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Honoring Excellence: Recognizing the 2024 Class of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Fellows.

Honoring Excellence: Recognizing the 2024 Class of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Fellows.

2024 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society

2024 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society

IEEE Fellows–Class of 2024 [Society Briefs

IEEE Fellows–Class of 2024 [Society Briefs

2024 IEEE RAS Fellow Class Announced [Society News

2024 IEEE RAS Fellow Class Announced [Society News

IEEE Fellows Class of 2024 Elevated by AESS

IEEE Fellows Class of 2024 Elevated by AESS

Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program Directors' Perspective on the Virtual Interview Process.

Since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the residency and fellowship recruitment process has changed significantly with the use of virtual interview (VI) platforms. Pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) candidates reported in a survey that VIs hindered their ability to evaluate their fit within the program. However, the program directors' (PDs') opinion of this process remains unknown. We aim to provide insight into the PCCM fellowship PDs' perspective regarding the virtual recruitment process since the first class of fellows undergoing this process has now completed 1 year of training. An anonymous survey was sent to the PDs of PCCM programs participating in the National Resident Matching Program match process in 2020 and 2021. The survey consisted of five sections and 26 closed-ended questions and was distributed via email using the SurveyMonkey platform. The survey was conducted for a total of 6 weeks. A follow-up email to nonrespondents was sent every week. The collected responses were divided into two categories: favoring VIs versus not favoring VIs. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with favoring VIs. The survey was sent to 190 email accounts from the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access System website. Over the course of 6 weeks, 64 respondents participated in the survey, with a response rate of 33.68%. Of 64 respondents, 56 (87.5%) fully completed the survey and 8 (12.5%) partially completed the survey. The final sample size was 59. Thirty-six (61.02%) of the PDs favored VIs for future recruitment, and 23 (38.98%) did not (P < 0.001). Ninety-seven percent of PDs who favored VIs versus 72.73% of those who did not perceived the current fellows to fit well in the program (P = 0.007). The multivariable logistic regression analysis showed a trend toward higher odds of favoring VIs if PDs believed they were able to represent the program well virtually (adjusted odds ratio, 6.99; 95% confidence interval, 0.79 - 61.58) and if they found that the current fellows fit the program well (adjusted odds ratio, 7.15; 95% confidence interval, 0.76-66.52); however, these results were not statistically significant. In this survey research, we found that the majority of the PCCM fellowship PDs favored a virtual process for future recruitment.

Evaluating Inpatient Care Team Models in Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Programs in the United States

