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Open access, open education resources and open data in Uganda

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
As a follow up to OpenCon 2014, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) students organized a 3 day workshop Open Access, Open Education Resources and Open Data in Kampala from 15-18 December 2014.
Ivana Di Salvo, Meggie Mwoka, Teddy Kwaga, Priscilla Aceng Rukundo, Dennis Ssesanga Ernest, Louis Aikoriogie Osaheni, Kasibante John, Kasirye Shafik, Agostinho Moreira de Sousa   +8 more
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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing computer skills in Tanzanian medical students: an elective experience [PDF]

, 2004
Background: One estimate suggests that by 2010 more than 30% of a physician's time will be spent using information technology tools. The aim of this study is to assess the information and communication technologies (ICT) skills of medical students in ...
Miriam Samuel, Samuel Miriam, Azarmina Pejman, Samuel, M., Miranda J Jaime, Young, E.J.W., Melvin, Rob, John C Coombes, Coombes John C, Pejman Azarmina, Melvin, R., Melvin Rob, Coombes, John C, Young, Eoin JW, Rob Melvin, Miranda, J Jaime, Coombes, J.C., Miranda, J.J., J Jaime Miranda, Azarmina, Pejman, Samuel, Miriam, Eoin JW Young, Young Eoin JW, Azarmina, P.   +23 more
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Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Constructivism in the Development of Medical Education [PDF]

, 2020
This study introduces cognitive constructivism in reference to its emergence in the development of medical education. The main concepts of cognitive constructivism as they relate to knowledge construction and the learner’s process were described, and ...
Korean Medical Education Review (의학교육논단)
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical Students’ Perception of the Research Curriculum and Activating Factors on Research during Medical School [PDF]

, 2015
Including the research in the medical curriculum is regarded as an important issue for medical education. Research experience at medical school has a positive impact on students and it motivates them to undertake further research in the future.
연세대학교 의과대학
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Berlin's medical students' smoking habits, knowledge about smoking and attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Diseases associated with smoking are a foremost cause of premature death in the world, both in developed and developing countries. Eliminating smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other measure in the field of ...
Raupach Tobias, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Raupach, Tobias, Welte, Tobias, Meyer-Falcke, Andreas, Vitzthum Karin, Quarcoo David, Andreas Meyer-Falcke, Kusma Bianca, Bianca Kusma, Tobias Welte, Tobias Raupach, Stefanie Mache, Karin Vitzthum, David A Groneberg, Groneberg, David A., Vitzthum, Karin, Groneberg David A, Mache Stefanie, Meyer-Falcke Andreas, Kusma, Bianca, Welte Tobias, Mache, Stefanie, Quarcoo, David, David Quarcoo   +24 more
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Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source