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Undergraduates in medicine should receive a basic education to ensure understanding of dental concepts, including oral cancer, basic dental health advice, and oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS). This review aims to explore the exposure of OMFS and dental education in the UK medical undergraduate curriculum and follows PRISMA protocols. Four databases were used to search for literature: MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar. A three-tier reviewer panel was used to appropriately evaluate data. The Medical Education Research Quality Instrument (MERSQI) was used to assess research quality amongst the included literature. A total of 14 papers were included for review. Surveys assessing medical students' perceptions of OMFS education indicate a need for improvement of the speciality in undergraduate medicine. Mean exposure of graduating medical students to OMFS was 22% (95%CI 11 to 29%). Knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology, and OMFS-related data was very poor across all surveys. Likewise, oral cancer teaching appears to have room for improvement, only 7% (95%CI 4.1 to 10.3%) of final year medical students can identify oral cancer and less than 20% felt confident in oral assessment and diagnosis. This appears to transfer over into postgraduate medicine where only a mean of 22% of general practitioners can correctly diagnose oral cancer. The results of this review indicate that OMFS and oral cancer are not well covered in the medical curriculum. Doctors require a basic understanding of the OMFS speciality for appropriate referrals and clinical management. Furthermore, the ability of doctors to correctly deal with oral medical problems should be improved to optimise patient outcomes., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption in clinical placements of medical students in the United Kingdom (UK), including trauma and orthopaedic surgery (T&O) rotations. Based on the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) undergraduate syllabus, a 12-week online teaching program was designed to supplement T&O teaching for medical students across the UK while lockdown and social-distancing restrictions were in place. This study aims to describe the process of designing an online teaching program, evaluate the effectiveness of online education, explore medical student perceptions of the virtual learning environment, and report the lessons learned from this 12-week online program. Methods The "Crash Course in Orthopaedics" consisted of 12 webinars, with topics covering a range of acute and chronic T&O conditions, and was delivered through the online platform Zoom. Attendees were invited to complete a post-course questionnaire retrospectively and the results were used in this study. Qualitative data was assessed using thematic analysis. Quantitative data were presented as descriptive statistics.  Results The webinar series was attended by approximately 5150 participants, with the largest demographic group being clinical medical students (49%). Results from the survey revealed three broad themes which were: 1). Interactivity: question + answer (Q+A), multiple choice questions (MCQs), online tools 2). Content: case examples, orthopaedic examinations, objective structure clinical examination (OSCE) tips  3). Accessibility: slides, recordings, duration of the session. Our study found that the online teaching program improved students' clinical knowledge of T&O and they found learning through interactive methods such as polls, the chat function on zoom, and case-based discussions to be most useful. Also, from the results of this study, a guide on "How to Run a Successful Webinar Series for Medical Students" was developed. Conclusion Online webinars effectively supplement T&O teaching and experience for medical students whose T&O placements were disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results will be a helpful guide to those planning medical education webinars in the future., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright © 2022, James et al.)

The 'Sepsis Six' bundle was promoted as a deliverable tool outside of the critical care settings, but there is very little data available on the progress and change of sepsis care outside the critical care environment in the UK. Our aim was to compare the yearly prevalence, outcome and the Sepsis Six bundle compliance in patients at risk of mortality from sepsis in non-intensive care environments. Patients with a National Early Warning Score (NEWS) of 3 or above and suspected or proven infection were enrolled into four yearly 24-h point prevalence studies, carried out in fourteen hospitals across Wales from 2016 to 2019. We followed up patients to 30 days between 2016-2019 and to 90 days between 2017 and 2019. Out of the 26,947 patients screened 1651 fulfilled inclusion criteria and were recruited. The full 'Sepsis Six' care bundle was completed on 223 (14.0%) occasions, with no significant difference between the years. On 190 (11.5%) occasions none of the bundle elements were completed. There was no significant correlation between bundle element compliance, NEWS or year of study. One hundred and seventy (10.7%) patients were seen by critical care outreach; the 'Sepsis Six' bundle was completed significantly more often in this group (54/170, 32.0%) than for patients who were not reviewed by critical care outreach (168/1385, 11.6%; p < 0.0001). Overall survival to 30 days was 81.7% (1349/1651), with a mean survival time of 26.5 days (95% CI 26.1-26.9) with no difference between each year of study. 90-day survival for years 2017-2019 was 74.7% (949/1271), with no difference between the years. In multivariate regression we identified older age, heart failure, recent chemotherapy, higher frailty score and do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation orders as significantly associated with increased 30-day mortality. Our data suggests that despite efforts to increase sepsis awareness within the NHS, there is poor compliance with the sepsis care bundles and no change in the high mortality over the study period. Further research is needed to determine which time-sensitive ward-based interventions can reduce mortality in patients with sepsis and how can these results be embedded to routine clinical practice.Trial registration Defining Sepsis on the Wards ISRCTN 86502304 https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN86502304 prospectively registered 09/05/2016., (© 2021. The Author(s).)