Introduction. In response to a growing and increasingly older population with complex medical needs, the hematology and oncology (HO) care system has integrated the hospitalist model into inpatient systems alongside HO trainees and faculty. The inclusive workforce is comprised of hospitalists and advanced practice providers (APPs) who co-manage patients with specialists or form separate non-trainee (NT) teams. Despite multiple advantages of the hospitalist model, the optimal care team structure and the impact on HO fellowship training have not been previously explored. We aimed to survey HO fellowship programs in the United States to identify the structure of inpatient HO staffing models implemented at their institution, and collect data on perceptions of the NT model within the fellowship programs. Methods. We constructed and distributed two national web-based surveys targeting all adult HO fellowship program directors (PDs) and fellows from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited programs. The surveys were designed to assess various aspects of HO inpatient services, including team compositions, individual responsibilities, and availability of NT services. We also assessed the PDs' and fellows' perception on the impact of NT teams on their training and education. The surveys were emailed weekly between 6/20/23-7/29/23. Results.We identified 147 HO training programs.A total of 35 PDs and 101 fellows responded our survey (Table 1). The majority of PDs (83%) were from university training programs in the Midwest (43%) and Northeast (33%), with fellow class sizes of 6-12 (47%). Most (67%) programs had both trainee (T) and NT teams included in their inpatient medicine models (Figure 1). The most commonly reported NT team was the bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy service (BMT) (57%), supported primarily by APPs (55%). Only 33% of respondents reported a dedicated sickle cell disease (SCD) inpatient team within their institution. Hospitalists were included in the care model of the inpatient oncology (27%), inpatient malignant hematology (23%) and SCD (13%) teams. Most PDs agreed that the fellows are primarily responsible for most inpatient tasks and over 50% agreed that APPs are responsible for direct patient care, admissions and discharge planning. 83% of PDs reported that their program had an appropriate balance between inpatient and outpatient care. Half (50%) of PDs reported that fellows had a positive perception of NT teams at their institution, and 35% were neutral. The fellows who responded were predominantly second-year fellows (43%) in Northeastern (43%) university hospitals (92%) from programs with 6-12 fellows (63%). Most (71%) respondents had both T and NT teams included in their inpatient model. Inpatient malignant hematology (53%) and inpatient solid oncology (53%) teams were the most commonly reported NT teams, followed by BMT (40%) (Figure 1). Fellows reported their primary responsibilities to include procedures and tumor board discussions (94%), communication with outpatient teams (91%) and resident education and supervision (89%). APPs were primarily responsible for discharge planning (63%), admissions (59%) and direct patient care (58%). Most (85%) fellows agreed that their program had an appropriate balance between inpatient and outpatient care. Most fellows (69%) reported the impact of NT teams on fellows' inpatient and training experience to be neutral. Fellows from institutions without NT teams responded that the addition on NT team would have a positive impact in their training experience (69%). Most PDs and fellow respondents perceived a financial barrier to the implementation of NT teams at their institutions. Conclusions.Our findings highlight the existing heterogeneity in the distribution and composition of services among HO programs nationwide. PD respondents and fellows without NT teams perceived these teams as a beneficial addition to the program, in contrast to fellows in programs with existing NT teams who reported a neutral impact. Further investigation of the reasons for this discrepancy is essential to identify areas of improvement. Additional insights from the ongoing survey will be presented during the meeting.

ASM News for September 2023

Abstract News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM announces 2023 class of Fellows; Bo G. Sundman named the 2024 recipient of the J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award; Yuichi Ikuhara selected as the 2023 Henry Clifton Sorby Awardee; 2022 Impact Factors announced for ASM Journals; professional profile for Tom Ackerson; in memoriam for ASM past president Richard K. Pitler.

Reflections and Thoughts on the Future of Science From AGU Hydrology Section Fellows

AbstractAt the inaugural Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the summer of 2022, the Hydrology Section organized a poster session and invited our 2020 and 2021 Classes of AGU Fellows, with the initial goal of both celebrating their careers as well as to provide an opportunity for an informal exchange and connection between the section's early career members and our more senior and established scientists and engineers. Due to the challenges of time zones, virtual poster presentations and other logistics, the formal poster session was adjourned but continued as a hybrid “meet‐up” with six of our Section's Fellows (Suzanne Anderson, Paul Brooks, Aaron Packman, Remko Uijlenhoet, Andrew Western, and Xubin Zeng) from around the world. As you will see, what started as an informal chat quickly took deep dives into pressing issues in our section and science in general, including thoughts on how our community values (or in some cases doesn't value) multi‐ and interdisciplinary accomplishments, critiques of our system of rewards and awards including how we assess publication impacts and finally, a frank and honest discussion of our current efforts to diversify our community and where/why are we still failing. We hope that by sharing this open and impromptu dialogue that these discussions can expand to our entire community, and to encourage future Fellows exchanges such as this to reach our entire community of scientists and engineers.

APA Foundation Welcomes 2023 Class of Fellows

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article APA & MeetingsFull AccessAPA Foundation Welcomes 2023 Class of FellowsSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:24 May 2023https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2023.06.7.13The American Psychiatric Association Foundation has announced the names of its 2023 class of fellows. With a total of 116 members, the 2023 class is its largest ever, as well as its most diverse—over 77% of participants self-identify as people of color, 61% as women, and 24% as LGBTQ+.The APA Foundation Resident Fellowship Program complements psychiatry residency training by providing experiential learning, mentorships, and professional development opportunities. Twenty-seven U.S. states and 80 medical institutions are represented in this class.“We couldn’t be more excited to add this impressive class into our community of fellows and fellowship alumni at this critical time in mental health care,” said APA Foundation Executive Director Rawle Andrews Jr., Esq. “This cohort has already proven themselves to be a valuable source of talent and innovation. The future of psychiatry is in good hands.”Each fellow participates in one of nine fellowships on such topics as child and adolescent psychiatry, psychiatric research, and public psychiatry. They will join 61 second-year fellows for a total of 177. ■The names of the fellows. ISSUES NewArchived

