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Guided Meditation to Initiate Emotional Processing of Patient Deaths

Background : Healthcare providers often experience emotional strain following patient death, yet structured coping mechanisms remain limited. Brief interventions like The Pause show promise. We evaluated the Three-Breath technique—a short guided meditation to honor the deceased and support clinician resilience—for its potential use in emergency medicine. Methods Emergency physicians completed a mixed-methods survey assessing experiences with …

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Implementing EM LEADS (Emergency Medicine Leadership, Education, and Developing Scholars): a Longitudinal Certificate Program for Medical Students Focused on Cultivating Skills in Leadership, Education, and Scholarship

Abstract Objective: EM LEADS prepares medical students to succeed during their EM clerkship, sub-internship, residency, and beyond. It serves as a platform to develop leadership skills, connect with faculty, engage in research, and mentor peers. Background: The School of Medicine has a required EM clerkship but limited early opportunities for building EM skills1, inspiring the …

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Women Leaders in Academic Medicine: A Qualitative Study Addressing the Leaky Pipeline

Published in Cureus: Chow C J, Ferrel M N, Graham E M, et al. (April 10, 2024) Perspectives From Students and Faculty on How Women Achieve Leadership Roles in Academic Medicine: An Exploratory Qualitative Study . Cureus 16(4): e57969. doi:10.7759/cureus.57969 Abstract Introduction: The glass ceiling in academic medicine is characterized by lower pay, fewer career …

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Poster Session

Better than Broccoli- Turning Health System Science Education into a Fun and Healthy Treat  presented by Camille Whicker, MS & Damian Borbolla, MD, MS Multidepartment Anti-racism Curricular Intervention at the University of Utah  presented by L. Elizabeth Moreno, MD & Tiffany Ho, MD, MPH Managing an Educational Training Grant Through Change presented by Virginia Valentin, …

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Virtual Shadowing as an Effective Approach to Gaining Exposure to the Field of Emergency Medicine

Published in Advances in Medical Education and Practice: https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S402352 Abstract Purpose: Shadowing is an important part of medical student education. The COVID-19 pandemic limited medical students’ hospital access. At the same time, virtual access to learning experiences has expanded greatly. In response, we implemented a novel virtual shadowing system to provide students with convenient and …

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Simulating the Simulations?? Creating Virtual Simulations in Response to Restrictions on In-Person Education

Title: Simulating the Simulations?? Creating Virtual Simulations in Response to Restrictions on In-Person EducationPresenter: Elizabeth Thackeray, MD, University of Utah; Megan Fix, MD, University of Utah; Sadfar Ansari, MD, University of UtahDate: 9/15/20Brief Description: A TedTalk style discussion of how the presenters were able to pivot their Transition to Internship course to a fully-online modalityKeywords/Main Subjects: Remote learning, adaptability, Zoom, …

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