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MBRSC to host International Society for Gravitational Physiology meeting – BroadcastProME.com

Abstract submission is now open for the 43rd International Society for Gravitational Physiology Meeting, which will be hosted in the UAE from May 26-31, 2024.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) is set to host the 43rd International Society for Gravitational Physiology (ISGP) Meeting for the first time ever in the Arab world. Scheduled to be held from May 26-31, 2024, at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), the event will bring together eminent scientists, representatives from space agencies, young researchers, as well as students.

The meeting aims to foster an exchange of knowledge on the biological and physiological effects of gravity on living organisms. The meeting will not only serve as a collaborative platform, but also be utilised to announce new research and educational opportunities in the field.

Salem Humaid AlMarri, Director General, MBRSC, said: Hosting the 43rd ISGP Meeting is a significant milestone in our continuous efforts to foster knowledge sharing and scientific collaboration. This event aligns perfectly with our commitment to enhancing the understanding of space and its impact on life. By bringing together leading experts in gravitational physiology, we aim to further the boundaries of space science research and education, contributing substantially to the local and global scientific community. We are grateful to our partners at MBRU for partnering on this event. The university has collaborated on numerous projects, including on experiments for astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi during his historic mission aboard the International Space Station. It is through such collaborations that we can truly unlock the potential of space and its profound effects on human health, driving innovation and discovery in the space sector. We look forward to gaining new insights into the world of gravitational science through this meeting and hope it fosters a culture of scientific excellence and exploration, ultimately contributing to the progress of humanity and our understanding of the universe.

Dr Amer Sharif, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Health and President of MBRU, added: We are proud to be part of the 43rd ISGP meeting which will be held at MBRU. This event is an excellent opportunity for our students, to learn, network and gain insights into the impact of gravity on physiological processes and enhance their understanding of human health in different gravitational environments. Such scientific events perfectly align with our missions at MBRU and Dubai Health. Our integrated academic health system places a strong emphasis on lifelong learning, as we are very much committed to ensuring that our learners are fully equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to the local and global scientific community, ultimately advancing health for humanity. We are very thankful to our friends at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre who afforded this opportunity to our students, which is truly unique as it is the first meeting of its kind in the Arab world. We look forward to the insightful discussions, learnings and new research that will emerge from this gathering.

The ISGP association, established in 1979, has a rich history of promoting scientific knowledge on gravitys effects on living organisms and encouraging public and academic interest in this field. Hosting the event in the UAE symbolises the growing stature of the nation in the international science community, providing an opportunity for the UAE science community to engage with global experts, promote the latest findings, including those of Sultan AlNeyadis research projects during his six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS), as well as the opportunity to highlight the countrys participation in Analog simulation missions.

Pr.Marc-Antoine Custaud, President of ISGP, stated: We are very pleased to announce that our 43rd annual ISGP meeting will be held in Dubai and hosted by MBRSC. This will be an important event for all international researchers working in the field of space physiology, providing a wonderful opportunity to meet each other. The meeting is already shaping up to be a great success.

Abstract submissions for the 43rd ISGP Meeting are now open, while registrations will be opened in February 2024.

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Physiology

If anxiety is in my brain, why is my heart pounding? A psychiatrist explains the neuroscience and physiology of fear – PsyPost

Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anxiety inside your chest or stomach, and your brain usually doesnt hurt when youre scared. Many cultures tie cowardice and bravery more to the heart or the guts than to the brain.

But science has traditionally seen the brain as the birthplace and processing site of fear and anxiety. Then why and how do you feel these emotions in other parts of your body?

I am a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who researches and treats fear and anxiety. In my book Afraid, I explain how fear works in the brain and the body and what too much anxiety does to the body. Research confirms that while emotions do originate in your brain, its your body that carries out the orders.

While your brain evolved to save you from a falling rock or speeding predator, the anxieties of modern life are often a lot more abstract. Fifty-thousand years ago, being rejected by your tribe could mean death, but not doing a great job on a public speech at school or at work doesnt have the same consequences. Your brain, however, might not know the difference.

