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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Medicine and Surgery"”.
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Shared Care and Teaching: A Longitudinal Study of Combined Family Medicine and Surgery Skin Clinic
… yet inconsistently achieved skill within Family Medicine training. This gap is magnified by increasing skin cancer incidence and lengthening wait times for tertiary-level cancer care. STUDY AIMS: This study aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate an interdisciplinary educational intervention to …
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Recent advances in anaesthesia from the point of view of the general practitioner, with special reference to pre-anaesthetic narcosis
Ivlodern advances in medicine and surgery are gratefully received by the general practitioner. He is glad to know that Insulin can limit the ravages of diabetes, that pernicious anaemia is controlled by liver therapy, but he seldom encounters these diseases. Relief of pain and discomfort are his …
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The effects of practical training methods of different forms and intensities on the acquisition of clinical skills
… in learning laryngeal mask airway placement and c) assessing the effectiveness of a simulation course on managing life threatening illness. This thesis has added to the literature in the field of medical education a review of reviews of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of simulation …
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Ideal pathologies : Jean-Marc Bourgery's Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme (1831-1854)
… anatomical atlas produced between 1831 and 1854: the Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme. Authored jointly by anatomist Jean-Marc Bourgery and artist Nicolas Henri Jacob, the Traite proposed a re-visioning of the ideal body at a moment when the very notion of such a body was …
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Medical Professionals' Perceptions of Healthcare Artificial Intelligence
… that participants with more expertise and experience would have greater negative perceptions associated with AI in healthcare compared to participants with a lower expertise level. Participants completed a questionnaire evaluating their perceptions of healthcare AI across four …
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Mapping Current Adult Intensive Care Unit Patient Care Rounding Practices
… study consisting of a national survey and follow up interviews was undertaken. ICU rounding practices were found to be heterogeneous across the country and overall self-rated rounding quality was high, but several opportunities for improvement were highlighted. This thesis proposes five …
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Development of a Method to Measure Clinical Reasoning in Pediatric Residents: The Pediatric Script Concordance Test
… clinical reasoning ability between junior (JR) and senior (SR) pediatric residents and experienced pediatricians serving on the panel of experts (POE), 2) to determine if higher reliability of the SCT method could be achieved by applying specific strategies to the design and construction, and 3) …
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Slaugos priežiūros komandos psichosocialinės rizikos veiksnių ir socialinės refleksijos sąsajos /
The aim of the research is to analyze and assess links between psychosocial risk factors and social reflection of nurses and nursing assistants. Task of work: 1. To investigate sociodemographic data of nurses and nursing assistants working in a health care team. 2. To identify psychosocial risk …
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A Meta-Analysis of Hydroxyurea Use for β-thalassemia: Implications for Clinical Practice and Medical Education
… However, it is associated with serious risks and complications. An alternative option is desirable and may prevent some of the problems associated with current therapy. Hydroxyurea (HU), an oral chemotherapeutic drug, is expected to increase hemoglobin, thereby minimizing the burden of blood …
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Why the Lab? Quantifying General Surgery Resident Motivations to Pursue Dedicated Research Time
Background: Many general surgery residents choose to pursue time away from their clinical training programs to perform dedicated research time (DRT). Resident motivations to pursue DRT need to be examined in order to provide appropriate programmatic support during this stage of training. Methods: A …
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An Ethnographic Analysis of Teaching Responses to Error in Surgical Simulation
… noticeable gender bias within academic surgery few studies have explored gendered differences in communication between faculty and trainees during surgical training. Therefore, the primary aim was to characterize interactions between surgical faculty instructors and surgical trainees …
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Duration of oral anticoagulation in first-episode idiopathic deep vein thrombosis: A Markov decision analysis.
… year. Objectives. To compare the lifetime risks and benefits of three months, six months, twelve months, two years, and lifelong anticoagulation for first episode idiopathic DVT. Secondary objectives were to assess quality of life for patients on warfarin therapy for DVT and for patients with …
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Cost effectiveness analysis of abacavirlamivudine versus tenofoviremtricitabine combination therapy as part of highly active antiretroviral therapy in treatment naive HIV-infected patients
… literature was performed to identify relevant randomized controlled trials and economic models. The economic model described by Richter using maximal virologic response and rate of failure as efficacy parameters was adapted to take into consideration the effect of HLA-B*5701 genotyping. Indirect …
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Evolution of Surgery Risk in Crohn's Disease
… many individuals with Crohn’s disease require surgery for management, the risks of surgery are not well characterized in population-based studies. Advances in medical management may have influenced the risk of surgery over time. However, studies have not adequately evaluated the effect of …
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Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Identify Genes Mutated in Human Disorders
Next-generation sequencing – and, in particular, exome sequencing, the targeted application of next-generation sequencing to the coding portion of the genome – appeared on the scene, in the last decade, as a promising new way of efficiently searching for and successfully identifying causative …
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Experiences of Conformity in Postgraduate Medical Education
… (2) factors that influence pressure to conform, and (3) trainees’ perception of how conformity influences their educational experience. 166 residents participated (21.3% of all residents). Individual characteristics (age, sex, PGY level, educational background) and residency program …
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Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebral Cortex of Fragile X Knockout Mice
… cortex was examined in young Fmr1 knockout and wildtype mice. The rate of developmental synaptogenesis between the two genotypes was similar, but Fmr1 knockout mice exhibited levels of synaptic protein synthesis lower than those of wildtype mice. The role of FMRP in experience-dependent …
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Insulin -Like Growth Factors Regulate Cardiac Hypertrophy
Interestingly, exogenous IGF-I or IGF-I receptor antibodies also lead to hypertrophy of adult cardiomyocytes. This induction appears to be mediated by the local production of IGF-II, that this growth factor then stimulates the hypertrophy via an IGF-I receptor-independent, IGF-II-responsive pathway …
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