growing interest among medical students to learn about global surgery and how they can incorporate it into their further training in residency. This study addresses US-based medical student perceptions of global surgery, medical school experiences, and career plans.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study of US-based medical students was performed.

Teaching foundational language equity concepts in the pre-clinical curriculum.

Background: Despite the prevalence of non-English languages in the US population, existing medical training to teach communication with linguistically diverse communities is limited to electives or solely focuses on medical interpreting. Language-appropriate communication skills are seldom comprehensively integrated in medical education. This study describes the development and evaluation of an intervention to teach foundational language equity concepts.

Community-level socioeconomic distress is associated with nutritional status in adults with sickle cell anemia.

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) negatively impacts the ability to achieve educational and occupational goals increasing vulnerability to socioeconomic challenges. In a cross-sectional analysis of 332 SCA adults, we investigated whether the distressed community index (DCI) was associated with SCA-related complications and nutritional status. More patients with higher DCI had Medicaid insurance.

Preoperative risk factors for postoperative pneumonia following primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate risk factors for pneumonia following THA and TKA.

Methods: Patients were identified from the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Database (NSQIP) who experienced postoperative pneumonia after undergoing primary THA and TKA.

Results: Many characteristics including old age, anemia, diabetes, cardiac comorbidities, dialysis, and smoking were independent risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after THA or TKA.

Reducing Muslim Mammography Disparities: Outcomes From a Religiously Tailored Mosque-Based Intervention.

Objective: To describe the design of, and participant-level outcomes related to, a religiously tailored, peer-led group education program aimed at enhancing Muslim women's mammography intention.

Method: Using a community-engaged approach and mixed methods, we identified and addressed barrier beliefs impeding mammography screening among Muslim American women. Our religiously tailored, mosque-based, peer-led intervention involved facilitated discussions and expert-led didactics conveying health-related religious teachings, and information about the benefits and process of mammography.