There are a few key areas of the brain that are heavily involved in processing fear.

When you perceive something as dangerous, whether its a gun pointed at you or a group of people looking unhappily at you, these sensory inputs are first relayed to the amygdala. This small, almond-shaped area of the brain located near your ears detects salience, or the emotional relevance of a situation and how to react to it. When you see something, it determines whether you should eat it, attack it, run away from it or have sex with it.

Threat detection is a vital part of this process, and it has to be fast. Early humans did not have much time to think when a lion was lunging toward them. They had to act quickly. For this reason, the amygdala evolved to bypass brain areas involved in logical thinking and can directly engage physical responses. For example, seeing an angry face on a computer screen can immediately trigger a detectable response from the amygdala without the viewer even being aware of this reaction.

The hippocampus is near and tightly connected to the amygdala. Its involved in memorizing what is safe and what is dangerous, especially in relation to the environment it puts fear in context. For example, seeing an angry lion in the zoo and in the Sahara both trigger a fear response in the amygdala. But the hippocampus steps in and blocks this response when youre at the zoo because you arent in danger.

The prefrontal cortex, located above your eyes, is mostly involved in the cognitive and social aspects of fear processing. For example, you might be scared of a snake until you read a sign that the snake is nonpoisonous or the owner tells you its their friendly pet.

Although the prefrontal cortex is usually seen as the part of the brain that regulates emotions, it can also teach you fear based on your social environment. For example, you might feel neutral about a meeting with your boss but immediately feel nervous when a colleague tells you about rumors of layoffs. Many prejudices like racism are rooted in learning fear through tribalism.

If your brain decides that a fear response is justified in a particular situation, it activates a cascade of neuronal and hormonal pathways to prepare you for immediate action. Some of the fight-or-flight response like heightened attention and threat detection takes place in the brain. But the body is where most of the action happens.

Several pathways prepare different body systems for intense physical action. The motor cortex of the brain sends rapid signals to your muscles to prepare them for quick and forceful movements. These include muscles in the chest and stomach that help protect vital organs in those areas. That might contribute to a feeling of tightness in your chest and stomach in stressful conditions.

The sympathetic nervous system is the gas pedal that speeds up the systems involved in fight or flight. Sympathetic neurons are spread throughout the body and are especially dense in places like the heart, lungs and intestines. These neurons trigger the adrenal gland to release hormones like adrenaline that travel through the blood to reach those organs and increase the rate at which they undergo the fear response.

To assure sufficient blood supply to your muscles when theyre in high demand, signals from the sympathetic nervous system increase the rate your heart beats and the force with which it contracts. You feel both increased heart rate and contraction force in your chest, which is why you may connect the feeling of intense emotions to your heart.

In your lungs, signals from the sympathetic nervous system dilate airways and often increase your breathing rate and depth. Sometimes this results in a feeling of shortness of breath.

As digestion is the last priority during a fight-or-flight situation, sympathetic activation slows down your gut and reduces blood flow to your stomach to save oxygen and nutrients for more vital organs like the heart and the brain. These changes to your gastrointestinal system can be perceived as the discomfort linked to fear and anxiety.

All bodily sensations, including those visceral feelings from your chest and stomach, are relayed back to the brain through the pathways via the spinal cord. Your already anxious and highly alert brain then processes these signals at both conscious and unconscious levels.

The insula is a part of the brain specifically involved in conscious awareness of your emotions, pain and bodily sensations. The prefrontal cortex also engages in self-awareness, especially by labeling and naming these physical sensations, like feeling tightness or pain in your stomach, and attributing cognitive value to them, like this is fine and will go away or this is terrible and I am dying. These physical sensations can sometimes create a loop of increasing anxiety as they make the brain feel more scared of the situation because of the turmoil it senses in the body.

Although the feelings of fear and anxiety start in your brain, you also feel them in your body because your brain alters your bodily functions. Emotions take place in both your body and your brain, but you become aware of their existence with your brain. As the rapper Eminem recounted in his song Lose Yourself, the reason his palms were sweaty, his knees weak and his arms heavy was because his brain was nervous.

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Emergency Medicine

Security at hospitals’ emergency departments get $5.7 million funding boost over summer – RNZ

The government is spending an extra $5.7 million on security in emergency departments across the country for summer. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

An emergency doctor says having more security guards over summer will make a difference to hospitals' waiting room safety.

The government is spending an extra $5.7 million on security in emergency departments across the country for summer, after an "increased frequency" of violent incidents at hospitals.

Auckland City Hospital will get five dedicated security guards for its emergency department, and emergency medicine specialist Dr Mark Friedericksen said it would make a difference.

"They're not a let's cause trouble presence, they're a calming presence to try and reduce people actually becoming aggressive, and aggressive to our staff. We value all our staff, all our patients and their whnau," he said.

"If you can de-escalate before there's any physical violence, you've won. Emergency departments survive on teamwork and our security officers are a big part of that teamwork."

Dr Friedericksen said the emergency department's waiting room was often an intense environment.

"One of our main pressures is within our waiting room area. It's not fit for purpose in 2023 and patients wait a long time and if you or I were sitting in the waiting room for a long time, you would be upset," he said.

"Physical assault luckily is rare, verbal assault happens on a daily basis."

Dr Mark Friedericksen said the five additional security guards for Auckland City Hospital would make a difference. Photo: Supplied

Te Whatu Ora said there were 1267 assaults at its hospitals between January and March this year alone - more than the total for 2021.

"The important thing to understand in [regard to] most of the patient or whnau violence interactions is they're vulnerable," Dr Friedericksen said.

"We see them at their most vulnerable when they're at their lowest, they're worried for their healthcare, under the influence of drugs, alcohol and they're just worried. There's a lot of verbal abuse, physical abuse, and we just don't condone that."

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton said the increased security needed to continue beyond summer.

"A lot of our EDs are very busy and they're quite crowded so having more support for the clinical staff to get on and do the work that they are trained to do is a really welcome development," she said.

"By the time we get through summer then we'll be starting to hit the winter surge. EDs are the front doors of our hospitals they are never really not busy so it's important that workforce supports are made longer term."

Dr Shane Reti said the additional 200 security guard roles would be funded until late February. Photo: Supplied

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti said he was working on a longer-term plan to improve security in hospitals.

"We'll learn a lot from this period of time, have we got the numbers right for the eight high risk hospitals five FTE [full-time equivalent positions], is that the right number? It's my plan to bring up a proposal to have pervasive improved security across all of the emergency departments."

The extra 200 security guard roles would be funded till late February, he said.

"They'll have all of the training that an ED security guard might be expected to have," Reti said.

"They have all the tools that current security guards have, there's no new tools that we're giving them. They don't have the tools of police for example. In certain circumstances in a triaged way they do have the tools of restraint but a large part of the toolset is actually talking."

Reti said the rise in violence at hospital waiting rooms was concerning.

"The ED teams here and across the country are describing physical assaults on their person as well as verbal assaults and that is not acceptable and that is what we want to appropriately manage."

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Emergency Medicine

Quebec emergency room doctors warn conditions out of control due to surge of COVID and other respiratory infections – WSWS

With the onset of winter, Quebecs emergency rooms are overflowing, endangering the health and lives of Quebecers. A major driver of the increased burden on hospitals is a surge in COVID-19 cases.

This is a repeat of the situation experienced in November and December 2022. According to the governments Index Sant website, the provinces overall emergency-room (ER) occupancy rate has exceeded 100 percent on every single day since Nov. 12. On Tuesday, the average rate across the province was 131 percent. In Laval, Quebecs third-largest city, it was 182 percent and in the nearby Lanaudire region, 171 per cent.

ER doctors wrote to Health Minister Christian Dub last Friday to warn that conditions in emergency rooms across the province are out of control. Overcrowding in the emergency department leads to daily mortality, says the letter, which was written by Dr. Marie-Maud Couture, the president of the Regroupement des Chefs dUrgence du Qubec (Association of Emergency Rooms Chiefs), and supported by the hundreds of doctors and residents who comprise the Association des spcialistes en mdecine durgence du Qubec(Quebec Association of Specialists in Emergency Medicine).

