Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
System Development ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Cell Physiology ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
Endocrine Organs ◽  
Scientific Principles

The Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences is written by biomedical scientists and clinicians to be the definitive guide to the fundamental scientific principles that underpin medicine and the biomedical sciences. It provides a clear and easily digestible account of basic cell physiology, biochemistry, and molecular and medical genetics, followed by chapters integrating the traditional pillars of biomedicine (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and pharmacology) for each of the major systems and processes of the human body: nerve and muscle, musculoskeletal system, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, urinary system, digestive system, endocrine organs, reproductive system, development from fertilization to birth, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, infection and immunity, and the growth of tissues and organs. Also included are chapters on medicine and society and techniques used in biomedical science research. In its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences is now fully illustrated in colour, and cross-referenced to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, tenth edition, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialities, eleventh edition, and Oxford Handbook of Practical Drug Therapy, second edition. Its concise writing style makes it an invaluable source of information for practitioners and students in medicine, biomedical sciences, and the allied health professions.

Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Cell Physiology ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Basic Cell ◽  
Physiology And Biochemistry ◽  
Scientific Principles

Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians to disseminate the fundamental scientific principles that underpin clinical medicine, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of basic cell physiology and biochemistry, and an investigation of the traditional pillars of medicine.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in Nutrients Science Research: A Review

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Jarosław Sak ◽  
Magdalena Suchodolska
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Medical Diagnostics ◽  
Food Composition ◽  
Nutritional Epidemiology ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann

Artificial intelligence (AI) as a branch of computer science, the purpose of which is to imitate thought processes, learning abilities and knowledge management, finds more and more applications in experimental and clinical medicine. In recent decades, there has been an expansion of AI applications in biomedical sciences. The possibilities of artificial intelligence in the field of medical diagnostics, risk prediction and support of therapeutic techniques are growing rapidly. The aim of the article is to analyze the current use of AI in nutrients science research. The literature review was conducted in PubMed. A total of 399 records published between 1987 and 2020 were obtained, of which, after analyzing the titles and abstracts, 261 were rejected. In the next stages, the remaining records were analyzed using the full-text versions and, finally, 55 papers were selected. These papers were divided into three areas: AI in biomedical nutrients research (20 studies), AI in clinical nutrients research (22 studies) and AI in nutritional epidemiology (13 studies). It was found that the artificial neural network (ANN) methodology was dominant in the group of research on food composition study and production of nutrients. However, machine learning (ML) algorithms were widely used in studies on the influence of nutrients on the functioning of the human body in health and disease and in studies on the gut microbiota. Deep learning (DL) algorithms prevailed in a group of research works on clinical nutrients intake. The development of dietary systems using AI technology may lead to the creation of a global network that will be able to both actively support and monitor the personalized supply of nutrients.

scholarly journals Biomedical Science Knowledge Contributes to the Development of Adaptive Expertise and Formation of a Professional Identity: An Applied Thematic Analysis of Medical Students' Essays

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonny Lynn Dickinson ◽  
Kristine Gibson ◽  
Kristi VanDerKolk ◽  
Jeffrey Greene ◽  
Claudia A Rosu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Adaptive Expertise ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
School Programs

Abstract Background Intensive study of the biomedical sciences remains a core component of undergraduate medical education with medical students often completing up to two years of biomedical science training prior to entering clerkships. While it is generally accepted that biomedical science knowledge is essential for clinical practice because it forms the basis of clinical reasoning and decision-making, whether medical students perceive an expanded role for their biomedical science knowledge remains to be examined. Methods We conducted an applied thematic analysis to explore how medical students in the first clerkship year perceived the relevance of biomedical science knowledge to clinical medicine during this pivotal time as they begin their transition from students to physicians. To identify previously unidentified perspectives and insights, we asked students to write brief essays in response to the prompt: How is biomedical science knowledge relevant to clinical medicine? Results Applied thematic analysis of students’ essays revealed ten codes from which four themes emerged. The analysis revealed novel perspectives previously unidentified by survey studies and focus groups. Specifically, students perceived their biomedical science knowledge as contributory to the development of adaptive expertise and professional identity formation, both viewed as essential developmental milestones for medical students. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that biomedical science knowledge contributes to medical students’ acquisition of adaptive expertise and their development of a professional identity. These findings have important implications in the setting of accelerated medical school programs in which training in the biomedical sciences are compressed or truncated. Thus, the contextual factors of the learning environment, including both explicit and tacit elements of the formal, informal, and hidden curriculum, that enable biomedical science knowledge to contribute to these developmental processes need to be identified and studied so that they are leveraged rather than lost during curricular reform.

