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Peer assessment of professionalism in undergraduate medical education

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background Fostering professional behaviour has become increasingly important in medical education and non-traditional approaches to assessment of professionalism may offer a more holistic representation of students’ professional behaviour development ...
Vernon R. Curran, Nicholas A. Fairbridge, Diana Deacon   +2 more
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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
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Time Banking for Elderly in Hong Kong: Current practice and challenges

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2020
To reduce the burden of the ageing population, time banking can be one of the possible approaches in the community to maximise social capital. Time banking aims to exchange one’s time to serve others and the time of service can be saved as credit so as ...
Tommy K. C. Ng, Noel T. S. Yim, Ben Y. F. Fong   +2 more
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Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Patients With SMA: Interim Results of the RESTORE Registry in Japan

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective There are limited real‐world data regarding the safety and effectiveness of onasemnogene abeparvovec (OA; Zolgensma) infusion, a one‐time gene replacement therapy, for Japanese patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). We aimed to improve understanding of the real‐world outcomes for OA in Japan.
Kayoko Saito, Kamal Benguerba, Ken Tsuchida, Kazushige Yazawa, Isao Tsumiyama, Hiromitsu Kayama, Sandra P. Reyna, Farid Khan, Richard S. Finkel   +8 more
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Exploring the Essential Competencies for Medical Education in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Mixed-Methods Investigation at a Japanese Medical School

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to considerable advances in medical education through technological integration. The crisis generated by the pandemic in medical practice, education, and evolving technology has led to ...
Misaki Onodera, Zaiya Takahashi, Hajime Kasai, Hidetaka Yokoh, Kiyoshi Shikino, Yasuhiko Kimura, Ikuo Shimizu, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Mayumi Asahina, Shoichi Ito   +9 more
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Advancements in ceramic-coated metals: Enhancing thermal spray coatings for improved performance in aerospace applications using surface treatments

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces
Ceramic-coated metals which have superior physical and mechanical properties especially chemical and environmental deterioration resistance and high thermal stability were used formerly in many commercial applications.
Amrinder Mehta, Hitesh Vasudev
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Improvement of Safety in Operating Theatres by Training and Teamwork

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2020
Medical incidents in public hospitals in Hong Kong have persisted for years. The operating theatres are one of the places where medical accidents occur, especially affecting service quality.
Carina Y.H Lam, Tommy K.C Ng, Hilary H.L Yee   +2 more
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Disease Course After Anti‐CD20 Discontinuation in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis—A Multicenter Long‐Term Longitudinal Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe long‐term outcomes after anti‐CD20 discontinuation in selected patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) who remained without subsequent disease‐modifying therapy (DMT). Methods We retrospectively analyzed data from four centers in Austria and Switzerland.
Ferdinand Otto, Dariia Kliushnikova, Richard Friedrich Radlberger, Sinan Yasaroglu, Tobias Moser, Andrea Harrer, Kitty Kratzer, Wolfgang Hitzl, Christiane Gradl, Martin Schmidauer, Patrick Roth, Harald Hegen, Peter Wipfler   +12 more
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Impostor phenomenon and its association with perceived stress and anxiety among students in medical and social sciences at a Swedish university

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionPsychological distress is of concern among university students worldwide, more so than in a comparable working population. The impostor phenomenon (IP) describes feelings of inadequacy often experienced by individuals struggling to ...
Anna Jansson, Jens Boman, Ingrid Schéle, Stefan Holmström, Alexander Rozental, Alexander Rozental, Olof Semb, Martin Fahlström, Laura Stenman, Aziz Bitar, David Lindquist   +10 more
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Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers Measured by Capillary Blood Collection Versus Venous Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Blood biomarkers are increasingly critical for non‐invasive Alzheimer's Disease (AD) diagnostics and research but typically require on‐site processing. Remote point‐of‐care collection methods could enhance biomarker testing in clinical and research settings.
Sara Ho, Ziling Shen, Alexandria Lewis, Megha Patel, Anny Zheng, Gianna Proscino, Thaovy Ho, Jiangxia Wang, Marilyn Albert, Abhay Moghekar   +9 more
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