Digital Mammography: A World without Film?

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (02) ◽  
pp. 168-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jirotka ◽  
A. C. Simpson ◽  
R. P. Highnam ◽  
D. J. Gavaghan ◽  
D. Watson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Mammography ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Breast Screening Programme ◽  
Next Generation Internet ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Screening Assessment ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Infrastructure ◽  
And Training

Summary Objectives: eDiaMoND is a next generation Internet (”Grid”) multidisciplinary research project funded by the UK e-Science Programme with the following objectives; the development of a next generation Internet enabled prototype to demonstrate the potential benefits of a national infrastructure to support digital mammography; the exploration of potential benefits for digital mammography systems, with particular emphasis being placed on selected applications, namely, screening, training, computer-aided detection and appropriate support for epidemiological studies. Methods: EDiaMoND has worked in conjunction with selected clinical partners to enable the collection of valuable mammography information and the design of applications based upon extensive requirements gathering exercises. The clinical partners validated both the immediate needs and assisted with defining future needs of such an architecture to support the UK Health Service. Results: The project has succeeded in invoking the interest of clinical partners and representatives of the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme in our vision of a world without film, albeit a long way off. The project has also succeeded in identifying the barriers to adopting this approach with the current limitations within the NHS, and has developed a blueprint for working towards this strategy. Conclusions: A UK national digital mammography archive has the potential to provide major benefits for the UK. For example, such an archive could: ensure that previous mammograms are always available, and could link up seamlessly the screening, assessment and symptomatic clinics; it could provide a huge teaching and training resource; it could be a huge resource for epidemiological studies.

scholarly journals Does Teacher Training Improve Medical Education?

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 180-182
Author(s):  
ML Costa ◽  
G Spence ◽  
N Rushton
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Surgical Training ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Retention Of Knowledge ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
And Training

Teaching the Teachers and Training the Trainers courses have now become a requirement of most surgical training programmes in the UK (see www.rcseng.ac.uk/education/courses/courses/training-the-trainers). Medical educationalists have spent many years developing the courses to improve the teaching skills of the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons. Have their efforts made a difference to medical education? The aim of this study was to assess the influence of teacher training upon the students' perception of their teaching and also upon their retention of knowledge in the field of orthopaedics and trauma.

Team Science and Training the Next Generation of Team Scientists

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Bockelman Morrow ◽  
Stephen M. Fiore
Keyword(s):  
Team Science ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
And Training

An exploratory study of intangibles risk disclosure in annual reports of banking companies from the UK, US, Germany and Italy - Some descriptive insights

2013 ◽  
pp. 81-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Durst
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Risk Disclosure ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
The Uk

Intangibles are viewed as the key drivers in most industries, and current research shows that firms voluntarily disclose information about their investments in intangibles and their potential benefits. Yet little is known of the risks relating to such resources and the disclosures firms make about such risks. In order to obtain a more balanced and complete picture of firms' activities, information about the risky side of their intangibles is also needed. This exploratory study provides some descriptive insights into intangibles-related risk disclosure in a sample of 16 large banks from the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Germany and Italy. Annual report data is analyzed using the three Intellectual Capital dimensions. Study findings illustrate the variety of intangibles-related risk disclosure as demonstrated by the banks involved.

The Duties of Doctors In Medical Education: A Letter To The Editor (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha Barai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Training

UNSTRUCTURED The UK General Medical Council (GMC) explicitly states doctors have a duty to ‘contribute to teaching and training…by acting as a positive role model’. However, recent studies suggest some are not fulfilling this, which is impacting medical students' experiences and attitudes during their training. As such, doctors have a duty to act as role models and teachers, as specified by the GMC, which it seems are not currently being fulfilled. This would improve the medical students’ learning experiences and demonstrate good professional values for them to emulate. Therefore, these duties should be as important as patient care, since this will influence future generations.

scholarly journals Our Evolving Understanding of ME/CFS

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Friedman ◽  
Modra Murovska ◽  
Derek F. H. Pheby ◽  
Paweł Zalewski
Keyword(s):  
Active Phase ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Biochemical Pathways ◽  
Patient Organizations ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Uk

The potential benefits of the scientific insights gleaned from years of treating ME/CFS for the emerging symptoms of COVID-19, and in particular Longhaul- or Longhauler-COVID-19 are discussed in this opinion article. Longhaul COVID-19 is the current name being given to the long-term sequelae (symptoms lasting beyond 6 weeks) of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Multiple case definitions for ME/CFS exist, but post-exertional malaise (PEM) is currently emerging as the ‘hallmark’ symptom. The inability to identify a unique trigger of ME/CFS, as well as the inability to identify a specific, diagnostic laboratory test, led many physicians to conclude that the illness was psychosomatic or non-existent. However, recent research in the US and the UK, championed by patient organizations and their use of the internet and social media, suggest underlying pathophysiologies, e.g., oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. The similarity and overlap of ME/CFS and Longhaul COVID-19 symptoms suggest to us similar pathological processes. We put forward a unifying hypothesis that explains the precipitating events such as viral triggers and other documented exposures: For their overlap in symptoms, ME/CFS and Longhaul COVID-19 should be described as Post Active Phase of Infection Syndromes (PAPIS). We further propose that the underlying biochemical pathways and pathophysiological processes of similar symptoms are similar regardless of the initiating trigger. Exploration of the biochemical pathways and pathophysiological processes should yield effective therapies for these conditions and others that may exhibit these symptoms. ME/CFS patients have suffered far too long. Longhaul COVD-19 patients should not be subject to a similar fate. We caution that failure to meet the now combined challenges of ME/CFS and Longhaul COVID-19 will impose serious socioeconomic as well as clinical consequences for patients, the families of patients, and society as a whole.

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