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Educators have called for inclusion of pain and opioid specific courses in health professional school curricula. The authors hypothesized that opioid related experiences would be positively associated with plans to engage in opioid related work professionally and tested that hypothesis in a descriptive, cross sectional study of survey responses from 491 students.

Parenting advice can be useful to parents to improve a child’s behavior and alleviate parental stress. To assess pediatric and internal medicine pediatric residents’ knowledge, confidence, and skills in providing parenting advice, the results of a survey of 61 residents following a continuity clinic during which they discussed 4 parenting modules with faculty were analyzed. Faculty also completed a feasibility survey.

Physicians have a role in identifying children with developmental delays and facilitating referral to special education services. Using an instrument to measure what second year medical students know about children with disabilities, special education law, and available services in order to determine the most common sources of this information and to establish a baseline on which to design curricula that address this topic, the authors surveyed 98 osteopathic medical students and assessed their responses.

Does the average physician need to know that the D2 receptor reduces cyclic adenosine monophosphate via Gi-coupled inhibition of adenylyl cyclase? The author weighs in.

The authors offer feedback on a previously published article: Berry AC, McClain EK. Resident duty hour restrictions: the implications behind the new data ahead of the single accreditation system. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2018;118(8):501-503. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2018.116

The authors respond to a Letter to the Editor from Marshall T. Ochi, DO, and Zachary A. Stephan, MD regarding their previously published article: Berry AC, McClain EK. Resident duty hour restrictions: the implications behind the new data ahead of the single accreditation system. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2018;118(8):501-503. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2018.116

The Interprofessional Education core team at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine designed, implemented, and tested an IPE core course includes students in osteopathic medicine, clinical psychology, mental health counseling, and physician assistant programs. In this article, they discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges identified during this program development and assessment process.

To analyze factors that can enhance osteopathic applicants’ likelihood of matching into residency programs, the authors examined the NRMP Charting Outcomes in the Match reports for 2016 US osteopathic seniors and graduates and 2018 US osteopathic seniors (4275), as well as 2016 and 2018 US allopathic seniors (18,187 and 18,818, respectively).

The authors performed a literature review to identify fundamental topics pertinent to the research process and, in this article, provide their recommendations for incorporating these topics into the curriculum as self study, online modules, and team based and active learning exercises.