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Do coursework summative assessments predict clinical performance? A systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Two goals of summative assessment in health profession education programs are to ensure the robustness of high stakes decisions such as progression and licensing, and predict future performance.
Hing, Wayne, Milne, Nikki, Orr, Robin, Terry, Rebecca   +3 more
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GOT1 Inhibition Induces Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Pancreatic Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using tumor tissue engineering, we recreated pancreatic cancer and found that inhibiting glutamic‐oxaloacetic transaminase 1 (GOT1) induces extracellular matrix remodeling and secretome rewiring, as well as promotes cell death. ABSTRACT Pancreatic cancer cells rely on glutamine to sustain their survival in the stiff and poorly vascularized tumor ...
Rodrigo Curvello, Sandra Hauser, Michael Seifert, Christopher K. Barlow, Joel R. Steele, Emma Salisbury, Daniel Croagh, Kathryn S. Stok, Anna V. Taubenberger, Ralf B. Schittenhelm, Daniela Loessner   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural competency in the delivery of health services for Indigenous people [PDF]

, 2015
Aim and objectives This review aims to examine available evidence on cultural competence in health care settings to identify key approaches and strategies that can contribute to improving the development and implementation of Indigenous health services ...
Anton Clifford, Janya McCalman, Komla Tsey, Roxanne Bainbridge   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Single‐Cell Morphomechanics of Prostate Cancer‐Associated Fibroblasts Identifies Distinct Features Associated with Patient Outcome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in prostate tumors exhibit distinct morphomechanical traits vs normal fibroblasts, including greater stiffness and volume, more elongated stress fibres, and larger and more elongated nuclei. These features, quantified through imaging and real‐time deformability cytometry, correlate with patient outcomes and can be ...
Antje Garside, Angela Jacobi, Shivakumar Keerthikumar, Vaibhav Mahajan, Michelle Richards, Birunthi Niranjan, Linda Teng, Nicholas Choo, Johannes Low Jun Wei, Gail P Risbridger, Mitchell G Lawrence, Anna V. Taubenberger   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Link: Resilience Interventions and Creativity Enhancement among Undergraduate Students

Open Education Studies
Resilience, a dynamic and adaptable process, is defined as the ability to maintain or enhance creativity and think in a creative manner. However, thus far, no non-randomised controlled trials (n-RCTs) have examined the effect of resilience interventions ...
Gowda Meghana, Gautam Ruchi
doaj   +1 more source

Progression of apprentices to higher education [PDF]

, 2013
This report presents the findings of research undertaken for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) into the progression to higher education of advanced level apprentices over the past seven years.
Joslin, Hugh, Smith, Sharon
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Assessing safety climate in acute hospital settings: a systematic review of the adequacy of the psychometric properties of survey measurement tools [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The perceived importance of safety culture in improving patient safety and its impact on patient outcomes has led to a growing interest in the assessment of safety climate in healthcare organizations; however, the rigour with which safety ...
Alsalem, Gheed, Bowie, Paul, Morrison, Jillian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Intravenous lanadelumab for the treatment of moderately ill COVID‐19 patients

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Kallikrein‐kinin system (KKS) dysregulation is hypothesized to play a pathogenetic role in COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary oedema. To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravenous lanadelumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits plasma kallikrein, in COVID‐19, we conducted a phase 2, open‐label, randomized‐controlled, proof‐of‐concept ...
Job J. Engel, Christine van Linge, W. Joost Wiersinga, Ilse J. E. Kouijzer, Quirijn de Mast, Robert‐Jan Hassing, Danique J. H. Huijbens, Helen L. Leavis, Roger Schutgens, Coen Maas, Kit C. B. Roes, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Roger Brüggemann   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting as large solitary vertebral metastasis: Report of two unusual cases treated with radiotherapy

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2017
Solitary spinal metastasis with cord compression as the presenting feature of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is extremely unusual with
Neelam Sharma, Abhishek Purkayastha
doaj   +1 more source

Community Nursing Care In RT 01 And RW 02 Hamlet Mountain Three Village Cintaratu Pangandaran Parigi District

JURNAL KESEHATAN STIKes MUHAMMADIYAH CIAMIS
Community health nursing is a very strategic field and plays an active role in improving the health status of the community. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009, 60-80% of health services in the world are provided by nurses, while in Africa almost 85% of health services are provided by nurses. Nursing care that has been carried out
Dadang Purnama, Setiawan Setiawan, Witdiawati Witdiawati, Uu Sunarya   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source