UNE Physician Assistant students engage in evidence-based medicine coursework where they critically evaluate an original primary literature article and create and exhibit a poster following the guidelines, format, and standards for a poster presentation at a professional or scientific meeting.
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Oral Versus Intramuscular Cobalamin Treatment In Megaloblastic Anemia: A Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Study
Tiara Bianco and John Wironen
Research review poster of article:
Bolaman, Z., Kadikoylu, G., Yukselen, V., Yavasoglu, I., Barutca, S., & Senturk, T. (2003). Oral versus intramuscular cobalamin treatment in megaloblastic anemia: a single-center, prospective, randomized, open-label study. Clinical therapeutics, 25(12), 3124–3134. doi:10.1016/s0149-2918(03)90096-8UNE Physician Assistant students reviewed research whose purpose was to compare the treatments of PO versus IM cobalamin for patients with megaloblastic anemia due to a cobalamin deficiency in terms of cost and effectiveness.
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Gut Bacterial Tyrosine Decarboxylases Restrict Levels Of Levodopa In The Treatment Of Parkinson’s Disease
Bailey D'Antonio and Laura Yamagata
Research review poster of article:
van Kessel, S.P., Frye, A.K., El-Gendy, A.O. et al. Gut bacterial tyrosine decarboxylases restrict levels of levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Nat Commun 10, 310 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08294-yUNE Physician Assistant students reviewed research whose purpose was to analyze the effect of levodopa-metabolizing bacteria at its primary site of absorption, the jejunum, and further use this information to understand the variability in L-DOPA dosage requirements for individual treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.
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10 Year Outcomes After Monitoring, Surgery, Or Radiotherapy For Localized Prostate Cancer
Taylor Schumacher and Jennifer Carraux
Research review poster of article:
Hamdy FC, Donovan JL, Lane, JA et al. 10 Year outcomes after monitoring, surgery, or radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2016; 375:1415 1424. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606220UNE Physician Assistant students reviewed research whose purpose was to compare active monitoring, radical prostatectomy, and external beam radiotherapy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer.