Bruce L. Houghton, MD

Department

Medicine

Position

Professor

Articles

• JGIM
  “The Impact of Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics & NBME Subject Exams on USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam Performance”---ACCEPTED JGIM 1 21 22, PUBLICATION PENDING 2021
• Journal of Internal Medicine
  Townley, Theresa A., et al. 'EVALUATION OF THE THIRD YEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER TRANSITION.' JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE. Vol. 35. No. SUPPL 1. ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES: SPRINGER, 2020. 2020
• AcadMed-D
  Which Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics are Associated with Student Performance on the Internal Medicine NBME Subject Exam? A Multi-Institutional Analysis Manuscript Number - AcadMed-D-18-02084R2 (accepted for publication December 2019). Contributing author 2019
• Journal of General Internal Medicine
  Knight C, Sakowski H, Houghton B, Laya M, DeWitt D. Developing a Peer Review Process for Web-Based Curricula: Minting a new coin of the realm
  19 (5 pt 2), p. 594-598 2004
• Teach Learn Med
  Monaghan MS, Galt KA, Turner PD, Houghton BL, Rich EC, Markert RJ, Bergman-Evans B. Student understanding of the relationship between the health professions and the pharmaceutical industry.
  15 (1), p. 14-20 2003
• Medscape General Medicine
  Houghton BL, Bowers JB. Valproic Acid Overdose: A Case Report and Review of Therapy
  5 (1) 2003
• Topics in Heath Information Management
  Galt KA, Rich EC, Young WW, Markert RJ, Barr C, Houghton, BL, Taylor W, Rule AM, Bramble JD, Impact of Hand-Held Technologies on Medication Erros in Primary Care
  23 (2), p. 71-81 2002
• Academic Medicine
  Critical appraisal of alternative therapies: a mini-course Sakowski HA, Houghton BL, Jeffries WB.
  77 (5), p. 471 2002
• Consultant
  Cox-2 Inhibitor-Induced Rash case report in Photoclinic. Dr. Bruce Houghton and Dr. Againdra Bewtra
  Volume 41, Number 9, p. 1338 2001
• Consultant
  Soft Tissue Sarcoma with Gout Tophi case report in Photoclinic Drs. Timothy Goggins (resident in Medicine-Pediatrics) and Bruce Houghton
  Volume 41, Number 3, p. 480 2001
• Guidebook for Clerkship Directors
  Information Technology in Clinical Clerkship Education. Fredrick McCurdy, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Sakowski, M.D., Bruce Houghton, M.D., Roger L. Berkow, M.D., Andy Spooner, M.D., p. 16 through 43 2000
• Postgraduate Medicine
  The 'sweet killer'. Can you recognize the symptoms of ethylene glycol poisoning? de Chazal I, Houghton B, Frock J
  106 (4), p. 221-4, 227, 230 1999

Publications

• BMJ Case Report
  Field K, Gharzai L, Bardeloza K, Houghton B. Takayasu arteritis presenting as embolic stroke. pii: bcr-2017-220001.
  BMJ Case Reports 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220001, p. 1 through 4 2017
• Journal of Investigative Medicine
  Medical Resident's Confidence in Treatment Decisions and Impact on Patient Satisfaction in Response to Consumer Demands in the Clinical Encounter. Proceedings from the 17th Annual Midwest Regional SGIM Meeting. Houghton, B., Galt, K., Rich, EC, Turner, P., Monaghan, M.,
  Vol 48 Number 5, p. 268A 2000
• Journal of Investigative Medicine
  Resident Attitudes and Characteristics Associated with Pharmacotherapy Cost. Proceedings from the 17th Annual Midwest Regional SGIM Meeting. Houghton, B., Turner, PD, Galt, K., Rich, EC.
  Vol 48 Number 5, p. 268A 2000

Editing and Reviews

• JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  Houghton BL, Bothmer J, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  289 (19), p. 2582-2583 2003
• Annals of Internal Medicine
  Comment On: The informationist. Houghton B, Rich EC
  134 (3), p. 251-2; author reply 252-3 2001

