In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, many medical students were already experiencing burnout. Symptoms include emotional exhaustion, interpersonal disengagement, and a low sense of personal accomplishment.1 […]

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[Chapel Hill, NC – May 1, 2019] – Clinical Tools, Inc. won a $200K Phase I SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sci […]

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[Chapel Hill, NC – September 15, 2019] – Clinical Tools, Inc. won a $1.4 M Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health/NIAAA to continue development […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/15/2019

[Chapel Hill, NC – September 15, 2019] – Clinical Tools, Inc. won a $1.4 M Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health/NIAAA to continue development […]

In medical education, 3D graphics delivered on a 2D display are often used to teach 3-dimensional anatomy. This method is more efficient than textbooks 1 and standard 2D objects 2–4. Our navigable 3D brain m […]

Our development of the BrainVR experience is rooted in our understanding of brain anatomy and recognizing the limitations of current anatomy education.

Observing In The Anatomy Lab

Years ago, I studied the […]

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Visualizing the Brain in 3D

The brain is more challenging to understand than heart, kidney, skin, and other organs1. Unfortunately, its complex interconnecting structures and interactions have no close […]

Can a simple screening tool with just 2 questions identify burnout? A 2012 study by Dyrbye et al. investigates if two questions can provide an adequate assessment of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization […]

Burnout is a growing problem among medical students and professionals. A number of burnout interventions exist, but sadly a recent review found few successes. Clough et al. completed a comprehensive review of […]

How do we know if an intervention to address burnout is useful? In creating interventions to assist with burnout, it is important to assess satisfaction and the acceptability of those interventions. High […]

Addressing burnout is profitable! In a world emphasizing profit, perhaps economic benefits should be one of the main arguments for promoting burnout interventions. Without such an argument, leaders of the field […]

Take the time to build your physical strength and stamina. That’s what a recent study of medical students by Dyrbye et al. advocates. The researchers looked at how much medical students employ aerobic exercise a […]

The public is becoming increasingly aware of the risk of burnout in physicians, as seen in this Nov 30th NBC news segment. This report gets into the demands on time that many physicians experience, balancing p […]

The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a great research tool, as it tracks burnout over a long period of time. However, this time-intensive commitment also limits its ability to be used across entire […]

Most assessments of physician functioning focus on burnout and use measures that identify burnout. To get a more comprehensive understanding of how someone is doing, assessing parameters other than burnout is […]

The missing piece of the burnout puzzle may be career regret. Much is written about emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and as previously discussed, the scales potentially miss the third aspect of burnout […]