OBJECTIVE This study sought to establish the current state of procedural skills training in Canadian Royal College emergency medicine (EM) residencies. METHODS A national Web-based survey was administered to residents and program directors of all 13 Canadian-accredited Royal College EM residency programs. Program directors rated the importance and experience required for competence of 45 EM p...

BACKGROUND Direct observation of residents for training and assessment is a core recommendation in medical education policy initiatives. Limited research exists about the impact of direct observation on precepting, and we are unaware of any research examining the impact of interdisciplinary precepting on trainees or preceptors. Over the past 3 years we have implemented an Interdisciplinary Dire...

Brain tumors, either primary (e.g., glioblastoma multiforme) or secondary (metastatic), remain among the most intractable and fatal of all cancers. We have shown that nanovesicles consisting of Saposin C (SapC) and dioleylphosphatidylserine (DOPS) are able to effectively target and kill cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. These actions are a consequence of the affinity of SapC-DOPS for phos...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting approximately 1% of the population and is characterized by cartilage and bone destruction ultimately leading to loss of joint function. Early detection and intervention of disease provides the best hope for successful treatment and preservation of joint mobility and function. Reliable and non-invasive techniques that accurately me...

Cl Abstract-Emergency departments offer a unique educstiond setting where housestaff can be exposed to and learn a variety of procedural 5k& However, procedural skills are often overlooked as an assumed activity without a formal educational context. The clinical educator’s understmding of the educational princfpals of teaching and learning procedural skills is minimal. This review offers furthe...

Electrophysiological studies using reserpine-treated cats were carried out to elucidate the effects of L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS) on the noradrenergic pathway from the locus coeruleus (LC) to the caudate nucleus (CN) neurons, which were activated by iontophoretically applied bromocriptine, a dopamine D-2 receptor agonist. In the CN neurons, glutamate-induced firing was inh...