About The Study: This cross-sectional study of U.S. medical student matriculants found a decrease in the number of matriculants who were first-generation. These students were at significant risk of attrition from medical school, particularly when considering the intersectionality with low-income and underrepresented in medicine identities. These results suggest a need to recruit and retain these students, so that the physician workforce better reflects the backgrounds and experiences of the communities served.

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, a patient-centered measure of adverse experiences in vulvovaginal care was developed. Participants reported common past experiences with gaslighting (a patient’s concerns are dismissed without proper evaluation) and substantial distress; they frequently considered ceasing care. There is an urgent need for education supporting a biopsychosocial, trauma-informed approach to vulvovaginal pain and continued development of validated instruments to quantify patient experiences.

Parents’ genes – even when not directly inherited by a child – may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by UCL researchers.

The PEERS for Preschoolers program, developed at UCLA by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, is now one of the only evidence-based solutions designed to help young children (ages 4–6) on the autism spectrum to learn the fundamental skills needed to form lasting friendships. And the world is taking notice.

A study from the University of Kansas had several pre-service social studies teachers plan and deliver a lesson on "Night," by Elie Wiesel before a mixed reality, simulated classroom. Interviews before and after showed they were afraid of how to handle difficult topics like antisemitism and the Holocaust, but that their confidence improved and they learned about relying on better sourcework for lessons. The author argues it adds evidence for giving novice educators more practice before they lead their own classrooms.