Prison needle exchange programs (PNEPs) are a critical component for harm reduction in prisons. Little is known about the PNEP access barriers for people who are incarcerated, but the low uptake in th...
Eighteen focus groups were conducted in nine prisons using nominal group technique (NGT) with two stakeholders: peer advocates and people who use or identified as potential users of the PNEP. NGT uses...
Fear of repercussions due to drug use, lack of confidentiality, and fear of being targeted and sanctioned by correctional authorities were perceived by both stakeholder groups as the top barriers inhi...
Barriers to increasing PNEP coverage in Canadian federal prisons proposed by participants highlight the importance of trust and perceived repercussions surrounding program participation. These barrier...
Needle Exchange Programme (NEP) mobile outreach services in Aotearoa New Zealand distribute injecting equipment to people who inject drugs (PWID) living in remote regions. In disasters, continued acce...
This qualitative study applied an interpretive phenomenological analysis approach, where 14 PWID and one key NEP staff member took part in semi-structured interviews. The interviews provided the oppor...
This study focuses on four of the key themes that impacted accessibility to NEP services: infrastructural hazards and equipment costs; social capital and practical support from peers and key contact n...
Access to NEP services is essential during natural hazard and human-generated disasters, as such NEP mobile outreach services and disaster resilience efforts should focus on maintaining service contin...
Medical education has drastically transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures such as adopting telemedicine visits, minimizing the number of trainees on service, discontinuing external rotation...
Elimination of bloodborne viruses including HIV and hepatitis C virus from prisons requires high coverage of evidence-based interventions that prevent bloodborne virus transmission, including needle a...
Participants from nine federal prisons with PNEP completed focus groups using nominal group technique, a rapid mixed-method consensus strategy. Responses were generated, rank-ordered, and prioritized ...
Between September 2023 and February 2024, 16 focus groups were conducted with 118 participants (n = 51 correctional officers; n = 67 healthcare workers). Among correctional officers, the top perceived...
Multiple modifiable barriers and solutions to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were identified by correctional employees. Both participant groups identified the potential for safe inj...
Recently, a novel integrated dilator-needle system (AcQCross Qx, Acutus Medical) was introduced to reduce the number of exchanges for a transseptal access. This system can be used in combination with ...
In this retrospective single-center study, we included 40 patients (AcQCross: n = 20; control group: n = 20) who underwent a cryoballoon procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. In the AcQC...
The baseline characteristics of the study population were comparable between groups. In the AcQCross group, there was a reduction in procedure time (49.7 ± 9.0 min vs. 59.6 ± 8.1 min, P < 0.001) and t...
The use of the novel AcQCross system improves procedural efficacy in cryoballoon procedures by reducing the number of exchanges....
Academic institutions often struggle to meet the unique professional development needs of shared resource personnel, who require business skills, project and people management expertise, and an active...
We launched the Vanderbilt Core Exchange professional development and networking program in 2020. The program was intentionally designed with core personnel input and supports faculty and staff from m...
There have been 11 Vanderbilt Core Exchange events to date: 2 in person and 9 virtual. In-person events averaged 35 attendees, and virtual events averaged 45 attendees. Topics included equipment grant...
This model of local shared resource professional development serves as a template for institutions who desire to create opportunities for collaboration and community building. With a small coordinatin...
The layered learning model (LLM) is a well-established teaching approach designed for attending preceptors to train post-graduate learners and to precept students. The adaptation of a LLM to a virtual...
The online survey piloted the impact of applying the LLM to virtual international exchange sessions on improving participant knowledge in pharmacy practice, pharmacy education, cultural practices, and...
Median scores of the effectiveness of the virtual international exchange program structure were high (≥ 4.0). Two questions evaluating the use of the LLM had median scores of 4.0. All nine residency-r...
Application of the LLM to the virtual international exchange program was positively received by participants, particularly by United States participants....
To determine if fluid-fluid exchange (endo-drainage) or external needle drainage can result in retinal displacement following minimal gas vitrectomy (MGV) with no fluid-air exchange for rhegmatogenous...
Two patients with macula off RRD underwent MGV with and without segmental buckle. First case had minimal gas vitrectomy with segmental buckle (MGV-SB), along with endo-drainage, while the second case ...
Both patients achieved retinal reattachment and post-operative wide-field fundus autofluorescence imaging demonstrated a low integrity retinal attachment (LIRA) with retinal displacement....
Iatrogenic fluid drainage techniques such as fluid-fluid exchange or external needle drainage during MGV (without fluid-air exchange) may result in retinal displacement. Allowing the retinal pigment e...
People who inject drugs (PWID) are exposed to serious health risks such as lethal overdoses, addiction and infections. The patterns of drug use and the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection ...
To evaluate the role of clinical exchange programs in postgraduate obgyn training using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)-World Association of Trainees in Obstetrics and...
This was a cross-sectional study. A 31-item structured questionnaire designed with Google Forms was electronically distributed to the 51 obgyn postgraduate trainees (OWE fellows) who participated in t...
The survey response rate was 68.6%. The mean age of the respondents was 33.0 ± 4.0 years. Majority of the them were females (26, 74.3%), married (19, 54.3%), at least in their third year of training (...
Clinical exchange programs like the OWE provide valuable benefits in improving the clinical knowledge and skills of postgraduate obgyn trainees....
