scholarly journals Summary of Task Force Team Work to Come up with Certificate System of Pancreatobiliary Endoscopist

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-223
Author(s):  
Chang-Hwan Park
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Maintenance And Repair ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
To Come

It has been appealed to come up with the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist from summer endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography camp in 2018. All members of Policy-Quality Management Board, Educational Board, and Insurance Affaires Board had the first workshop preparing for the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist on December 8, 2018. They discussed prerequisites to the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist as well as pros and cons on the system. After trying to prepare it over half year, a task force team (TFT) set sail for the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist. Throughout one workshop and five conferences, the TFT confirmed the official name of certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist and made rules and regulations on the qualification of guidance medical specialists, training hospital qualifications, acquisition, maintenance and repair of certificate, and eligibility criteria for renewal.

scholarly journals ELIGIBILITY FOR LOW-DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY LUNG CANCER SCREENING IN OLDER ASIAN AMERICAN SMOKERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S189-S189
Author(s):  
Chien-Ching Li ◽  
Kelsey Choi ◽  
Alicia Matthews ◽  
Raj Shah
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Lung Cancer Screening ◽  
Lung Cancer Mortality ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Low Dose Computed Tomography

Abstract Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Asian Americans. Low-dose computed tomography lung cancer (LDCT) screening is an effective way to decrease lung cancer mortality. This study aimed to examine the difference in LDCT screening eligibility among Asian American subgroups. The National Health Interview Survey data (2006-2016) was analyzed. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guideline was used to determine the LDCT eligibility. A higher and statistically significant proportion of current Filipino smokers (35.4%) met LDCT screening eligibility criteria compared to Chinese (26.5%) and other Asian smokers (22.7%) (p=0.02). Hierarchical logistic regression results further showed that Filipino were more likely to meet LDCT screening criteria than other Asian while adjusting demographics (OR=1.87; p=0.01). The differences in LDCT screening eligibility no longer existed after additionally adjusting socioeconomic factors as well as perceived health status. Future targeted outreach and intervention research is needed for Filipinos with lower socioeconomic status.

An Empirical Study on TQM Practices and its Influence on Employee Satisfaction and Performance in Technical Institutions: Teachers' Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Ch. V. V. S. N. V. Prasad ◽  
Rohit Prabhudesai
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Service Oriented

Objective - Employee satisfaction and employee performance are critical to a service-oriented organization and its performance. Employees play a crucial role in the successful delivery of service and maintaining customer relationships in service oriented organizations. Satisfied employees in general perform better in service delivery as compared to unsatisfied employees. Employee satisfaction, in turn, results from total quality management initiatives such as top management support, employee training, employee participation, employee rewards, and team work that enable employees to provide better customer service. While the relationship of TQM practices and employee satisfaction has been tested in other service sectors, it has not been explored in the education sector. The objective of this paper is to investigate how TQM practices have an impact on employee satisfaction and employee performance within the context of technical institutions in India. Methodology/Technique - The data is collected from 250 teaching faculties of technical institutions in the southern states of India. Findings - The results of the study confirm that TQM practices are significantly positive predictors of employee satisfaction, which in turn contributes to better employee performance within the educational sector in India. Novelty - This study contributes to the development of literature by empirically testing the link between TQM practices and employee satisfaction and employee performance within the context of the education sector. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Total Quality Management; Employee Satisfaction; Employee Performance; Technical Institutions. JEL Classification: A20. A29.

Knowledge Sharing and Pervasive Computing

2011 ◽  
pp. 285-297
Author(s):  
Phillip W.J. Brook
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
To Come ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the implications of knowledge sharing in an era of pervasive computing, and concludes that, perhaps counter-intuitively, people will need to come together more to establish the trust that is necessary for effective knowledge sharing. Practices such as team-work should result in closer ties between peers, and this relationship can encourage increased sharing of knowledge related to the work at hand. With the advent of pervasive computing, the question can be asked as to what the impact of this technology could/will have on the sharing of knowledge in a team situation. At the same time, the changing attitudes to how knowledge is acquired make it even more important that knowledge is acquired in its historical context, which may be best achieved by person-to-person knowledge transfer. It is argued that these social aspects will be more important in a world of pervasive computing than in conventional businesses.

Team-Work Issues in Virtual Teams

2011 ◽  
pp. 529-531
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Cargill
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Virtual Organisations ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
To Come

There has been much written about virtual organisations and virtual teams in the last five years. We have begun to research the shift in work organisation paradigms and structures, translating much of what we knew already about workgroups and teams in conventional workplaces into the new contexts, and adding some new issues and understandings into the mix. We may need to translate a little further to come to grips with the ‘virtual teams’ that are actually communities of practice (CoPs).

scholarly journals Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate invitation to community-based low-dose CT screening for lung cancer versus usual care in a targeted population at risk

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e037075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip AJ Crosbie ◽  
Rhian Gabe ◽  
Irene Simmonds ◽  
Martyn Kennedy ◽  
Suzanne Rogerson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Lung Screening ◽  
Screening Trial

IntroductionLung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer death. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening reduced lung cancer mortality by 20% in the US National Lung Screening Trial. Here, we present the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST), which will address key questions of relevance for screening implementation.Methods and analysisUsing a single-consent Zelen’s design, ever-smokers aged 55–80 years registered with a general practice in Leeds will be randomised (1:1) to invitation to a telephone-based risk-assessment for a Lung Health Check or to usual care. The anticipated number randomised by household is 62 980 individuals. Responders at high risk will be invited for LDCT scanning for lung cancer on a mobile van in the community. There will be two rounds of screening at an interval of 2 years. Primary objectives are (1) measure participation rates, (2) compare the performance of PLCOM2012 (threshold ≥1.51%), Liverpool Lung Project (V.2) (threshold ≥5%) and US Preventive Services Task Force eligibility criteria for screening population selection and (3) assess lung cancer outcomes in the intervention and usual care arms. Secondary evaluations include health economics, quality of life, smoking rates according to intervention arm, screening programme performance with ancillary biomarker and smoking cessation studies.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been approved by the Greater Manchester West research ethics committee (18-NW-0012) and the Health Research Authority following review by the Confidentiality Advisory Group. The results will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals, presentation at conferences and on the YLST website.Trial registration numbersISRCTN42704678 and NCT03750110.

scholarly journals Polynomial Supertree Methods Revisited

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malte Brinkmeyer ◽  
Thasso Griebel ◽  
Sebastian Böcker
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Matrix Representation ◽  
Distance Matrix ◽  
Extensive Simulation ◽  
Supertree Method ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
To Come ◽  
Supertree Methods

Supertree methods allow to reconstruct large phylogenetic trees by combining smaller trees with overlapping leaf sets into one, more comprehensive supertree. The most commonly used supertree method, matrix representation with parsimony (MRP), produces accurate supertrees but is rather slow due to the underlying hard optimization problem. In this paper, we present an extensive simulation study comparing the performance of MRP and the polynomial supertree methods MinCut Supertree, Modified MinCut Supertree, Build-with-distances, PhySIC, PhySIC_IST, and super distance matrix. We consider both quality and resolution of the reconstructed supertrees. Our findings illustrate the tradeoff between accuracy and running time in supertree construction, as well as the pros and cons of voting- and veto-based supertree approaches. Based on our results, we make some general suggestions for supertree methods yet to come.

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