2018
Long-Term Skills Retention Following a Randomized Prospective Trial on Adaptive Procedural Training
Ramirez A, Hu Y, Kim H, Rasmussen S. Long-Term Skills Retention Following a Randomized Prospective Trial on Adaptive Procedural Training. Journal Of Surgical Education 2018, 75: 1589-1597. PMID: 29803772, PMCID: PMC6252163, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral venous catheter placementRandomized controlled trialsMedical studentsControlled trialsLong-term skill retentionSurvey assessed confidenceSimulation-based trainingTraining armChi-square testAssess confidenceSkill retentionInvestigate long-term outcomesTraining hospitalsTertiary care centerConventional trainingPractice volumeCare centerTrial completionVenous catheter placementRandomized prospective trialLong-term outcomesTrial outcomesStudy objectiveAverage scorePractice time
2015
von Hippel–Lindau Disease
Ramirez A, Smith P. von Hippel–Lindau Disease. 2015, 347-359. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13662-2_56.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical care centersAutosomal dominant heritable disorderCare centerExtra-adrenal paragangliomasPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsEndolymphatic sac tumorsRenal cell carcinomaVHL-associated lesionsBroad ligament cystadenomasRetinal hemangioblastomaNeuroendocrine tumorsSac tumorCell carcinomaImproved life expectancyEndocrine surgeonsSurgical interventionMultiple tumorsPancreatic cystsAbstractvon Hippel–LindauScreening guidelinesNeoplasia developmentClinical evaluationScheduled imagingTumorCausative mutations