APA Foundation welcomes its largest class of fellows

The American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APA Foundation) proudly welcomed 116 future psychiatric leaders into the 2023 class of fellows, marking the largest class in its program history, according to an APA news release. The APA Foundation Resident Fellowship Program complements psychiatric residency training by providing experiential learning, mentorships, and professional development opportunities. Twenty‐seven U.S. states and 80 medical institutions are represented in this class. The 2023 class is also the most diverse in the fellowship's history, with over 77% of participants self‐identifying as people of color, 61% as women, and 24% as LGBTQ+. “We couldn't be more excited to add this impressive class into our community of fellows and fellowship alumni at this critical time in mental health care,” said APA Foundation Executive Director Rawle Andrews, Jr., Esq. “This cohort has already proven themselves to be a valuable source of talent and innovation. The future of psychiatry is in good hands.” Each fellow is assigned to one of nine different fellowships, encompassing topics from child and adolescent psychiatry to psychiatric research and public psychiatry. They will join 61 second‐year fellows for a total of 176. “We are looking forward to working with and training these future leaders of our field,” said Vedrana Hodzic, APA Foundation's director of fellowships, mentorship, and medical education, who oversaw the recruitment of this year's class.

2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Fellow Class Announced [Society News

2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Fellow Class Announced [Society News

The Newly Elected IEEE Fellows Class of 2023 [Society News

The Newly Elected IEEE Fellows Class of 2023 [Society News

IEEE Fellows Class of 2023 Elevated by AESS

IEEE Fellows Class of 2023 Elevated by AESS

Perception of Pathology Online Classes for MBBS (Pre-Clinical Students): A Covid Generated Evolution

The unexpected COVID-19 crisis has disrupted medical education and patient care in unprecedented ways. As the pandemic occurred unexpectedly, University and its affiliated colleges, their faculty members had to hurriedly switch to online courses without reflecting on how to transform the curriculum to align well with the online learning platform. As Nepal Medical College, Teaching Hospital (NMCTH) had also embraced e-learning as teaching learning tools in undergraduate students, this study tried to focus on the participation and satisfaction rate of students regarding the same. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at NMCTH. MBBS second year students (Pre-clinical years) were given a validated, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire to fill in. The following categories were looked for: 1) participation in the online classes and 2) level of satisfaction of online class in Pathology subject. The questionnaire consist a total of 14 questions and answers were given in the form of yes/ no or option wise. Out of total of 98 students, 95 students responded. Most of MBBS second year students (69%) felt that online classes were not as effective as physical classes and were also not satisfied with this method of teaching. Most of the students (88%) felt that they paid more attention in physical classes than online classes. However, they didn’t find any differences between the physical or online examinations. Mobile phones were the most used device and Microsoft teams was the preferred platform. Despite the interference of learning due to network problem, the audio and video quality was satisfactory. The participation in online classes was good. The advantages were that there was no disturbance from fellow class mates during online class as stated by 68% of participants. There was room for open discussions and interaction with teacher (60%) just as in case of physical lectures. The major disadvantage was that most of the students were not satisfied with this method of learning and they find it ineffective compared to physical classes. Thus from this study, we can conclude that students prefer physical classes and online classes cannot replace the physical classes. However, with the implementation of online classes, we can ensure that it has overcome the vent created by Covid-19 pandemic.

