Elizabeth O’Connor

Evolving through Complex Learning: Designing a Blueprint for Prescribing Using the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) Model in Basic Medical Training

Faraz Khurshid, Rachel Thompson, Elizabeth O’Connor, Iman Hegazi et autres

The complex skill of prescribing often fails to translate effectively from basic medical training into clinical practice, leading to poor patient management and medication errors. Previous research has demonstrated that learners face substantial challenges in achieving the threshold of integrated understanding and …

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Identifying and Exploring the Cognitive Nature of Threshold Concepts in Pharmacology to Improve Medical Students’ Learning

Faraz Khurshid, Iman Hegazi, Elizabeth O’Connor, Babu Noushad et autres

Phenomenon: Pharmacology is a fundamental healthcare discipline, but it can be difficult and counterintuitive for learners to learn. Navigation toward understanding pharmacology can be troublesome, but once the threshold to comprehension is crossed, learners can experience a transformative shift in their ways …

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Chest wall deformities

Elizabeth O’Connor, Hany Gabra

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Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review

Melissa L McPheeters, Elizabeth O’Connor, Sean P. Riley, Sara M. Kennedy et autres

Background. Unhealthy alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 140,000 deaths annually. Only 0.9 percent of Americans who reported having alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the past year indicated they received …

Twelve tips for adopting the virtual Nominal Group Technique (vNGT) in medical education research

Faraz Khurshid, Elizabeth O’Connor, Rachel Thompson, Iman Hegazi

Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a structured approach to consensus development and data collection driven by problem-solving, idea inception and prioritisation. Challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic necessitated the development of a virtual (vNGT) model to recruit participants from diverse …

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Factors associated with outcomes in congenital duodenal obstruction: population-based study

George Bethell, Anna‐May Long, Marian Knight, Nigel Hall et autres

Congenital duodenal obstruction (CDO) is a rare condition (1.5 in 10 000 livebirths) requiring surgical correction during early life. The authors1 recently reported a large population-based epidemiological study of infants born with CDO. This study identified variation in management, in particular, there …

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on inguinal hernia management in infants under 6 months of age in the UK

Eva Sorensen, E Westwood, Mahmoud Motawea, Sophia Hashim et autres

Dear Editor Inguinal hernia is one of the commonest surgical conditions in childhood, with an incidence of around 6 per cent and up to 16 per cent in preterm and low-birthweight infants1–3. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted hospital services, but provided a unique …

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Vascular Access

Elizabeth O’Connor

Venous access (VA) is important to children receiving cancer therapy. Secure VA is necessary to administer chemotherapy, blood products, antibiotics, and parenteral nutrition during treatment. This chapter outlines the general principles of VA, including techniques, complications, and a discussion of the recent …

Extubation strategies after esophageal atresia repair

Olugbenga Michael Aworanti, Elizabeth O’Connor, Edward Hannon, Mark Powis et autres

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Frozen-section examination in the management of paediatric testicular lesions

Elizabeth O’Connor, Chloé Roy, Hany Gabra

PURPOSE: Paediatric testicular and para-testicular lesions have traditionally been managed according to adult protocols. Testis-sparing surgery (TSS) has gained popularity as it has become apparent benign lesions predominate in childhood. Frozen-section examination (FSE) for intra-operative diagnosis has been extensively utilised in adults, …

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Surgeon-Level Variation in Outcome following Esophageal Atresia Repair Is Not Explained by Volume

Elizabeth O’Connor, Bruce Jaffray

INTRODUCTION: To assess whether there is a difference in operative outcome for esophageal atresia (EA) depending on a surgeon's seniority as defined by years in consultant practice or number of cases performed. In addition a Clavien-Dindo score was used to sequentially analyze …

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Emergency scrotal exploration in children: Is it time for a change in mindset in the UK?

Milan Gopal, Elizabeth O’Connor, Leigh McDonald, Amy Goaman et autres

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