Honors Programs as a Way to Grow the Discipline

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renae R. Schumann
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Student Growth ◽  
Honors Programs ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Honors Program ◽  
Faculty Roles ◽  
Honors Courses ◽  
Advanced Education ◽  
The One

Honors programs and courses can be characterized by large impersonal classes with differences in assignments and evaluation criteria compared to non-honors courses. This article begins to tell the story of a nursing honors program in which expert researchers and educators mentor highly motivated students, introducing them to nursing research and to faculty roles. The one-on-one relationships developed during the two-semester program encourage student growth and academic and career success. Mentored students are more confident in their ability to participate in clinical research and pursue advanced education.

scholarly journals Pursuing the SDG11 Targets: The Role of the Sustainability Protocols

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3858
Author(s):  
Francesca Abastante ◽  
Isabella M. Lami ◽  
Marika Gaballo
Keyword(s):  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The One

This paper is built on the following research questions: (i) What are the direct/indirect relationships between Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) and sustainability protocols? (ii) Could the sustainability protocols constitute a solution towards the achievement of SDG11? We underline that, on the one hand, the SDGs are guidelines to support the development of sustainable policies and thus address all elements that may affect them, and on the other hand, sustainability protocols are assessment tools to promote sustainability-conscious design while remaining focused on the built environment. In the Italian regulatory context, the paper highlights how this difference in terms of focus and scale means that they only overlap and mutually reinforce each other with regard to certain aspects, more related to energy and air pollution issues and less to the social aspects of sustainability. Even if there is not always a direct relationship between the evaluation criteria of the protocols and the indicators of SDG11, it is possible to conclude that the sustainability protocols can facilitate the achievement of the SDG11 targets, acting as a key for the implementation of sustainable cities and helping in structuring the process leading to sustainability in a broader framework.

scholarly journals 3446 The OHSU Physician-Scientist Experience: Integrating intensive translational research training for medical students into a competency-based educational framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 74-75
Author(s):  
Karen W. McCracken ◽  
Peter Mayinger ◽  
Cynthia Morris
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Translational Research ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Physician Scientist ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The aim of this program is to provide early support to motivated medical students interested in a career as a physician-scientist in a framework of competency-based medical education. The CTSA creates an opportunity to provide clinical research education and protected time for research for medical students in clinical and translational research. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: This physician-scientist experience offers research opportunities in a wide variety of research disciplines, focused on clinical and translational investigations. The program offers both five-month and one-year blocks of protected research time. The five-month option is integrated into the four- year medical curriculum. The one-year option requires enrollment in an established Master of Clinical Research degree. Both options provide research experience under the mentorship of a physician-scientist. The five-month option aligns with UME competencies categorized under the six ACGME Domains of Competence. The one-year option includes coursework in research design, biostatistics, research ethics, data management, scientific communication, and proposal development within the CTSA-based education program. All students in the program attend a bimonthly journal club and seminar series starting in year one and extending through the research experience. This includes discussion of the importance of mentorship, selecting a residency, scientific writing and presentation, and personal narratives of physician-scientists and their pathways to this career. All students will be followed to determine career outcome. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Between 2015 and 2018, 67 students entered the program 46% selected the year out, and 56% selected the 5-month option. Students selecting this program constitute about 10% of the medical student population overall. We have had 17 graduates of the program to date. 55% of the cohort is women which parallels the OHSU medical student population. Long-term follow-up of at least 10 years will be needed to determine career outcomes. We assess student productivity by traditional measures of submitted abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations as well as longer term outcomes such as career orientation in medicine such as entry into a research-oriented residency and ultimately into an academic medicine or research. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The OHSU physician-scientist experience successfully matches medical students with a diverse set of research mentors focused on the CTSA. Although institutional structures determine the variety of specific research opportunities, the integration of physician-scientist training into a CTSA-based training program expands the reach of training programs such as the TL1.

Race, Money and Medicines

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gregg Bloche
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Therapeutic Response ◽  
The Other ◽  
Disease Expression ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
The One ◽  
Past Wrongs

Taking notice of race is both risky and inevitable, in medicine no less than in other endeavors. The literature on race as a classifying tool in clinical research poses this core dilemma: On the one hand, race can be a useful stand-in for unstudied genetic and environmental factors that yield differences in disease expression and therapeutic response. On the other hand, racial distinctions have social meanings that are often pejorative or worse, especially when these distinctions are cast as culturally or biologically fixed. Our country's troubled past in this regard and the persistence of race-related disadvantage should keep us on notice about this hazard. Yet paying attention to race in order to ameliorate past wrongs sometimes supports the quest for social justice, as Dorothy Roberts points out in this issue. And at times, as Jay Cohn and Raj Bhopal note, attention to race can make a therapeutic difference, to the point of saving lives.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF COMPETITIVENESS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FACETS OF “SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS”

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audronė Balkytė ◽  
Manuela Tvaronavičienė
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
The One ◽  
Research Initiatives

