scholarly journals Can Knowledge Management Be Implemented in the Teaching of Medical Sciences?

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Marzieh Hassanian ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ahanchian ◽  
Hossein Karimi-Moonaghi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
High Quality

SummaryUniversities play a vital role in social progress. Knowledge management (KM) is a kind of process which transforms data into knowledge and knowledge into capital. The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of KM in the field of education of medical sciences in order to help educators and students benefit from the knowledge present in the field of health sciences in a more meaningful and informed way.To achieve the aim of this narrative review, the related Persian and English literature sources were carefully examined; first, the Internet and other data bases were searched for articles containing one or more of the following key words: knowledge, knowledge management, medical science and higher education. Then, the related articles were quickly scanned and useful information was extracted. The selected parts of the text were carefully studied and summarized by two researchers. After gaining a thorough comprehension of the subject, its different dimensions and aspects were described and compared.As a process, the goal of KM in the field of medical sciences is to motivate the creation, sharing, storing and utilization of knowledge. Knowledge creation occurs by continually transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge and vice versa. KM can be implemented in different areas of medical science including clinical practice. Knowledge managements system (KMS) plans are used to provide high quality, high value cost-effective care in medical science. Critical factors that influence the success of the implementation of KM in the field of medical education include culture, leadership and appropriate substructure. KM can be implemented for the development of medical education. KM is a tool which makes education and its practice intellectual, high quality and affordable. Implementation of KM is recommended in the field of medical education for effective health care delivery.

scholarly journals A Medical Science Educator’s Guide to Selecting a Research Paradigm: Building a Basis for Better Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 545-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E.L. Brown ◽  
Angelique N. Dueñas
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Simplified Approach ◽  
Research Communication ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Education Community

AbstractA research paradigm, or set of common beliefs about research, should be a key facet of any research project. However, despite its importance, there is a paucity of general understanding in the medical sciences education community regarding what a research paradigm consists of and how to best construct one. With the move within medical sciences education towards greater methodological rigor, it is now more important than ever for all educators to understand simply how to better approach their research via paradigms. In this monograph, a simplified approach to selecting an appropriate research paradigm is outlined. Suggestions are based on broad literature, medical education sources, and the author’s own experiences in solidifying and communicating their research paradigms. By assisting in detailing the philosophical underpinnings of individuals research approaches, this guide aims to help all researchers improve the rigor of their projects and improve upon overall understanding in research communication.

Health Promotion in Medical Education

1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Hospital

A significant portion of the deaths in the United States could have been prevented or postponed using known interventions. One reason this did not occur is because medical science and medical education are disease, not health, oriented. Since physicians are at the center of the health care delivery system, their disease orientation pervades the industry. Historically, there have been calls for physicians to focus more on disease prevention; however, medical education does not teach disease prevention/health promotion. There are several reasons for this: 1) medical school faculty conceptual discordance between “certainty” of curative disease vs. the “probability” of risk factor reduction; 2) gaps in the knowledge of effective interventions; 3) the concept that health promotion/disease prevention are outside the province of physicians; 4) the significant role of biomedical research grants on medical school funding; 5) the close association of medical education and the acute care hospital; and 6) the use of rote memory/lecture based teaching methods of traditional medicine vs. the problem-based learning necessary to teach disease prevention/health promotion. Some medical schools have begun to use problem based learning and to introduce health promotion concepts. Widespread and long-lasting change requires support of the leadership in medical schools and the preventive medicine/public health community, and grant funding from state and federal sources to support research on medical education research and change.

Digital Anatomy: Opportunities and Challenges for Medical Sciences (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Bruce Thompson ◽  
Junhua Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Digital Anatomy

UNSTRUCTURED Anatomy has been the cornerstone of medical education for centuries. However, given advances in the Internet of Things, this landscape has been augmented in the past decade, shifting towards a greater focus on adopting digital technologies. Indeed, digital Anatomy is emerging as a new discipline and represents an opportunity to embrace advances in digital health technologies and apply them to the domain of modern medical sciences. This is not only a result of a multidisciplinary exercise but an active response to the change of medical education landscape and the rapid development of medical technology. Notably, the use of augmented and virtual reality as well as mobile and platforms and 3D printing in modern anatomy has dramatically increased in the last 5 years. It has not only revolutionized undergraduate anatomy education but is shifting the paradigm of pre- and vocational training for medical professionals, advancing healthcare. This review outlines the emerging area of digital anatomy and summarises recent practice-changing studies in medical science education and research. Importantly, we present a SWOT analysis of the opportunities and challenges for incorporating digital anatomy, discussing both the strength and weakness and the underlying threats and opportunities for educators, researchers, and the new generation of health professionals. In so doing this review will serve to identify an important role for digital anatomy to play in both the learning and teaching of medicine and health sciences as well as its practice, prompting new questions for future investigations.

