Table of Contents

Original Research

• Teaching Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: How to Break the News

  Leonardo Seoane, Deborah A. Bourgeois, Christopher M. Blais, Robin B. Rome, Hillary H. Luminais and David E. Taylor

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 312-317;
• Improving the Transition of Care in Patients Transferred Through the Ochsner Medical Center Transfer Center

  Ronald G. Amedee, Genevieve F. Maronge and William W. Pinsky

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 318-322;
• Chronic Disease Management: A Residency-Led Intervention to Improve Outcomes in Diabetic Patients

  Angela N. Fellner, Ryan C. Pettit, Jonathan Sorscher, Lorraine Stephens, Betsy Drake and Richard E. Welling

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 323-330;
• Evaluation of Patient Handoff Methods on an Inpatient Teaching Service

  Steven R. Craig, Hayden L. Smith, A. Matthew Downen and W. John Yost

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 331-337;
• Developing a Practical and Sustainable Faculty Development Program With a Focus on Teaching Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: An Alliance for Independent Academic Medical Centers National Initiative III Project

  Christopher Rodrigue, Leonardo Seoane, Rajiv B. Gala, Janice Piazza and Ronald G. Amedee

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 338-343;
• The University of Queensland Medical Leadership Program: A Case Study

  Lynnette Knowles, Corina O'Dowd, David G. Hewett, Jennifer Schafer, DRANZCOG FRACGP and David Wilkinson

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 344-347;
• Perceptions of Medical Students and Their Supervisors of the Preparation of Students for Clinical Placement in Obstetrics and Gynecology

  Patricia Johnson, Patricia Green, Peter Jones and Heather James

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 348-353;
• The Impact of a Documentation and Coding Curriculum in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Continuity Clinic

  Rajiv B. Gala and Seine Chiang

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 354-358;
• All the World's a Stage: Integrating Theater and Medicine for Interprofessional Team Building in Physician and Nurse Residency Programs

  Tabassum Salam, Michelle Collins and Ann-Marie Baker

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 359-362;
• Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid Surgery: Is It Worth the Cost?

  Grayson Gremillion, Adil Fatakia, Adriana Dornelles and Ronald G. Amedee

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 363-366;
• Consolidated Academic and Research Exposition: A Pilot Study of an Innovative Education Method to Increase Residents' Research Involvement

  Indranill Basu Ray, Tracey L. Henry, William Davis, Jawed Alam, Ronald G. Amedee and William W. Pinsky

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 367-372;
• Assessment of an Anesthesiology Academic Department Mentorship Program

  Ehab Farag, Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, Edward J. Mascha and Jerome F. O'Hara

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 373-378;
• Integrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Content Into Undergraduate Medical School Curricula: A Qualitative Study

  Gina M. Sequeira, Chayan Chakraborti and Brandy A. Panunti

  Ochsner Journal December 2012, 12 (4) 379-382;