Evolution of an educator: lessons learned and challenges ahead

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold I. Modell
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
University Of Mississippi ◽  
Founding Editor ◽  
Claude Bernard ◽  
Mississippi Medical ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

In selecting a Claude Bernard Distinguished Lecturer, the Teaching Section looks for an individual who has made major contributions to physiology education. Dr. Harold Modell has certainly earned this honor. Harold has an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, a Masters in biomedical engineering from Iowa State, and, continuing the southern migration, a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. After four years in Buffalo, first as a postdoctoral fellow and then as an assistant professor, Harold made the long trek to Seattle, WA, where he has been ever since. Harold Modell’s contributions to physiology education are many and varied. He was certainly one of the early developers of teaching software aimed at helping students learn physiology. His programs are widely used, but more importantly, he has been instrumental in bringing others into the field of computer-based education. The existence of the Teaching Section is in no small measure the result of Harold’s efforts to persuade APS that teaching was important to a great many of its members, and to the Society. Similarly, this journal, Advances in Physiology Education, came to life after a long campaign spearheaded by Harold. As the journal’s founding editor, he set the stage for the growing success that it is enjoying today. Finally, Harold is an educational researcher of note whose every project is aimed at helping the learner to learn. As a leading advocate of this attitude, Harold has helped physiology teachers at all levels adopt this approach to teaching.

One Hundred Fifty Liver Transplants at a New Program in the Modern Era: The University of Mississippi Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 1025-1027
Author(s):  
Kyle Curtis ◽  
Christopher Anderson ◽  
Ashley Seawright ◽  
Felicitas Koller ◽  
James Wynn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Alcoholic Cirrhosis ◽  
High Volume ◽  
University Of Mississippi ◽  
Liver Transplants ◽  
Underserved Area ◽  
Mississippi Medical ◽  
The University

From 1991 to 2013, Mississippi was without liver transplant services. In 2013, a new liver transplant program was established at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Here, we describe our experience with the first 150 transplants over a 4.5-year period. This study is a review of 147 patients who underwent the first 150 liver transplants at the University of Mississippi Medical Center between March 5, 2013, and January 4, 2018. There were no exclusion criteria for this study. Donor, recipient, and outcome variables were analyzed. Recipients were 46% female and 74% white. Age at the time of transplant was 57 [IQR 49–63]. BMI at transplant was 30 [IQR 25–35]. Thirty per cent of transplants were for alcoholic cirrhosis, 25% non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, 24% hepatitis C, and 12% cholestatic. Mean model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) at the time of transplant was 20 [95% confidence interval 19–21] and MELD-Na was 22 [95% confidence interval 20–23]. One-year patient- and graft survival were 89% and 87%, respectively, which were as expected based on Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient reports after risk adjustment. The data published here verifies it is possible to establish a new liver transplant center in an underserved area previously lacking comprehensive liver care and to achieve results similar to other high-volume centers across the country.

Supporting Advance Practice Providers in the Emergency Department Using Telehealth

2021 ◽  
pp. 200-209
Author(s):  
L. Kendall McKenzie ◽  
Tearsanee Carlisle ◽  
Lisa Haynie ◽  
Jason McKay ◽  
Greg Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
University Of Mississippi ◽  
Health Care Environment ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Educational Preparation ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Mississippi Medical ◽  
The University ◽  
Delivery Models

This chapter focuses on the role of advanced practice providers (APPs) in the context of emergency telehealth by describing one of the first successful programs, started in 2003, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Important issues germane to developing a program to provide telehealth supervision to APPs are covered. Specific concerns addressed by UMMC as the program was developed are described and generalized to the current health care environment. Major considerations regarding delivery models, contracts, technology, rationale for using APPs, regulatory concerns, and educational preparation are also discussed.

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