Cherrelle Smith

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• Preparing Italian residents for global medical practice: the role of internationalization in education. Advances in simulation (London, England) Ebm, C., Smith, C., Milani, M., Karamatsu, M., Pokrajac, N., Dannenberg, B., Cecconi, M. 2025; 10 (1): 61

  Abstract

  As medical education becomes increasingly global, there is a need to prepare residents for culturally diverse clinical environments. Key questions remain about how best to define, measure, and demonstrate the achieved benefits of international education initiatives, particularly regarding intercultural competence and global adaptability for healthcare professionals. This study addresses this gap by assessing a hybrid educational model that combines international faculty mobility with simulation-based learning.We implemented the Paediatric EmergenSIMs Pathway, where visiting U.S. faculty led high-fidelity pediatric emergency simulations and culture-focused lectures, followed by debriefings. A cross-sectional mixed-methods design was used, including post-course surveys, interviews, and a separate faculty survey. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively; qualitative data underwent thematic analysis.Thirty-five participants (70% response rate) completed the survey. Residents reported learnings of cultural awareness (M = 4.72, 95% CI [4.66–4.78]) and cultural competency (M = 4.65, 95% CI [4.54–4.75]), with slightly lower but still positive learnings in cultural sensitivity (M = 4.08, 95% CI [3.93–4.23]). Qualitative feedback confirmed that international faculty and simulations broadened cultural perspectives and fostered social skills; faculty noted mutual learning and challenges in sustaining partnerships.Integrating international faculty and simulation-based education fostered intercultural competence, reflective practice, and professional growth. The hybrid format enabled safe, experiential learning and mutual exchange. These findings highlight the need for standardized frameworks to assess intercultural learning linked to faculty mobility and to inform future global medical curricula.The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s41077-025-00394-8.

  View details for DOI 10.1186/s41077-025-00394-8

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• Protecting the emergency physician workforce during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic through precision scheduling at an academic tertiary care trauma center. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open Lee, M. O., Ribeira, R., Fang, A., Cantwell, L., Khanna, K., Smith, C., Gharahbaghian, L. 2021; 2 (1): e12221

  Abstract

  The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created new emergency physician staffing challenges. Emergency physicians may be taken out of the workforce because of respiratory symptoms or pending severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test results. Vulnerable emergency physician populations with increased risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19 include physicians at older ages; those with chronic medical conditions, including cardiac and pulmonary diseases and immunosuppression; and potentially pregnancy. We present our approach to planning for staffing issues through precision scheduling. We describe the actions taken to protect our vulnerable physicians and maximize our physician coverage. Measures include optimizing workforce; increasing backup call system; adjusting shifts based on patient arrival times, volume, and surge predictions; minimizing exposure to COVID-19 and reduce personal protective equipment use through telemedicine, huddles, and, creating lower risk emergency department care areas; and standardizing intubations to limit exposure.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/emp2.12221

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• Emergency department treatment of asthma in children: A review JACEP Open Lee, M. O., Sivasankar, S., Pokrajac, N., Smith, C., Lumba-Brown, A. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1002/emp2.12224