Congestion in emergency departments leads to mortality, recently estimated at one excess death for every 82 patients admitted, wrote Dr. Couture. This statistic does not take into account indirect deaths, i.e. people who present late despite having an urgent medical condition, for fear of waiting more than 24 hours in a waiting room, and sometimes even for fear of being a nuisance.

The immediate cause of the current overcrowding crisis is the triple epidemic of respiratory viruses that is hitting the province. As in 2022, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are infecting Quebecers en masse.

According to the Institut national de sant publique du Qubec (INSPQ), some 130,000 Quebecers contract a respiratory virus every day.

COVID-19 is believed to be responsible for a third of these infections, although official figures (4,987 new cases for the week ending November 26) continue to seriously underestimate the number of cases. This is because they are based on PCR tests, which are accessible to only a small minority of people. These incomplete official figures and voluntary declarations of positive rapid tests have been steadily increasing since the end of September.

As of last week, 2,200 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, a number that exceeds what was seen in 2020 and 2021 before the arrival of the Omicron wave. This shows that the policy of mass infection adopted by the ruling class at the time has allowed the disease to take hold permanently, with a very high baseline.

COVID-19 also continues to kill. The 70 people who died between November 26 and December 2 in Quebec brought the official count of COVID deaths since 2020 to 19,084. At the end of November, Statistics Canada published its annual report on life expectancy in Canada. For the third year in a row, life expectancy in the country has fallen, from 82.3 years in 2019 to 81.3 in 2022.

The Statscan report also revealed that COVID-19 caused more deaths in the country last year than in any other year of the pandemic. With over 19,700 deaths attributable to it in 2022, COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the country, responsible for around 6 percent of all deaths. In Quebec and Ontario, the two most populous provinces, mortality caused by COVID-19 increased by 38 percent in 2022 as compared to 2021.

The right-wing Coalition avenir Qubec (CAQ) government, with the complicity of the corporate-controlled media outlets and the federal Liberal government, is doing everything in its power to prevent the public from becoming aware of the immense dangers it faces. Its aim is to continue pursuing a deliberate policy of mass infection.

The COVID-19 health emergency was lifted in Quebec on June 1, 2022, and all measures, including the mandatory wearing of masks in healthcare centers, were eliminated. Even tracking the evolution of COVID-19 has become almost impossible due to the lack of data.

In the most recent example, on December 6 the INSPQ discreetly announced on its website that data on hospitalizations linked to COVID had also become imprecise with the end of the obligation for hospitals to record specific information. In particular, it will no longer be possible to know the number of COVID patients hospitalized in intensive care units.

Government and media propaganda downplaying the dangers associated with COVID has also led to a collapse in the number of Quebecers keeping their COVID vaccinations up to date. As of the middle of December, barely 900,000 people, or around 14 percent of the population, had received a booster dose designed to combat the Omicron XBB.1.5 sub-variant since the vaccination campaign began in October.

The data are just as alarming for the most vulnerable people, the only ones for whom the government and INSPQ officially recommend the vaccine. Vaccination rates are 39.1 percent for those over 60 and 45.8 percent for people aged 70-79. Of those 80 and over barely half, 50.5 percent, have received the latest booster.

Quebec Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau has warned of a cocktail of COVID-19 and flu for Christmas, even while downplaying the dangers. He is urging those over 70 to get vaccinated, and recommends that those with symptoms wash their hands and wear a mask. Quebec Premier Franois Legault appointed Boileau as the provinces interim public health director in Jan. 2022, as the government was moving to eliminate all mitigation measures amid the Omicron wave, and later made his posting permanent, precisely because of Boileaus readiness to implement the governments murderous profits-before-lives pandemic policy.

