Background: Epipericardial fat necrosis (EFN) presents as acute chest pain with the potential to mimic life-threatening conditions. It is unclear whether this is truly a rare condition, or simply underdiagnosed by low threshold of suspicion. The literature suggests an estimated prevalence of 2% of EFN as the cause of chest pain in all patients presenting [...]

Background: Medical education regarding health systems science and health equity is variable, often with limited opportunities for students to apply foundational concepts and skills in quality improvement and health equity. Equipping future hospitalists with critical skills and change frameworks is one way to meet the needs of both patients and health systems. Purpose: To create [...]

Background: Interprofessional Education (IPE) is an accreditation requirement for pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant (PA), and medical schools. Developing quality IPE learning activities that are meaningful and relevant to all learners can be challenging due to different levels of exposure and training in the discipline-specific curriculum. Purpose: We developed an interprofessional quality improvement/patient safety (QI/PS) workshop [...]

Case Presentation: An 86-year-old female with well-compensated cirrhosis due to primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) visited her PMD complaining of a fever of 102.2, nasal congestion, and sore throat that had started 2 days prior and was followed by a rapidly spreading malar rash that developed on the day she presented. The rash started with tiny [...]