ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-07-24DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0001VL
Kalaila L Pais
{"title":"Final Acts of Love.","authors":"Kalaila L Pais","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0001VL","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0001VL","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Discussions and acts surrounding end-of-life care are a daily occurrence in the intensive care unit (ICU) and are influenced by cultural, spiritual, and socioeconomic factors. This reflective essay explores the complexities of providing end-of-life care through my experience as an Indian immigrant, medical student at a historically Black university, and resident physician in a large quaternary medical center. It examines the disparities and cultural dissonance that currently exist in end-of-life care with regard to ethnic minority patients and families. The essay advocates for improved cultural sensitivity among healthcare providers and concludes with a call for initiatives that bridge respect for diverse perspectives on life and death.</p>","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":" ","pages":"398-401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12713740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144710024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-08-01DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0154BR
Deepa Ramadurai, Kathryn Flack, Ling Wu, Sara Kass-Gergi, Janae Heath, Mary Elizabeth Kreider, C Jessica Dine, Katharine Secunda
{"title":"Interprofessional Mechanical Ventilation Education for Critical Care Trainees: A Pilot Curriculum.","authors":"Deepa Ramadurai, Kathryn Flack, Ling Wu, Sara Kass-Gergi, Janae Heath, Mary Elizabeth Kreider, C Jessica Dine, Katharine Secunda","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0154BR","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0154BR","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":" ","pages":"292-298"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144765852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0107LE
Matthew R Dettmer, Nicole Robinson, Neal F Chaisson, Gaurav U Manek, Rendell W Ashton
{"title":"Reply to Helmers <i>et al.</i>: Beyond Evaluation: Resisting Quantification in the Medical Humanities.","authors":"Matthew R Dettmer, Nicole Robinson, Neal F Chaisson, Gaurav U Manek, Rendell W Ashton","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0107LE","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0107LE","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":"6 3","pages":"387-388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145194013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-23DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0127BR
Jessica Zimo, Neelima Navuluri, Deepshikha C Ashana, Catherine Chen, Hayley B Gershengorn, Rachel Kohn, Emily A Vail, Nandita R Nadig, Katrina E Hauschildt, Kelly C Vranas, Elizabeth M Viglianti
{"title":"Critical Care Fellows' Training Experiences with Obstetric Critical Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey.","authors":"Jessica Zimo, Neelima Navuluri, Deepshikha C Ashana, Catherine Chen, Hayley B Gershengorn, Rachel Kohn, Emily A Vail, Nandita R Nadig, Katrina E Hauschildt, Kelly C Vranas, Elizabeth M Viglianti","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0127BR","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0127BR","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":" ","pages":"280-286"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144700471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-06-06DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0134OC
Asha M Anandaiah, Camille R Petri, Christine P Beltran, Amy M Sullivan
{"title":"\"Modeling the Behaviors and the Interactions That We Value\": Critical Care Attending Physician Perspectives on Interprofessional Teaching in Graduate Medical Education.","authors":"Asha M Anandaiah, Camille R Petri, Christine P Beltran, Amy M Sullivan","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0134OC","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0134OC","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Interprofessional teaching (IPT) has the potential to promote teamwork and collaborative patient care, but few studies have explored physician attitudes about the role of nonphysician clinical teachers in graduate medical education. <b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to elucidate critical care attending physician perspectives about the role of nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists in teaching medical residents. <b>Methods:</b> Using a concurrent mixed methods approach, surveys and focus groups were administered to attendings in an urban tertiary academic medical center. Survey data were analyzed with descriptive statistics; focus group data were analyzed using the Framework method of content analysis. <b>Results:</b> Of attendings surveyed, 23/26 (88%) responded. Attendings reported positive attitudes about IPT; highly cited benefits included capitalizing on the unique expertise held by interprofessional providers (21/22, 95%), modeling respectful interprofessional relationships (21/22, 95%), and promoting collaborative patient care (20/22, 91%). Ten attendings participated in focus groups. Qualitative analysis revealed four major themes: overall low rates of IPT that vary by profession, potential role of attending as facilitator of IPT, multiple interpersonal and environmental characteristics that influence IPT, and impacts of IPT on education, patient care, and teamwork. <b>Conclusion:</b> Study results suggest that attending physicians are enthusiastic about the concept of IPT and their potential role in its promotion.</p>","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":" ","pages":"311-325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503051/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144251075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATS scholarPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-06-09DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0076HT
Edwin Jackson, Upasana Jarori, Evan Tomkiewicz, W Graham Carlos
{"title":"How I Teach the Estimation of Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound.","authors":"Edwin Jackson, Upasana Jarori, Evan Tomkiewicz, W Graham Carlos","doi":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0076HT","DOIUrl":"10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0076HT","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a powerful diagnostic tool that combines image acquisition with bedside interpretation, enabling physicians to make rapid diagnoses at the bedside (1). Over the last decade, the popularity of POCUS has surged because of its versatility and the immediate insights it provides in clinical decision making (1). However, basic POCUS does not provide important hemodynamic information, such as intracardiac pressures, stroke volume, or valvular regurgitation assessment. Critical care echocardiography (CCE) becomes indispensable as a specialized application of POCUS focused on using Doppler techniques to provide detailed hemodynamic assessments in critically ill patients (2). Teaching hemodynamic evaluation in CCE, such as estimating right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), is a challenging yet essential aspect of modern critical care education. RVSP is used to assess the presence of pathologic elevation in right ventricular afterload, which has significant clinical implications for critically ill patients. Deriving RVSP requires understanding ultrasound physics, fluid mechanics, and Doppler techniques and mastery of cardiac image acquisition (3-4). These complex skills are not just important but crucial for effectively managing critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In this edition of \"How I Teach,\" we introduce our methodology for instructing learners in our ICU on RVSP estimation using CCE. We use hands-on ultrasound training and e-learning strategies to optimize knowledge retention, ensure accurate interpretation, and promote practical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":72330,"journal":{"name":"ATS scholar","volume":" ","pages":"370-380"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12503040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}