European Council agreed to the European Commission's proposal to launch a new strategy for jobs and growth ‐ the new European Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth ‐ “Europe 2020”. This will lead to a new concept of the competitiveness and deeper relationship between sustainable development and competitiveness. The aim of this article is to set out the future research area of competitiveness theory taking into account the development of competitiveness concept and existing research tendencies. On the one hand, for developing the new concept of competitiveness, it is necessary to critically analyse existing studies on competitiveness. Researchers, examining the problems of competitiveness, differently approach the concept of competitiveness, suggesting different definitions, classification, factors, models of competitiveness, and evaluation criteria. Despite all the discussions on competitiveness however, no clear definition or model of competitiveness has yet been developed. On the other hand, globalization, economic dynamism and social progress, sustainability and competitiveness go hand‐in‐hand. Competitiveness should be underpinned by a broad vision for the economy and society. There is a need of research initiatives to develop the new concept of “Sustainable competitiveness” in the context of globalisation, with much of the research focusing on how sustainable development and competitiveness interact. Such additional research will lead to new theoretical models describing the relationships between international globalization, economic growth, sustainable development, wellbeing and competitiveness. Santrauka Europos Vadovu Taryba pritare Europos Komisij os pasiūlytai ekonomikos augimo ir darbo vietu kūrimo strategijai ‐ “Europa 2020” ‐ naujai Europos Sajungos strategijai del pažangaus, tvaraus ir integruoto augimo. Tai sudaro prielaidas naujai konkurencingumo sampratai ir gilesniam darnaus vystymosi ir konkurencingumo saryšiui. Šio straipsnio tikslas yra nustatyti tolesniu konkurencingumo teorijos tyrimu sriti, atsižvelgiant i konkurencingumo koncepcijos pletra ir egzistuojančias moksliniu tyrimu tendencijas. Iš vienos puses, siekiant pletoti konkurencingumo teorija, būtina kritiškai ivertinti egzistuojančias konkurencingumo studijas. Mokslininkai, nagrinedami konkurencingumo problematika, pateikia ivairias konkurencingumo koncepcijas, siūlydami skirtingus apibrežimus, klasifikacija_, veiksnius, konkurencingumo modelius ir vertinimo kriterijus. Nepaisant plačiu diskusiju, kol kas nera susitarta del aiškaus konkurencingumo apibrežimo ar visuotinai pripažistamo modelio. Iš kitos puses, globalizacija, ekonomikos dinamiškumas ir socialine pažanga, darnus vystymasis ir konkurencingumas yra tarpusavyje glaudžiai susije. Plati ekonomikos ir visuomenes vizija turetu būti konkurencingumo pagrindas. Egzistuojantis moksliniu tyrimuporeikis veda link naujos "darnaus kon‐kurencingumo” koncepcijos kūrimo iniciatyvu, ivertinant globalizacija ir daugiau demesio skiriant dar‐naus vystymosi bei konkurencingumo tarpusavio ryšiams. Tokie tolesni tyrimai padetu atrasti naujus teorinius modelius, charakterizuojančius tarptautines globalizacijos, ekonomikos augimo, darnaus vystymosi, geroves kūrimo ir konkurencingumo saryši.

scholarly journals Applying micro-genetic algorithm in the one-dimensional unsteady hydraulic model for parameter optimization

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsun-Hua Yang ◽  
Yu-Chi Wang ◽  
Shun-Chung Tsung ◽  
Wen-Dar Guo
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Hydraulic Modeling ◽  
Hydraulic Model ◽  
Roughness Coefficient ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Flow Quantity ◽  
River Meandering

Selection of an appropriate value for Manning's roughness coefficient could significantly impact the accuracy of a hydraulic model. However, it is highly variable and depends on flow circumstances, such as water stage and flow quantity; a stream's geomorphology, such as the fluvial process and river meandering; and physical conditions, such as the channel surface roughness and irregularities. Nevertheless, choosing proper roughness coefficients is not easy, especially with limited information and time in a practical application. Even it is done for a specific event it may not apply to another event due to its time- and site-dependency. This study proposes a Visual Basic (VB)-based system, which integrates the HEC-RAS modeling tool and the μGA to efficiently search for Manning's roughness coefficients. The matching coefficients will thereafter improve the accuracy of hydraulic modeling. Two events in the Yilan River Basin were applied to test the feasibility of the system and four evaluation criteria were used to evaluate the system performance. The results showed that μGA efficiently converged and the hydraulic model showed good agreement in comparison with the measured data. The system can be used as a good tool for finding onsite Manning's roughness coefficients in hydraulic modeling when detailed information is not available.

The Significance of Dopamine for the Mode of Action of Neuroleptics and the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia

1977 ◽  
Vol 130 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. van Praag
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Pathogenetic Mechanism ◽  
The One

SummaryAnimal experiments have demonstrated the likelihood that all known neuroleptics inhibit transmission in central CA-ergic systems, regardless of their chemical structure and via different mechanisms. For clinical psychiatry this fact prompts a number of questions: (1) is this phenomenon also to be found in human individuals; (2) if so, is it of importance for the clinical (side) effects of neuroleptics; (3) do patients with (schizophrenic) psychoses show signs of central CA-ergic hyperactivity ? This article presents a survey of clinical research focused on these questions which, for the sake of brevity, is confined to DA metabolism. The available data indicate the plausibility of a correlation between inhibition of DA-ergic transmission on the one hand, and on the other hand the therapeutic effects of neuroleptics and the occurrence of hypokinetic-rigid symptoms. The hypothesis that DA-ergic hyperactivity is an important pathogenetic mechanism in schizophrenic psychoses can be based only on indirect arguments; direct studies of the DA metabolism have so far failed to reveal supporting evidence. The possible causes of this failure are discussed.

