Introduction Internal medicine (IM) residents must be capable of performing ambulatory procedures required of a competent internist regardless of their career plans. Unfortunately, many IM residents may feel uncomfortable in the ambulatory setting and with ambulatory procedures as the bulk of residency training focuses on inpatient experiences. Methods The session described here is a 1.5-hour case-based, interactive module for residents of all training levels centered on key ambulatory procedures, featuring experienced faculty demonstrating said procedures on a realistic, full-body manikin patient care simulator followed by direct observation of resident competence by that faculty member. Four students per group is optimal. As clinician educators serve as facilitators, faculty training is limited to a walk-through of each session. The materials associated with this publication include the session protocol, cases, direct observation procedure checklists, preparticipation surveys, and postparticipation surveys. Results From July 2014 to June 2015, 66 residents of all training levels at Northwell Health-Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, NY, completed this session. Upon completion, participant performance of breast and pelvic exams improved at every step of each procedure. Additionally, participant comfort, confidence, and intent to perform breast and pelvic exams increased. Discussion Given the success of this session, this educational experience was expanded to include modules on other key ambulatory procedures to promote the development of independent, competent, proficient, and professional IM practitioners who provide high-quality, patient-centered care while fulfilling the program requirements set forth by the ACGME.

Engineering K-12 education outreach programs provide a unique opportunity for undergraduate engineers to develop communication and leadership skills as well as build self-confidence. Recently, there has been an engineering education outreach surge at many universities across the country. While the main goal of these programs is to assist educators in incorporating engineering into the K-12 curriculum, there are offshoot benefits to the undergraduate students who participate in outreach efforts, especially females. Capitalizing on a student's fresh engineering knowledge and young ambitions to make an impact, outreach programs send undergraduates into K-12 classrooms to introduce the engineering discipline to young children. Female engineers demonstrate a large interest in these outreach efforts, and subsequently enhance their overall undergraduate engineering experience. Beyond the initial self-satisfaction of working with young children, which gratifies the female instinct, the young women engineers are able to gain a greater confidence in the technical discipline that is often difficult to obtain in the male-dominated college classroom environment. Tufts University offers this opportunity through the Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, and in the following paper, the participating female engineers account their enhanced leadership, communication, and technical skills as a direct result of outreach.

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Tuesday, 9:24 am. No sooner have you sat down at the office computer then a pop up window tells you "You've Got Mail." Throwing off your winter jacket and kicking your backpack beneath the desk, you settle back to see what they've got for you today. Julie wants further information on the Indus River Valley. Pat will be by at 2 to pick up his aquarium. Brian is looking to do an earthquake unit. Do any old activities fit? Closing the email account, you post your freshly jotted notes up on the wall. Turning back towards the room you take a deep breath and look around. Balsa wood trusses are in mid construction on the table. Copies of the Massachusetts and National Technology Standards are piled high on the bookshelves, alongside a few activity notebooks and a bright green Lego kit. A (now dormant) volcano sits in the corner next to Pat's nearly completed ecology aquarium. Sitting back down you can't help but feel content. Surrounded by the accomplishments that represent your impact on the program and the children themselves, you pause for a moment before asking yourself, where do I begin today?The National Science Foundation (NSF) GK-12 program is managed through the Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO) at Tufts University. The CEEO is a nonprofit organization working with area schools to incorporate engineering into preK-12 classrooms. The CEEO supports roughly fifteen different programs. The programs range from a summer camp for middle school students to workshops for teachers and educators.