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Research versus practice in quality improvement? Understanding how we can bridge the gap [PDF]

, 2018
The gap between implementers and researchers of quality improvement (QI) has hampered the degree and speed of change needed to reduce avoidable suffering and harm in health care.
Devnani, Mahesh, Garcia Elorrio, Ezequiel, Hirschhorn, Lisa R., Ramaswamy, Rohit, Simpson, Lisa A., Wandersman, Abraham   +5 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza, Arun Meyyazhagan, Eliseo Picchi, Gustavo Ribas, Ingrid Faber, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Preethi Basavaraju, Paolo Eusebi, Haripriya Kuchi Bhotla, Mario Stasi, Fabrizio Gaudiello, Francesco Patti, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Peter Henry St George‐Hyslop, Toshitaka Kawarai, Antonio Orlacchio   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

MEDICAL INTERN"S VIEWS REGARDING THEIR FUTURE

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2003
The general physicians have an important role in health care servies in their community. The view of recently graduated young physicians is an useful tool to change the medical education curriculum. A questionnaire was undertaken to assess the view ...
M KADIVAR, H SHARIFI, H.R SABER, M TAKRIMI-KHAH, ZS MESHKANI   +4 more
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JeffHEALTH: Helping East Africa Link to Health [PDF]

, 2016
JeffHEALTH-Helping East Africa Link to Health is a student-run organization at Thomas Jefferson University dedicated to improving basic medical education and quality of life in Rwanda, which was devastated in 1994 by civil war and genocide.
Coe, Savannah, Kuhn, Elizabeth, Margolis, Rebecca, Rahman, Naveed A., Zhang, Emily   +4 more
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Predicting success in graduate entry medical students undertaking a graduate entry medical program (GEM) [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Success in undergraduate medical courses in the UK can be predicted by school exit examination (A level) grades. There are no documented predictors of success in UK graduate entry medicine (GEM) courses.
Fraser, Ian, Dr., Haldane, Thea, Macdougall, Colin F., Peile, Ed, Petersen, Stuart, Price-Forbes, Alec, Shehmar, Manjeet   +6 more
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy, Michael Cummings, Eden Price, Yulin Liu, Santiago Gutierrez‐Gomez, Sarah O'Shea, Samuel Frank, Rhoda Au, Ashita S. Gurnani, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, Jesse Mez, Ludy C. Shih   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Comparison of Alpha‐Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays for Increasing Reproducibility

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seed amplification assays (SAAs) enable ultrasensitive detection of misfolded α‐synuclein across biofluids and tissues. Yet, heterogeneity in protocols limits cross‐study comparability and clinical translation. Here, we review α‐synuclein SAA methods and their performance across various biological matrices.
Manuela Amaral‐do‐Nascimento, Daniela F. Santos, Tuane C. R. G. Vieira, Tiago F. Outeiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Pathology Graduate Medical Education Programs and Positions, 2001 to 2017

Academic Pathology, 2018
The US medical workforce is facing an impending physician shortage. This shortage holds special concern for pathologists, as many senior practitioners are set to retire in the coming years.
Aldis H. Petriceks BA, Darren Salmi MD
doaj   +1 more source

Residents as Educators: Giving Feedback

MedEdPORTAL, 2014
This resource is designed to help develop residents and fellows as teachers of medical students. The content addresses an aspect of teaching that many house staff find challenging, that of providing effective formative feedback to medical students on ...
Matthew Tews, Kathleen Quinn-Leering, Chris Fox, Jill Simonson, Elizabeth Ellinas, Paul Lemen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using a Poster and Survey Model to Reach New Heights at Library Orientation [PDF]

, 2019
Background : Although active learning techniques have the potential to enhance the learner’s experience, it can be difficult to efficiently and effectively incorporate them into unstructured events outside of the classroom such as an orientation fair ...
Atwood, Gary S., Bianchi, Nancy
core   +1 more source