2022 VCOM Research Retreat Program

Abstracts

Presenter: Hannah Sahhar, MD Co-Authors: Abby Kabo*; Emma Hand*

Pediatric and Neonatal Boot Camp: A Preparatory Course for Pediatric Clinical Rotations Introduction: In the preclinical years, students do not get as much exposure to pediatric patients. The first experience with a pediatric patient is usually during their pediatric clinical rotation. Most clinical skills are taught based on the adult patient, leaving out the pediatric perspective and its unique aspects. Without prior exposure to this specific population, students are not as prepared for their pediatric rotation as compared to adult patients on their rotations. The Pediatric and Neonatal Boot Camp was designed to give second-year osteopathic medical students hands-on pediatric training. The course included interactive learning in the form of medical educational games, standardized pediatric patient encounters, high-fidelity simulations, and hands-on procedural clinical skills. Objective: This research project will determine whether there is a benefit for second-year osteopathic medical students to take a pediatric and neonatal boot camp course to prepare them for pediatric clinical rotations. Ultimately, we seek to establish whether exposure to pediatric specific clinical skills should be a part of the second-year curriculum. Methods: A pilot course in April 2021 involved 23 students from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Carolinas campus. It included interactive learning in the form of medical educational games, standardized pediatric patient encounters, high-fidelity simulations, and hands-on procedural clinical skills. Pre- and post-tests were administered to the students at the beginning and end of the course. We used the de-identified results of those tests to compare and analyze the average test scores to determine if the course was successful in teaching them the predetermined objectives. Students’ feedback was also utilized to evaluate the boot camp’s quality directly after the course. We also plan to anonymously survey the students upon completion of their third-year pediatric clinical rotations to gain an understanding on whether they felt the boot camp course prepared them well for the pediatrics clinical setting. Results of the study were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics software. Paired-Samples T-Test was used to assess the differences between mean scores for pre- and post-tests. One-Sample T-Test was used to assess Likert scale satisfaction survey mean scores for individual course modules. A significance level of α = 0.05 was used to demonstrate a difference between the mean scores. Results: There was a significant difference between mean scores of pre- and post-tests; 6.86 versus 8.05 respectively (p-value= 0.001 and 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of the difference 0.51-1.83); this demonstrates a statistically significant improvement of knowledge following the camp. Using a Likert-scale survey of scale 1-10, the mean score of course satisfaction for individual modules and sessions ranged from 8.43 (95% CI: 7.65-9.21) to 9.57 (95% CI: 9.25-9.88) with all p-values

Resources for Osteopathic Medicine Presenter: Elaine Powers, MSLS Co-Authors: Jessica Muller, MA

Background: Collection development for Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs) has been a challenge since strictly osteopathic resources are somewhat specialized in regard to content and acquisition. Description: This poster will present a list of textbooks and journals needed to develop an osteopathic library collection. Organizations and publishers with osteopathic resources will also be described. Conclusions: A “top ten” list of osteopathic titles as well as a comprehensive list of osteopathic books and resources provide collection development guidelines for Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine as well as for librarians in other types of medical facilities. Creation of a QR code will provide access to the lists of resources.

*VCOM Student