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According to Dr. Boileau, cases of influenzawhose main strain this year is H1N1, which is particularly dangerous for childrenare also rising sharply in Quebec. The test positivity rate has risen from 3.9 percent to almost 7.3 percent in the space of a week, and several adults with influenza are hospitalized in intensive care. Authorities fear that the situation will evolve in the same way as in Alberta, where the test positivity rate has risen from 3 percent to 33 percent in the space of a month.

The deeper causes of the ongoing crisis in emergency departments and, more generally, in the healthcare system, are also well known. They include the savage cuts made for decades by successive Parti Qubcois and Quebec Liberal Party governments, and the intensification of capitalist austerity by the CAQ, which announced in its March budget an increase in healthcare spending below inflation when non-recurring, COVID-19-related expenses are deducted.

Meanwhile, Dubs solutions to the ER crisis are collapsing miserably one after the other. At the end of November, the only two full-time nurses in the first Specialized Nurse Practitioner (SNP) clinic resigned, citing issues impacting the quality and safety of care, including a lack of equipment.

The clinic was opened with great fanfare at the suggestion of the crisis unit set up by Dub in December 2022, when emergency departments were in acute crisis. It was intended to relieve emergency departments and hospitals by treating less urgent cases.

Similarly, the Info-Sant line (811), where sick people are supposed to be able to talk to a professional and be directed to an alternative to ER care if their case is not too serious, is itself overwhelmed. People sometimes have to wait several hours to talk to someone.

In the first week of December, 42.3 percent of 811 callers hung up before getting any advice. Despite this, Dub reiterated on Tuesday that people should avoid the ER if at all possible, encouraging sick people to self-diagnose the severity of their illness and decide if they have the right to seek ER treatment.

The crisis in the healthcare system and the indifference of the ruling class are a serious threat to the lives of Quebecers. Recently, the media revealed that two people died in the emergency room of the Anna-Laberge hospital in Chteauguay, near Montreal, on November 29 and 30.

Although the authorities have refused to give details of these tragic incidents on the pretext that administrative investigations are underway, it appears that one person died after waiting 12 hours, although he was supposed to see a doctor within 30 minutes of arrival according to the preliminary examination carried out in triage. The stretcher occupancy rate at Anna-Laberge Hospital was 184 percent.

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Study pinpoints ideal locations for public bleeding control kits in shopping centers – News-Medical.Net

Where should bleeding control equipment be located to save as many lives as possible? Researchers at Linkping University in Sweden, in collaboration with US researchers, have found the answer to this through computer simulations of a bomb exploding in a shopping center. One of the most important conclusions: bleeding control kits should not be located at entrances.

In the event of an accident or an attack, members of the public can save lives by performing first aid measures until the arrival of emergency medical services. But it is not enough that people see themselves as life-saving immediate responders, prepared and able to act.

There must also be certain equipment available to manage major bleeding. The question then is where this equipment should be placed, so that people who want to help can quickly access bleeding control kits."

Carl-Oscar Jonson, adjunct senior associate professor at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at Linkping University and head of research at the Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology in Linkping

Until now, there have been no guidelines for where such bleeding control kits should be located to ensure maximal utility. The current study, published in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, now contributes research-based recommendations.

"We found that the largest number of lives saved correlated with bleeding control kits being placed in two or more locations on the premises, but most importantly they shouldn't be placed at entrances. We also concluded that the equipment must be accessible within 90 seconds' walking distance," says Anna-Maria Grnbck, doctoral student at the Department of Science and Technology at Linkping University, who was involved in developing the simulation.

This means that bleeding control kits should not be placed at entrances, which is often the case with automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The reason for this is that they may be difficult to reach in a situation where many people have to be evacuated at once, such as in the case of attack or major accident. According to attack statistics, roughly 20 injured people will need first aid including a bleeding control kit each. It may be helpful to locate bleeding control kits in the same places as clearly marked AEDs, as long as not located at the entrances.