Indicated presurgical testing is a priority to achieve high-quality, cost-effective oncologic health care delivery

2018 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
G.J. Gardner ◽  
H. Weiss ◽  
A. Klotz ◽  
S. Ogden ◽  
D. Boccamazzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
A Priority

scholarly journals BSR Spondyloarthritis Course, 27 February 2020. Spondyloarthritis: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Marzo-Ortega ◽  
Ai Lyn Tan ◽  
Dennis McGonagle ◽  
David Pickles ◽  
Sayam Dubash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Continuous Medical Education ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
British Society ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Inflammatory Conditions

Abstract High-quality continuous medical education is essential to maintain excellence in health-care delivery, upskilling professionals and improving patient outcomes. This is particularly relevant when addressing rare disease groups, such as the spondyloarthritides, a group of heterogeneous inflammatory conditions that affect joints and other organs, such as the skin, bowel and eye. Professional bodies, such as the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR), are well placed to deliver this type of education. In 2020, the BSR ran a dedicated SpA course aimed at rheumatology health-care professionals wishing to update their basic knowledge of SpA with a review of the latest advances in the field. Here, we summarize the proceedings of the meeting and discuss the value of such an initiative.

scholarly journals Study of Master's Dissertations in Medical Education in the Virtual Faculty of Medical Education and Management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the Years 2011 to 2016

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainaz Sourati ◽  
Somayeh Akbari Farmad ◽  
AmirMohammad AziziKolachahi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Virtual School ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Scientific Advancement ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Virtual Faculty

Background: Analysis and review of dissertations over a period of time is one of the methods of viewing documents so that by formulating newer topics, a platform will develop for scientific advancement in the fields related to various academic majors. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to review master's dissertations of medical education graduates in the virtual school of medical education and management of shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science in the years 2011 to 2016. Methods: In this study, 144 master's dissertations of medical education students graduated in 2011 - 2016 from the virtual school of medical education and management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science were evaluated. Using an information checklist, relevant data were extracted from the dissertations. The topics of these dissertations were categorized into nine general categories. Also, we also reviewed the journals in which the articles extracted from the dissertations were published. Results: Overall, 74 MSc. dissertations in medical education (2011 to 2016) in the Virtual Faculty of Medical Education and Management of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were evaluated, and the relevant journals in which the extracted articles were published were also reviewed. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the tendency of students for conducting descriptive studies and using questionnaires was significantly higher, ignoring other research methods. This issue needs to be evaluated, and authorities should determine relevant causes to help planning and to create more diversity in the types of studies in this field. Also, due to the non-allocation of dissertations to some subject areas, such as reviewing and analyzing processes, there is a need to prioritize this topic when selecting future dissertations’ subjects and appropriately direct students to achieve the desired situation.

scholarly journals «Actitud hacia el parto vertical en estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Mëdicas y la Facultad de Educación del VII ciclo UCV- Trujillo, Marzo-Junio 2009»

2019 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Vertical Position ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Bipolar Scale ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Siglo Xx

«Actitud hacia el parto vertical en estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Mëdicas y la Facultad de Educación del VII ciclo UCV- Trujillo, Marzo-Junio 2009» «Vertical attitude towards the birth of students in the Faculty of Medical Sciences Faculty of Education and the cycle VII UCV-Trujillo, March-June 2009» Fany Espinola, Franshesca Lavado, Zoraida Montoya, Ana Saavedra, Patricia Varas, Cinthia Ysla DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2009.0019/ RESUMEN En el siglo XX se dejó de práctica común del parto vertical y se cambió al parto horizontal. El MINSA ha dispuesto la atención del parto vertical con interculturalidad, costumbre que permanece en nuestra zona andina y amazónica. Es importante conocer la actitud de quienes en el futuro cumplirán una función sanitaria y educativa en la población. El objetivo fue comparar la actitud hacia el parto vertical de estudiantes de las Facultades de Ciencias Médicas y de Educación de la UCV-Trujillo. Estudio comparativo y de corte transversal realizado en estudiantes del VII-Ciclo, 63 estudiantes de ciencias médicas y 53 de educación. La mayoría es costeño y profesa religión católica. El 54.0% en ciencias médicas y 80.4% en educación desconocía su práctica en centros de salud. Se empleó una escala de ítems bipolares, con puntuaciones de 1-7 puntos, validada por dos obstetrices, el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach fue 0.699. Se usó SPSS-17.0 y Minitab-15.0, test Chi-Cuadrado y T-Student. La actitud favorable hacia el parto vertical fue 73.0% en ciencias médicas y 82.1% en educación (p=0.235>0.05). Indistintamente, alrededor del 50% concordaba con tener (o que su pareja tenga) parto vertical, pero ciencias médicas (76.2%) recomendaría más el parto vertical (p=0.010<0.05) que educación (53.6%). Los primeros mostraron mejor actitud al mayor sangrado que se produciría en el parto vertical (p=0.005<0.05) y los segundos al pudor durante el mismo (p=0.007<0.05), no mostrando diferencias en otros aspectos (p>0.05). Se concluye que la actitud hacia el parto vertical entre ambos grupos de estudiantes difiere parcialmente. Palabras clave: Actitud, Parto, Posición vertical. ABSTRACT In the twentieth century it was common practice in the vertical and horizontal confinement was changed. The Ministry has ordered the attendance vertical interculturality habit that remains in our Andean and Amazon. It is important to know the attitude of those in the future play a role in health and education the population. The objective was to compare the attitude towards the vertical of students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Education of the UCV-Trujillo. Comparative study conducted in cross-Cycle VII students, 63 students and 53 medical education. Most are coastal and professes Catholicism. 54.0% in the medical sciences and 80.4% unknown practice in education in health facilities. Used a bipolar scale items, with scores of 1-7 points, validated by two midwives, the Cronbach’s alpha was 0.699. We used SPSS-17.0-15.0 and Minitab, Chi-Square and T-Student. The favorable attitude toward the vertical was 73.0% in medical sciences and in education 82.1% (p = 0.235> 0.05). Indiscriminately, some 50% have matched (or your partner has) vertical, but medical science (76.2%) would recommend the more vertical (p = 0.010 <0.05) to education (53.6%). The former showed a better attitude to the higher bleeding that would occur in the vertical (p = 0.005 <0.05) and the second molestation for the same (p = 0.007 <0.05), showing no differences in other aspects (p> 0.05). We conclude that the attitude toward the vertical between the two groups of students differed in part. Keywords: Attitudes, Childbirth, vertical position.