Success of Honors Program in Azerbaijan: Do Honors Students Perform Better Than Nonhonors Students?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1932202X2097399
Author(s):  
Azar Abizada ◽  
Fizza Mirzaliyeva
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Honors Programs ◽  
Honors Program ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Better Than

The purpose of launching honors programs in Azerbaijan was not only to introduce advanced academic programs but also to change the culture in the universities: to make students more socially active, to encourage them to participate in international competitions, and continue their education. Keeping these goals in mind, we evaluate honors programs by comparing honors students and nonhonors students in respective universities by (a) academic performance, (b) future academic goals, and (c) participation in extracurricular activities. We showed that when we look at academic performance, future academic goals, and some of the extracurricular activities, honors students clearly outperform nonhonors students.

Evaluation of stereo imaging capabilities and parameters when using personal computers: Defining a low-cost high-quality system

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1048-1049
Author(s):  
John M. Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Personal Computers ◽  
Stereo Imaging ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Display Devices ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost

Over the past several years the capabilities of personal computers have advanced at a staggering rate. At the same time, the cost of the hardware has dropped to such a degree that one wonders whether such inexpensive hardware can perform adequately.The purpose of this discussion is to look at the minimum hardware necessary to do quality stereo imaging on CRT display devices and to discuss several important evaluation criteria in producing these stereo images.The most important criteria for producing high quality stereo pairs lies in the quality of the digitization of the image. Most TV rate imaging systems even after multiple frames are averaged are quite distorted and lack sufficient image detail. Slow scan imaging systems such as the one developed in this laboratory which use a gated integrator and can digitize at over one thousand pixels square with 256 gray levels produce images which are extremely close to photographic quality.

Projective Kit for Early Childhood (P. K. E. C.)

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Roman ◽  
Mathilde Dublineau ◽  
Camila Saboia
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Clinical Consultation ◽  
The One

This article highlights, on the one hand, the relevance of the Projective Kit for Early Childhood – a projective play test – in the dual prospect of research practice, and of clinical practice, on the other hand, considering a form of continuity between both these processes, as stressed by C. Chabert (1995 ). First, a brief introduction to this unique test in the field of psychopathology in young children serves to assess the relevance of this projective device in clinical practice and research. Then we successively present the test’s implications in actual clinical research, involving an evaluation of the psychoaffective dynamics of children with West syndrome (a form of epilepsy occurring in infants from the early stages of life, which impairs their development and frequently leads to psychopathological pictures in the autism spectrum) and as part of a clinical consultation process focused on the problem of depression.

Early radiotherapy versus late radiotherapy after incomplete transarterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 459-459
Author(s):  
Mi Sun Kim ◽  
Do Young Kim ◽  
Kwang-Hyub Han ◽  
Jong Yun Won ◽  
Do Yun Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Vessel Invasion ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

459 Background: To investigate the efficacy of early RT (ERT) in comparison to late RT (LRT) in HCC patients after incomplete TACE. Methods: Between January 2006 and December 2011, 99 BCLC B and C stage HCC patients were reviewed. We defined ERT as curative aimed additional RT after the first TACE, and LRT was defined as salvage aimed additional RT for recurrent or re-growing remnant tumors after repeated TACE. The median prescribed dose was 45 Gy (range, 21.6 Gy–60 Gy) given in daily dose of 1.8 Gy–3 Gy. Three-dimensional conformal RT or intensity modulated RT was used for all patients. The in-field tumor response rate (IFTR) was evaluated using the modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors. Results: Fifty eight (58.6%) patients received ERT and 41 (41.4%) patients received LRT. All patients had BCLC B-C stage HCC and the characteristics between two groups were not different significantly. However, vessel invasion was observed more often in the LRT group (p=0.039). The median interval between last TACE and RT was 2weeks in the ERT group, and 4 weeks in the LRT group. The IFTR at one month and three months were significantly higher in the ERT group. The one-year in-field progression-free survival rates were 79.5% and 45.9% in the ERT and LRT groups, respectively (p=0.007).The one-year overall survival rates were 75.9% and 48.8% in the ERT and LRT groups, respectively (p = 0.01). In the multivariate analysis, vessel invasion and treatment group (ERT vs.LRT) were independent predictor of OS (p=0.039 and p=0.035). PVTT and treatment group (ERT vs.LRT) showed correlation with IFPFS in the multivariate analysis (p=0.002 and p=0.01). Conclusions: While this finding may reflect differences in biological characteristics between the two groups, ERT within 2weeks after incomplete TACE should be considered.

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