AOA COMMUNICATIONS (REPRINTS):

 History Bureau's Essay Competition Now Targets Five Core Principles

Michael Fitzgerald
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:10-11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Emergency Department Screening and Intervention for Patients With Alcohol-Related Disorders: A Pilot Study

Aaron Craig Love, Marna Rayl Greenberg, Matthew Brice, and Michael Weinstock
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:12-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreased alcohol consumption was found after subjects who screened positive for possible alcohol abuse received a brief intervention, treatment referral, and 6-month follow-up. The authors describe their original screening tool.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS:

Attitudes Toward Pay-for-Performance Initiatives Among Primary Care Osteopathic Physicians in Small Group Practices

Robert G. Locke and Malathi Srinivasan
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:21-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pay-for-performance (P4P) models generally reward physicians for providing improved care by meeting distinct quality measures. To determine the attitudes toward and preparation for P4P measures, primary care osteopathic physicians in small group practices were asked to complete a 20-item questionnaire. Survey results and data analysis are discussed.

 JAOA Peer Reviewers, 2007

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:37-38. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CASE REPORTS:

Bleeding Duodenal Ulcer After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Marc Zerey, Lee B. Sigmon, Timothy S. Kuwada, B. Todd Heniford, and Ronald F. Sing
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:25-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The authors describe a case of a bleeding duodenal ulcer occurring in a 57-year-old man who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 12 years earlier.

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Palpatory Diagnosis Training on the Virtual Haptic Back: Performance Improvement and User Evaluations

John N. Howell, Robert R. Conatser, Robert L. Williams, II, Janet M. Burns, and David C. Eland
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:29-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB) is an interactive technology introduced at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens in 2005 to help osteopathic medical students learn palpatory diagnosis. This article was presented at two conferences and was first published in the 2006 Proceedings of EuroHaptics International Conference.

CME QUIZ:

 

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:40-41. [PDF]  

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