ASSESSMENT OF THE PLATELET COUNT IN THE PREGNANT WOMEN IN IGIMS, PATNA, BIHAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanwi Singh ◽  
Anshuman Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Count ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Platelet Indices ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Low Platelet Count ◽  
Severity Of The Disease

The major risk associated with low platelet count in pregnancy is the increased risk of bleeding during the childbirth or post that. There is an increased blood supply to the uterus during pregnancy and the surgical procedure requires cutting of major blood vessels. Women with thrombocytopenia are at increased risk of losing excessive blood. The risk is more in case of caesarean delivery as compared to vaginal delivery. Hence based on above findings the present study was planned for Assessment of the Platelet Count in the Pregnant Women in IGIMS, Patna, Bihar. The present study was planned in Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Patna, Bihar, India. The present study was planned from duration of January 2019 to June 2019. In the present study 200 pregnant females samples received for the platelet estimation were enrolled in the present study. Clinically platelet indices can be a useful screening test for early identification of preeclampsia and eclampsia. Also platelet indices can assess the prognosis of this disease in pregnant women and can be used as an effective prognostic marker because it correlates with severity of the disease. Platelet count is a simple, low cost, and rapid routine screening test. Hence the data generated from the present study concludes that platelet count can be used as a simple and cost effective tool to monitor the progression of preeclampsia, thereby preventing complications to develop during the gestational period. Keywords: Platelet Count, Pregnant Women, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, etc.

The Formability and Elongation of Aluminum Alloys AA5083 and AA3003 for Micro-Truss Sandwiches Manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (9A) ◽  
pp. 1396-1405
Author(s):  
Arwa F. Tawfeeq ◽  
Matthew R. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Truss Structures ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Clad Layer ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Different Shapes

The development in the manufacturing of micro-truss structures has demonstrated the effectiveness of brazing for assembling these sandwiches, which opens new opportunities for cost-effective and high-quality truss manufacturing. An evolving idea in micro-truss manufacturing is the possibility of forming these structures in different shapes with the aid of elevated temperature. This work investigates the formability and elongation of aluminum alloy sheets typically used for micro-truss manufacturing, namely AA5083 and AA3003. Tensile tests were performed at a temperature in the range of 25-500 ○C and strain rate in the range of 2x10-4 -10-2 s-1. The results showed that the clad layer in AA3003 exhibited an insignificant effect on the formability and elongation of AA3003. The formability of the two alloys was improved significantly with values of m as high as 0.4 and 0.13 for AA5083 and AA3003 at 500 °C. While the elongation of both AA5083 and AA3003 was improved at a higher temperature, the elongation of AA5083 was inversely related to strain rate. It was concluded that the higher the temperature is the better the formability and elongation of the two alloys but at the expense of work hardening. This suggests a trade-off situation between formability and strength. 

Current Progress in Biomedical Applications of Chitosan-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 1619-1632
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Pieklarz ◽  
Michał Tylman ◽  
Zofia Modrzejewska
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Antimicrobial Properties ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Biological Macromolecules ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
New Generation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Dressing Materials

The currently observed development of medical science results from the constant search for innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of patients. Particular attention is focused on the design of a new generation of materials with a high degree of biocompatibility and tolerance towards the immune system. In addition, apart from biotolerance, it is important to ensure appropriate mechanical and technological properties of materials intended for intra-body applications. Knowledge of the above parameters becomes the basis for considerations related to the possibilities of choosing the appropriate polymer materials. The researchers' interest, as evidenced by the number of available publications, is attracted by nanobiocomposites based on chitosan and carbon nanotubes, which, due to their properties, enable integration with the tissues of the human body. Nanosystems can be used in many areas of medicine. They constitute an excellent base for use as dressing materials, as they exhibit antimicrobial properties. In addition, they can be carriers of drugs and biological macromolecules and can be used in gene therapy, tissue engineering, and construction of biosensors. For this reason, potential application areas of chitosan-carbon nanotube nanocomposites in medical sciences are presented in this publication, considering the characteristics of the system components.

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