I've been keeping busy with small projects for school this month. First, I had to share an original research article at "Journal Club". Journal Club is a meeting where someone presents a recent article (published in a peer-reviewed journal), critiques the research methods, explains the results, and shares the potential use in our practices. So I shared a trial of Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) for peanut allergy. You know how we have "allergy shots" for environmental allergies? Well there is now research that looks promising for food allergy desensitization. Super exciting!
This next week we have two projects to present. One project is a quality improvement project where we picked something to evaluate in our practices. For example, we did a quick chart review to see what percentage of our patients (that we've seen recently in clinic) have received their flu shot this year. The number should be 100%. Right? The second half of that project is establishing what a reasonable goal would be and what we could do to reach the goal. I'll save my vaccine rant for another time..
The second project involves digging into journals for a detailed presentation on a topic of our choice. My partner and I are titling our project, "Is Obesity Contagious?". We're sharing the research about a virus, adenovirus 36, that is linked with weight gain. One of the fun parts of this project includes sharing what our patient's may find on the internet on the topic. So we get to share the most outrageous articles/quotes from the trashiest websites & magazines we can find. Love it!
Oh! This is probably much more interesting to you.. (of course I think of it now that I typed all that other chatter!) Have I told our about our time in the anatomy lab this month? I don't think I have.. We've spent two afternoons back in the lab reviewing the upper & lower limb and practicing some procedures. We've been in the lightly-embalmed lab.. which means there is a different process for embalming where the bodies are not so stiff. The joints stay flexible so we were able to practice joint injections one afternoon and central lines the second. Central lines are when we put an IV in a bigger vessel than a peripheral IV -- we place it either in the neck, chest, or groin. A nice procedure to be able to practice before you need to do it for real! It was really helpful to spend some time back in the anatomy lab - I was able to fill in some gaps that I had forgotten since the very beginning of first year.
And because every post deserves a picture, I'll post one of the pictures (that didn't make the cut for our Christmas card) from our short session with our friend, Leslie Leavitt. She's an awesome photographer if you are in the area!
Love you all! Have a great week and make sure to take some time to relax this busy season! And don't miss The Sing Off this Wednesday night! It's probably my favorite show of all time :)
xo,
Krista
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