Training Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellows in Performing Bone Marrow Biopsies- a Quality Improvement Initiative

Background Bone marrow biopsies are frequently performed in the evaluation of many benign and malignant hematologic disorders and occasionally utilized in the diagnostic evaluation of fever of unknown origin. 1 2 Guidelines for bone marrow biopsy samples vary. A size of 20mm for lymphoma , 15 mm for myeloproliferative disease , 16 mm for malignant neoplasms in general is considered to be a rough guide3. Bone marrow samples can be altered during the processing which may lead to shrinkage of up to 25% from the size obtained 5. Awareness and strict adherence to recommended bone marrow biopsy sample sizes seems limited. Type of bone marrow biopsy needle such as manual or motorized needles, operator skill and patient body habitus lead to variability in size, hemodilute aspirates and crush artifacts5. Suboptimal samples due to inadequate size or aspiration artifact can lead to delays in diagnosis, need for repeat procedures with physical, emotional and financial consequences4 . In our institution, we undertook a quality improvement initiative to improve upon the sample sizes and minimize artifacts of bone marrow biopsies and herein we report the results of this project. Methods: We collected data from the outpatient bone marrow biopsy clinic on all the bone marrow biopsies done by a class of hematology and oncology fellows between the months of July 2021 and January 2022 . Data was collected for 70 bone marrow biopsy encounters. Each encounter was analyzed for size , type of artifact if present, patient diagnosis, age, gender, BMI, number of attempts and use of sedation to assess meaningful correlations and potential contributing factors. We then performed individual one on one intervention sessions with each fellow participating in the project to review their individual operator data and discuss areas of improvement. A best practices handout with the steps to a successful biopsy and common pitfalls with useful tips was given to all the fellows and was placed in the bone marrow biopsy clinic for reference. A post procedure checklist was added and included a measuring aid to ensure that the bone samples were of the desired size which allowed practitioners to be more aware of the quality of their collected samples and intervene again if needed to get better samples in the same encounter. A survey was also utilized to understand the personal experiences and knowledge barriers that may be contributing to inferior outcomes and allow for anonymous feedback. Data was then collected again over a 6-month period post intervention to screen for improvement in percentage of adequate biopsies, average size of sample obtained and presence of artifacts. Results: Data obtained pre-intervention showed a 39.4% inadequate samples. The average bone marrow biopsy size was 1.2 cm, 95% CI ( 1.05- 1.35). There was a 22.5% aspiration artifact in the tested samples along with 16.9% and 1.4% fragmentation and crush artifacts respectively. Interestingly the size of adequate samples in this pre-intervention cohort of biopsies was 1.23cm 95% CI (1.04-1.42) , indicating that the percentage of inadequate samples was mostly influenced by high degree of artifacts in the obtained samples. In addition, patient age, BMI and diagnosis did not correlate with percentage of inadequate samples suggesting operator skill and technique as the main factor in determining outcomes. Of the 49 post intervention samples analyzed, the average size of the sample was 1.2cm, 95% CI ( 1.03- 1.37) which was similar to the pre intervention samples . but there was a difference in the size of the adequate samples at 1.43cm 95% CI ( 1.27-1.59) , . 8.1% of samples had aspiration artifact . 8.1%of samples had fragmentation. Overall, this intervention resulted in a decrease in the inadequate sample rate from 39.4% to 26.5% Conclusion: Bone marrow biopsies are an important part of investigating a wide array of diseases , personal skill and experience are important factors in determining adequacy of samples , there is merit behind a combined approach of individualized feedback along with tools such as post-procedure checklists for self-evaluation to improve the quality of collected bone marrow biopsy samples in new Hematology and Oncology fellowship trainees. Novel approaches such as utilization of image guidance or ultrasound may be worth exploring to further improve sampling yield.

Should You Nominate an IEEE Industry Applications Society Colleague for Elevation to IEEE Fellow? [From the Editor’s Desk

In late November, the IEEE Board of Directors will approve the IEEE Fellow Class of 2023. Although we don’t know whom or how many IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) members will be elevated, we hope that a high percentage of nominations received by the Fellows Evaluation Committee of the IAS will be announced as distinguished members of the IEEE Fellow Class of 2023.

AGU Announces the 2022 Class of Fellows

Fifty-four individuals have been elected to the 2022 Class of Fellows.

Awards Program Fall 2022

The Fall Awards Program recognizes the 2022 Class of ECS Fellows, and Society, Division, Section, and Student award winners.

ASM News for July and August 2022

Abstract News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: 2022 ASM award program honorees; 2022 class of ASM Fellows; updates from the ASM President and executive director on governance and strategic planning; volunteer profile for Bernoulli Andilab; professional profile for Amy Elliott.