Presentations

• Practical Gastroenterology 2023. Session Moderator. October 28th, 2023, Creighton University Mike and Josie Harper Center 2023
• Grand Rounds Internal Medicine, Thrombolytic Therapy for Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Navigating Gaps in the Evidence. Presented with Dr Robert Plambeck and Dr Rao Gutta. October 21, 2020 2020
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2019. Session Moderator. August 24th, 2019, CUMC Seminar Room 2019
• 2019 Esophageal and Bariatric Update for Primary Care May 11th, 2019. Session Moderator Omaha Marriott Regency 2019
• Grand Rounds Internal Medicine, "Inpatient Glycemic Control: First Do No Harm" 2018
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2018. Session Moderator. 2018
• Rei C, Simon B, Lowry E, Rayes H, Houghton B. Poster presentation Paraesophageal Hernia: A Great Imitator NE ACP Department of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE Oct. 2017 2017
• Sajjad A, Dick M, Rayes H, Houghton B. Poster presentation. Paralysis of Hemidiaphragm Leads to Discovery of Overlooked Condition of Unknown Etiology. NE ACP Department of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2017
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2017. Afternoon Session Moderator. Omaha, NE at Marriott Regency 2017
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2017. Session Moderator. 2017
• Grand Rounds Internal Medicine, "Procalcitonin: What Is It Good For?" 2016
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2016. Session Moderator. Omaha, NE at Marriott Regency; 2016
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2016. Session Moderator. 2016
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2015. Session Moderator. Omaha, NE at Marriott Regency 2015
• Practical Gastroenterology: An Update for Primary Care in 2015. Session Moderator. 2015
• Internal Medicine Resident Lecture 'Discharge Planning' July 8th, 2015 2015
• Internal Medicine Resident Lecture 'Health Care Costs and Payment Models' 2015
• Nebraska American College of Physicians Lecture Medical Myths Persisting Despite EBM, Omaha, CenturyLink Center 2014
• Nebraska American College of Physicians Lecture, "Medical Myths: Persisting Despite EBM" 2014
• Nebraska American College of Physicians Self Evaluation Process 2011 Update lecture in Nebraska City, NE 2013
• Nebraska American College of Physicians Self Evaluation Process 2011 Update lecture Nebraska City, NE 2013
• Coordinated Panel Discussion for Grand Rounds Internal Medicine, Metformin: Falsely Accused, April 24th, 2013 2013
• Grand Rounds Internal Medicine, Choosing Wisely: Internal Medicine Update 2013
• Professionalism in the Digital Age: Social Media delivered to CUMC residents 2013
• Houghton, B., Bothmer, J. Huggett, K. Survey of Medical Student and Resident Technology Use. Poster. Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE 2011
• Hansen, T., Houghton, B., Huggett, K., Lofgreen, A. Introducing the ACGME Competencies into an Interclerkship Course. Poster. Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE 2011
• Sakowski H, Markert R, Rich E, Jeffries W, Coleman R, Houghton B, Kosoko-Lasaki S, Goodman M. Dimensions in Clinical Medicine: An Interclerkship Program. Poster Presentation CGEA Meeting Omaha, NE 2004
• Young D, Houghton B, Sakowski H, Dunla R, Rich E. Introduction of Handheld Computers into the 3rd year Medical Student Internal Medicine Clerkship. Poster presentation 2004 CGEA meeting Omaha, NE 2004
• Strategies for Lifelong Learning. Noon Conference Presentation to Internal Medicine faculty and residents at St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 2004
• Using Interclerkships to Fill Gaps in the Clinical Curriculum Midwest Regional SGIM Meeting 2003
• Strategies for Life Long Learning 2003
• Cybermedicine: It sounds cool, but does anything really work? 2003
• Session IV: Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Series---Panel Discussion Coordinator 2002
• Session III: Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Series---Evidence Based Pharmacotherapy 2002
• Session II: Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Series---the empowered patient 2002
• Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine and Critical Appraisal to nurse practitioner students 2002
• Innovative Use of Technology Award Presentation 2002
• Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Session IV: Pharmaceutical Marketing to Physicians and Professional Organization Policy Statements 2001
• Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Session III: Evidence Based Medicine and Information Resource Utilization 2001
• Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Series Session II, The Physician-Patient Relationship and Direct to Consumer Advertising 2001
• Cost Effective Pharmacotherapy Series, Introduction 2001
• Stange Bedfellows: An evidence based approach to teaching complementary and alternative medicine. Presented with Hank Sakowski in at the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine National Meeting in Tucson, AZ 2001
• "Strategies for Life Long Learning: Are you keeping up the literature or being buried alive?" presented at the Nebraska Chapter of the ACP-ASIM meeting 2001
• Using Evidence-Based Electronic Medical Information Resources in Practice: Does Anything Really Work? Presentation at the Fourth Annual: Practical Gastroenterology for Primary Care Physicians and Their Support Staff 2001
• Evidence Based Clinical Practice: We Already Do That, Don't We? Lecture and workshop with Nurse Practitioner Students 2001
• Strange Bedfellows: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Complementary/Alternative Medicine. Bruce Houghton and Hank Sakowski. Midwest SGIM Meeting in Chicago 2001
• Cholesterol Guidelines Update. Noon conference Grand Rounds co-presentation with Dr. Rendell and Dr. Holmberg and Bruce Houghton 2001
• Tutor trainee at the McMaster University Course 'How to Teach Evidence Based Clinical Practice.' I coordinated the activities for my small group workshops throughout the week long course in June of 2001 2001
• Web-based Clinical Curriculum Interest Group Co-Coordinator at the 24th Annual SGIM meeting in San Diego 2001
• Transforming Medicine Clerkship Case Based Curriculum for Web Based Instruction: Lessons Learned at the 24th Annual SGIM Meeting in San Diego, CA 2001
• Guidelines for Responsible Prescribing Practices in the Social Responsibility Interest Group at the 24th Annual SGIM Meeting in San Diego, CA 2001
• Prevention in Medicine 2001: A "Space" Odyssey. Bruce Houghton, M.D. Noon conference presented as part of the Ambulatory Core Series 2001
• The Information Superhighway: How to Use the Internet for a Medicine Clerkship Without Getting in a Motor Vehicle Accident Workshop delivered at the 2000 Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Meeting in Washington, D.C. 2000
• Cost-Effective Pharmacotherapy Series. Delivered with the assistance of the Center for Practice Improvement and Outcomes Research and the Department of Internal Medicine from September through October 2000. Series of four one-hour sessions which dealt with issues related to cost-effective pharmacotherapy and the impact of pharmaceutical marketing on physician choice of therapy. 2000
• Preparing Internists for New Challenges to Cost-Effective Pharmacotherapy delivered at the 17th Annual Midwest Regional Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting in Chicago, IL 2000
• Introduction to Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Information Resource Use, and Critical Appraisal Skills. Delivered to the Nurse Practitioner Student Program 2000
• Ear, Nose, Throat and Neck Exam delivered in the Physical Diagnosis Course to First Year Medical Students 2000
• Faculty Developmpent Program: "So You've Agreed to be a Clinical Preceptor" 2000
• Clinicians and the Internet Course Co-Director with Dr. Walter Scott. Half-Day Saturday Course 2000

Awards

• Professionalism Role Model Award
  Professionalism Role Model Award 2022 from Creighton Department of Internal Medicine
  Creighton University, Department of Internal Medicine
• Chapter Laureate Award
  Chapter Laureate Award from Nebraska American College of Physicians, October 2021
  Nebraska American College of Physicians
• Walter O'Donohue, Jr. Award
  Walter O’Donohue, Jr Award from Nebraska ACP 2017
  Nebraska ACP
• Cardoner Lecture Presentation
  Creighton University
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2012-2013
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2011-2012
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2010-2011
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2009-2010
• James F. Sullivan Award
  for resident teaching
  Creighton University Department of Medicine
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2008-2009
• Nominated for Golden Apple Teaching Award
  4th Year Medical School Class 2008
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2007-2008
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2006-2007
• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2005-2006
• Nominated for Golden Apple Teaching Award by 3rd Year Medical Student Class
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