Bau Tran

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Introduction/Objectives The cost of medical services is a major barrier to healthcare accessibility for underserved populations in the United States. Community charity medical clinics help address this disparity by providing free or reduced-cost care for the medically underinsured; however, their economic and public health contributions are unknown...

The cost of medical services continues to be a major barrier to healthcare accessibility for many individuals in America. Community charity medical clinics help address this disparity by providing free or reduced-cost care for the medically underinsured; however, their economic and public health contributions have yet to be well analyzed. This cros...

Health professions trainees must master large volumes of knowledge quickly to be academically successful and competent to practice clinically. At one point or another, all learners struggle with having insufficient knowledge. In this chapter, the authors describe common underlying factors contributing to significant knowledge base gaps in trainees...

This chapter offers a series of goals for institutions and programs to standardize remediation systems and processes. These largely evidence-based goals are organized in three temporally sequenced phases: setting up the context for an institution’s remediation system, initiating remediation programs, and follow-through. The resultant aspirational b...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: • Review causes of sudden cardiac arrest and the use of hypothermia in this setting • Describe how to monitor therapeutic hypothermia and the potential adverse effects of cooling • Discuss pharmacologic agents used with therapeutic hypothermia • Describe cooling and rewarming techniques Induced hypothermia is used to prevent br...