General
Tommy Dickey, MS, MA, PhD, and Heather Junqueira, CVT
The authors examined the safety, effectiveness, and practicality of utilizing trained scent dogs in clinical and public situations for COVID-19 screening. Specifically, results of 29 trained scent dog screening peer-reviewed studies were compared with results of real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid antigen (RAG) COVID-19 testing methods.
Medical Education
Christina Nielsen, BS; Sabrina Katz, BA; Meriah Parker, BS; Janelle Trefsgar, BS; Hend Bcharah, BS; Jacob Kalin, BS; Desiree Delavary, BA; Mark Brunk-Grady, MS; and Breanne Jaqua, DO, MPH
The objectives of this study are to assess student satisfaction with four student-selected and student-led mindfulness activities incorporated into mandatory small-group sessions, the immediate impact of these activities on student stress levels, and student use of these activities outside the mindfulness sessions.
Medical Education
Christina Weaver, DO; Deborah M. Heath, DO; Inder Raj S. Makin, MD, PhD, RDMS; Kamalani Hanamaika’i, DO; Raghu Kanumalla, MS; Starr Matsushita, BS; Payush Chatta, BS; and Srikar Adhikari, MS, MD
The objectives of this article are to determine the effects of a focused ultrasound training on first-year osteopathic medical students’ ability to identify normal sonographic anatomy of the anterior knee and to differentiate between three common pathologies: joint effusion, prepatellar bursitis, and cellulitis