A Cohort study to compare Admission criteria and Academic performance among preclinical students at The Copperbelt University School of Medicine: complete enumeration (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Mwila
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Average Score ◽  
First Year ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Better Than

BACKGROUND The Copperbelt University is the second public University in Zambia. The School of Medicine has four major programs namely; Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Bachelor of Biomedical sciences. The Copperbelt University School of Medicine runs a five-year training program for both the BDS and the MBCHB programs. Students are admitted into the Medical school after successfully completing their first year at the Main campus in the School of Natural Sciences with an average of 4 B grades or higher (B grade is a mark of 65 to 74%). OBJECTIVE The study was done to determine the association between admission criteria and academic performance among preclinical students. Hence, the study compares the academic performance among preclinical students admitted into the Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the Copperbelt University School of Medicine. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study conducted at Michael Chilufya Sata School of medicine Campus. A pilot study was conducted with 30 BDS and 30 MBCHB students and the obtained information helped determine the sample size. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The study period lasted approximately 7 weeks at a cost of K1621. RESULTS In 2014, there was an improvement in average performance between 2nd and 3rd year for each program. An average score of 15.4 (SD 4.2) was obtained in 3rd year compared to 12.8 (SD 4.9) in 2nd year (p<0.001). Meanwhile, 3rd MB ChB mean score was 12.6 (SD 3.7) compared to 10.7 (SD 3.6) in 2nd years (p<0.05). However, in 2016, both programs, 3rd year mean scores were lower than 2nd year (MB ChB 2nd year mean score was 12.0 (SD 4.3) compared to 3rd year with a mean score of 9.5 (SD 4.5), p<0.001; BDS 2nd year mean score was 10.6 (SD 4.0) compared to 3rd year mean score of 8.2 (SD 3.4), p<0.01. On average MB ChB students performed better than BDS students in all the years (p<0.05), except in 2016 when the results were comparable. CONCLUSIONS Results from the study shows that entry criteria has a correlation to academic performance as students admitted with higher grades perform much better than those with lower grades.

A checklist to help students analyze published articles in basic medical sciences.

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (6) ◽  
pp. S21 ◽  
Author(s):  
P K Rangachari ◽  
S Mierson
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Reading Textbooks ◽  
Scientific Life ◽  
Basic Medical

Because critical analysis of published information is an essential component of scientific life, it is important that students be trained in its practice. Undergraduate students who are more accustomed to reading textbooks and taking lecture notes find it difficult to appreciate primary publications. To help such students, we have developed a checklist that helps them analyze different components of a research article in basic biomedical sciences. Students used the checklist to analyze critically a published article. The students were assigned an article and asked to write a paper (maximum 2 pages of single-spaced type) assessing it. This assignment has been found useful to both undergraduate and graduate students in pharmacology and physiology. Student responses to a questionnaire were highly favorable; students thought the exercise provided them with some of the essential skills for life-long learning.

scholarly journals The Use of FE59 and CR51 for Estimating Red Cell Production and Destruction: An Interpretive Review

Blood ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
FREDERICK STOHLMAN
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Radiation Hazard ◽  
Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Cell Physiology ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Total Radiation Dose ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
Parenteral Iron ◽  
Experimental Use ◽  
Donor Plasma