The recommendations are based on conclusions reached by the research team by developing a computer-based simulation of an explosion in a large shopping centre with thousands of simultaneous visitors. In their simulation, the researchers have looked at what happens right after an explosion. The majority of the simulated people try to get out of the premises and move towards the exits. Simulated people close to the blast suffer varying degrees of injury and start bleeding. In the simulation, some individuals help those injured by applying direct pressure to reduce bleeding, or by trying to find equipment. It is a race against time. Depending on how long it takes to get the equipment, the simulated injured people may die from blood loss.

To find the best strategy for the placement of bleeding control kits, the researchers tested four different scenarios in their simulation. They weighed together the outcomes of the many simulated courses of events for each scenario and compared them to understand which placement of equipment saved the largest number of lives.

The current study is a collaboration project between the Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology in Linkping, the Department of Computer and Information Science and the Department of Science and Technology at Linkping University and American experts affiliated with the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. While the placement of bleeding control kits in sports arenas and similar has become increasingly common in the US, it is so far a rarity in Sweden.

"I hope policymakers and public venues can use this study to guide plans and decisions about where to locate public-access bleeding control supplies. For example, our study suggests that supplies co-located with AEDs would be more beneficial than those located near exits. In an emergency when minutes matter, having equipment readily accessible might mean the difference between life and death," says Craig Goolsby, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA.

The project was funded by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate in the USA, and Linkping University. The Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology in Linkping is a national knowledge centre located at Region stergtland and Linkping University.

Some of the researchers behind the study have patents related to bleeding control kits.

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Steins, K., et al. (2023). Recommendations for Placement of Bleeding Control Kits in Public Spaces a Simulation Study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2023.190.

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Organic Chemistry

Assistant or Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Tenure-Track job with University of Louisville Chemistry … – American Chemical Society

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Louisville (UofL) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in organic chemistry. Applicants from all areas of organic chemistry are encouraged to apply. In particular, chemical synthesis, methods development, catalysis, green chemistry, and organic materials align well with departmental ambitions. The successful candidate is expected to establish a high quality research program involving Ph.D. and M.S. students, teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and engage in service activities. The University of Louisville strives to foster and sustain an environment of inclusiveness. We seek candidates with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the success of our diverse student communities.

To apply, attach one document containing a cover letter (max. 2 pages), a curriculum vitae, a research statement (max. 7 pages), a teaching statement (1 page), and statement addressing past and future plans to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (1 page) and arrange for 3 reference letters to be submitted by email to deptchem@louisville.edu. Applicants are also required to provide additional information via https://uofl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UofLCareerSite (job R103039). Review of applications will start on November 7, 2023 and continue until the position is filled. The expected start date is July 1, 2024.

The Department of Chemistry is located on the Belknap Campus of UofL, three miles from downtown Louisville. UofL is a state-supported research university located in Kentucky's largest metropolitan area. In addition to the departments in natural sciences, UofL has a highly research-focused School of Medicine and the J.B. Speed School of Engineering for potential collaborations and synergistic activities. UofL has exciting research centers including the Brown Cancer Center, the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, the Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, the Micro/Nano Technology Center, and the Electrooptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center. UofL hosts teaching and learning resources for innovative teaching practices, including the Delphi Center and the Belknap Academic Building fitted with the latest active learning technology.

The university is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and actively encourages candidates who can impact this mission through their research, teaching, and/or service.

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Family Medicine

Kathryn Buchanan joins PVCH Family Medicine team – GREAT BEND TRIBUNE – Great Bend Tribune

It didnt take long for Kathryn Buchanan to notice that the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital (PVCH) team is patient-oriented with a real sense of community spirit.

Buchanan is the new family nurse practitioner at PVCH Family Medicine, 713 W. 11th in Larned. She began seeing patients Dec. 11.

I specialize in family medicine and look forward to meeting my new patients in the coming weeks and months, Buchanan said. I will care for and treat patients with acute and chronic diseases and conditions from age 2 and older.

Buchanan, an Ellinwood resident, noted she is impressed with the wide variety of PVCH services and up-to-date equipment. This illustrates to me that one of the hospitals priorities is offering as much quality health care as possible close to home.

