Underrepresented Minorities in Surgery Erika Adams Newman David J. Brown CATALYSTS FOR DIVERSITY Medical school enrollment of ethnic minority groups continues to decline, and underrepresented minorities (URMs: African American, Mexican…
Women in Surgery Dawn Coleman Dana A. Telem For the past 15 years, near-equal complements of men and women have entered American medical schools. Despite this, considerable gender-based inequities persist…
Building a Creative Culture Michael W. Mulholland CREATIVITY Creativity is the key to success. Contemporary American surgery is uniquely expensive, highly scrutinized, and challenged by societal and economic expectations. In…
Wounds that have no gap separating the boundaries (e.g., clean surgical wounds) will undergo “primary healing,” from the apposed edges of the tissue. Wounds that have a large gap (e.g.,…
A tick bite from the Lone Star tick can trigger a severe allergy to red meat. This specific allergy is related to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal found in red meat….
“Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.” —Bill Gates 1.1 Types of Prevention 1.2 General Screening Recommendations in Adults Start screening at the following age Patient group Screen for Testing modality…
12.1 Significance and Function of the Thoracic Region The thoracic region is one of the stable and comparatively rigid sections of the vertebral column. Initially, this may appear to be…
9.1 Significance and Function of the Pelvic Region The pelvis is the kinetic and kinematic center of the musculoskeletal system. It is the center of the functional unit of the…
14.1 Introduction Of all the structures in the head region, physical therapists are best able to treat the jaw (temporomandibular joint or TMJ) and the atlanto-occipital joint, which have already…
10.1 Significance and Function of the Lumbar Spine The embryonic curves change during early childhood development in two sections of the vertebral column. The lumbar spine represents one of these…