Abstract In surveying some of the limitations of studies with Cr51 and Fe59 my purpose has been not to deny their usefulness but to put them in perspective. These technics have made possible many extensions of the fundamental understanding of red cell physiology and iron metabolism. They will continue to be valuable experimental tools. It is hoped that if some of the limitations of isotope technics are considered, the non-experimental use of these isotopes will be confined to situations in which otherwise unavailable information of diagnostic or therapeutic importance can be obtained. Unfortunately isotope technics are used when more conventional means would be adequate or even preferable. An extreme example is the suggestion24 that repeated Fe59 turnover studies might be used to determine the total dose of parenteral iron (as Imferon or saccharated iron oxide) to be given in iron deficiency anemia, pointing out that in so doing the possibility of iatrogenic hemochromatosis could be avoided. The usual calculations for determining dose25 however are not only safer but more accurate. The use of Fe59 and Cr51 entails some risk, the main hazards being hepatitis, with the use of donor plasma or cells, and the possibility of untoward effects from radiation. An estimate of the risk of hepatitis can be gained from its incidence after transfusion. The radiation hazard is more difficult to assess. Leukemia has occurred after large doses of radiation but the extent of the radiation hazard is unknown from the much smaller doses of radiation employed in the usual isotopes studies. Certainly the risk is not such as to preclude the use of isotopes to obtain information essential for diagnosis. However, when such information can be obtained by other means or when results cannot be adequately interpreted, the use of isotopes in clinical medicine appears unwarranted. In considering the use of isotopes in the doubtful case, the dose of radiation to be delivered should not be thought of as an isolated event but rather as adding to a total radiation dose, which as shown by the British survey28 may be appreciable.

scholarly journals PROFESSOR PETR KAZIMIROVICH YABLONSKIY (to the 60th anniversary of the birth)

2020 ◽  
Vol 178 (6) ◽  
pp. 76-79
Author(s):  
E. G. Sokolovich ◽  
G. G. Guseva
Keyword(s):  
Thoracic Surgery ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
60Th Anniversary ◽  
Bilateral Lung Transplantation ◽  
Scientific Potential ◽  
Bilateral Lung ◽  
First Time

The article is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding representative of the St. Petersburg medical school and thoracic surgery of the country, the talented scientist and teacher, doctor of medical sciences, professor Petr Kazimirovich Yablonskiy. P. K. Yablonskiy is the founder of many progressive endeavors in medicine: the study of the fundamental principles of respiratory transplantation implemented in the world’s first successful simultaneous allotransplantation of the trachea (1991) and the first successful bilateral lung transplantation in the Russian Federation; the creation of the Russian school of interventional pulmonology and the St. Petersburg school of breast endovascular surgery; the development and implementation for the first time in world practice of the concept of using robot-assisted operations in the treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Significant scientific potential and high organizational capabilities allowed P. K. Yablonskiy to lead and actively develop the Center for Intensive Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery on the basis of the multidisciplinary city hospital; the Department of Hospital Surgery, and then the Faculty of Medicine of St. Petersburg University; St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology. The great experience in clinical medicine and the organization of public health contributed to his appointment as the chief freelance specialist – the thoracic surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the country, and also allowed him to head the Association of Thoracic Surgeons and the National Association of TB specialists, created by him.

Welcome Note from Editor-in-Chief

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Lavezzi
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Science Domain

It is with great pleasure that I write this editorial to welcome you to the first issue of this new International journal, “Pakistan Biomedical Journal” (PBMJ). The topics covered by the journal are certainly broad and interesting. Biomedical science is a collection of applied sciences that help us understand, research, and innovate within the _eld of healthcare. It includes disciplines like molecular biology, clinical virology, bioinformatics, and biomedical engineering, among others. It's designed to apply the biological sciences to advance not only individual health but also the area of public health. Biomedical Research can help health professions better understand things like the human body and cell biology, making advances in our understanding of epidemics, health initiatives, and human health in the age of longer life expectancy. It aids our understanding of infectious disease and provides research opportunities into some of our most troubling health issues. The journal will continue to publish high quality clinical and biomedical research in health and disease later in life. Peer review will remain a vital component of our assessment of submitted articles. I am very happy to have a team of excellent editors and editorial board members from the top international league covering in depth the related topics. They will ensure the highest standards of quality for the published manuscripts and, at the same time, keep the process time as short as possible. We hope to bring best researches in the _eld of biomedical sciences that may serve as a guideline in health awareness, understanding the mechanisms and its management in future. We definitely look forward to receiving your excellent studies to making PBMJ synonymous with high quality in the biomedical science domain.

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