In addition, from day one, the environment here has been welcoming. There is a genuine sense of community among staff members who are always willing to help patients and their colleagues. This is important to me.

Buchanan, who is originally from Mississippi, earned an associates degree in nursing in 2019 and bachelors degree in nursing the following year. Both degrees were awarded by Mississippi University for Women.

Next came her masters in nursing/family nurse practitioner earlier this year at The University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Buchanans professional background includes serving the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department as a registered nurse at North Mississippi Medical Center; registered nurse at Mississippi HomeCare; and med-surg nurse at The University of Kansas Health System.

Melanie Urban, PVCH administrator, noted that in the brief time Kathryn has been here, she is already demonstrating her practitioner skills, as well as her compassion towards her patients. Kathryns talents mesh well with our mission to provide high-quality health care right here at home.

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Family Medicine

Jump Simulation experts bring training to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center Family Medicine medical residents – Newsroom OSF HealthCare

Resident Kynan (pronounced KEE-nun) Brown, MD, says he learns better by repetitive hands-on practice.

Ive had some exposure to some of these procedures in the past and it was helpful in the sense that I knew I felt very rusty and if someone just threw me in and said, Do this, I wouldnt know where to start. I couldnt list off whats in the kit but today brings it all back and they say thats how learning works.

Jillian Hanson, MD, who received her medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago says shes impressed OSF St. Joseph can bring in expertise and equipment from Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center in Peoria to help her gain confidence with complex but common procedures.

Being able to have these manikins with the ultrasound and multiple times to practice throughout the morning has definitely helped but we have lots left to go in residency.

The six first-year medical school graduates are furthering their training and using skills acquired in medical school to gain real-time experience with advanced medical treatments and mentoring from experienced physician faculty members at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria.

The experience includes placement in various clinical settings such as emergency departments, pediatric hospital units, nursing homes and hospital intensive care, among others. But, as part of a special collaboration, each medical resident also does regular office hours at the primary care clinic at Chestnut Health Systems Family Health Center in Bloomington, Illinois.

Associate Director for the Family Medicine Residency program, Rick Anderson, MD, says as a Federally Qualified Health Center, the Chestnut clinic serves Medicaid patients who have been challenged in finding a primary care provider.

Its just gonna open doors for all those patients and help emergency departments looking to refer patients they see in the ED. Its just fantastic. It was kind of a no brainer for both us and Chestnut.

Dr. Hanson, who grew up in LaSalle-Peru, Illinois and is married to a local orthopedic physician, plans to stay in the region part of the goal of the residency program to fill a gap in Family Medicine providers. Hanson has enjoyed seeing patients at Chestnut and likes that every day is different.

We get to see the breadth of everything from OB and pre-natal care all the way to the elderly and transitioning them into hospice. You have longitudinal patients that you follow and see on a regular basis that become sort of your family.

With special attention given to the social drivers of health non-medical factors that impact health and wellness such as financial constraints, housing and transportation Dr. Brown appreciates the more holistic, personal approach to caring for his patients at Chestnuts Family Health clinic.

As a doctor who received his medical degree in Grenada, West Indies and did medical rotations in Brooklyn, Dr. Brown says hes happy to be in Central Illinois and yes, he might just stay.

I like the Midwest. Its my first time living here and so far, Im happy with it so Im gonna feel it out over the next few years I guess.

Thats also the goal of the Family Medicine residency program a OSF St. Joseph to retain the most expertly trained Family Medicine doctors to help Bloomington-Normal area residents continue on their pathway to better health.

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Family Medicine

How having a good relationship with your doctor can benefit your long-term health – UChicago Medicine

Along with staying physically active and eating a healthy diet, theres something else you can do to take care of your health: establish a strong, long-term relationship with your primary care physician.

Having a doctor who knows you can make a big difference in the quality of your care, said UChicago Medicine Medical Group family medicine physician Paulo Aranas, MD*. A physician who sees the bigger picture of your overall health can ensure better communication and treatment that's more personalized to your specific needs.

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As a regular provider for that patient, you know whats been going on, Aranas said. Its easy to miss some details when you dont see the patient all the time or theyre in an urgent care setting.

Aranas recalled seeing a woman in her 40s with numerous chronic conditions, some of which caused chest pain. The patient said that when she went to a different doctor, who was not her primary care physician, she felt that staff didnt take her symptoms seriously because of her age.

They may have been dismissive because they think shes too young for a heart attack or stroke, Aranas said. But when she comes to our clinic, because I know her, I know if the chest pains are different or not.

After examining her, he was able to reassure her that her symptoms were caused by her underlying conditions, not a heart attack.

Having a long-term relationship with your primary care physician can be particularly helpful for older patients, who often have many doctors and specialists on their care team.

In these situations, the primary care physician can help provide oversight, consolidating all the information the patient is receiving and helping to explain it in plain language.

Its especially important for managing chronic conditions, because theyre not going away anytime soon, Aranas said.

A provider who knows you and your condition can lead to better communication and compliance. Youre more likely to have been part of the discussion about the best approach, and thus have more trust in your doctors advice.

I think its easier for patients to understand and manage their disease if they are a part of the treatment plan rather than the target of the treatment plan, he said.

Aranas practices weight loss medicine in addition to being a primary care physician at UChicago Medicine Orland Parkand UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Tinley Park. He says he likes building relationships with his patients because it helps him provide more personalized advice and treatment.

Maybe I know this person likes the bike but not the treadmill, and they like keto but not low carb, he said. Its easier to adjust management if somethings not working, and theyre not as resistant to suggestions, because they know you and they know that you know the situation.

That was the case with Shannon Martin, 40, a patient of Aranas who liked him so much that when he moved from her local hospital to UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Tinley Park, she tracked him down and followed him, even though it meant a farther drive.

Its worth it, she said. Hes pretty awesome.

Aranas had initially been caring for Martin's mother; when Martin needed a new doctor, she became his patient as well. She had been seeing him for a few years when she began having stomach problems, including pain, heartburn and digestive issues. She had also gained some weight and noticed a dip in her energy.

Aranas suggested a medication for weight loss that boosts metabolism, as well as taking regular probiotic and fiber supplements. Because of their long relationship, Martin trusted him and did her best to follow the treatment plan.

The treatment worked, and Martin began seeing results within a few weeks, noticing an improvement in her digestion and energy, and losing the excess weight.

At our first follow-up appointment, he was like, Wow! she recalled. He said, If I was a teacher, Id give you an A-plus.

Martin felt that, because Aranas knew her and her health history, he was able to zero in on the treatment that would be most helpful to her. She also appreciated his open communication, including being able to message him through his patient portal when she had questions or wanted to share her success.

Even in his messages, hed be like, Good job! and use multiple exclamation points, she said. You can just tell he cares.

In fact, medicine has long been based around relationships, Aranas noted.

Doctors forget that in the olden days we didnt have all this technology and medication, he said. The doctor would go to your house, talk to you, reassure you, and kind of hold your hand. And that actually goes a long way in my practice.

Doctors can build rapport with patients by taking time to listen, not rushing appointments, and focusing on what's bothering the patient most, even if the doctor has more concerns about other symptoms or issues.

Its about starting the conversation, he said. We can move on to the other issues when the person comes back.

For patients, its important to be open and communicate your concerns.

Aranas noted that it can be common for patients to think of doctors as authority figures, and worry about being judged or scolded for things like not complying with the treatment plan or eating foods theyre not supposed to. In the worst case scenario, patients may even lie or hold back important information to avoid getting in trouble with their doctor.

Aranas said trust is a two-way street.

Youre not going to the principal more like the guidance counselor, he said. Were not here to judge. We want to help you figure out the issue, and then well try to solve it together.

*UChicago Medicine Medical Group is comprised of UCM Care Network Medical Group, Inc. and Primary Healthcare Associates, S.C. UChicago Medicine Medical Group providers are not employees or agents of The University of Chicago Medical Center, The University of Chicago, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial, UChicago Medicine Orland Park, or UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Tinley Park.

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