Educational contribution of the College of the European School of Oncology to the Latin American Oncologists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pavlidis ◽  
Fedro A Peccatori ◽  
Alex Eniu ◽  
Matti Aapro ◽  
Elie Rassy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Holistic Model ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
European School ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fellowship Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
International Experts

The European School of Oncology (ESO) offers a wide range of educational activities in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. International experts are invited to provide proper education in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer according to a holistic model of care. This activity is currently structured in the ESO College (ESCO) through masterclasses in clinical oncology, international conferences, clinical training centers fellowship programs, certificate of competence and advanced studies, patients' advocacy events, e-learning sessions and medical students' courses in oncology. This institutional profile highlights the ESO–ESCO educational activities dedicated to Latin American oncologists and reports on the experience of the 869 participants that have attended these programs.

scholarly journals The Future of e-Learning in Medical Education: Current Trend and Future Opportunity

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Kim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

A wide range of e-learning modalities are widely integrated in medical education. However, some of the key questions related to the role of e-learning remain unanswered, such as (1) what is an effective approach to integrating technology into pre-clinical vs. clinical training?; (2) what evidence exists regarding the type and format of e-learning technology suitable for medical specialties and clinical settings?; (3) which design features are known to be effective in designing on-line patient simulation cases, tutorials, or clinical exams?; and (4) what guidelines exist for determining an appropriate blend of instructional strategies, including online learning, face-to-face instruction, and performance-based skill practices? Based on the existing literature and a variety of e-learning examples of synchronous learning tools and simulation technology, this paper addresses the following three questions: (1) what is the current trend of e-learning in medical education?; (2) what do we know about the effective use of e-learning?; and (3) what is the role of e-learning in facilitating newly emerging competency-based training? As e-learning continues to be widely integrated in training future physicians, it is critical that our efforts in conducting evaluative studies should target specific e-learning features that can best mediate intended learning goals and objectives. Without an evolving knowledge base on how best to design e-learning applications, the gap between what we know about technology use and how we deploy e-learning in training settings will continue to widen.

scholarly journals The biopsychosocial-digital continuum of foot orthosis practice and research: the VALUATOR model

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Deschamps ◽  
Chris Nester ◽  
Veronica Newton ◽  
Gabriel Gijon-Nogueron ◽  
Engin Simsek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Efficacy ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Clinical Value ◽  
Holistic Model ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Clinical Strategies ◽  
Person Centered Approach ◽  
First Time ◽  
Foot Orthosis

AbstractFoot orthoses have been used for decades despite uncertainty surrunding their therapeutic efficacy. Orthoses have been used exclusively to affect neuro-biomechanical input and outcome variables, however, there is emerging evidence that therapeutic efficacy may be affected by a psychological stimulus. Critical appraisal of the literature highlights that there is no holistic model upon which foot orthosis practice is taught, practised nor investigated. This paper introduces a conceptual model of foot orthosis practice (Value Based Foot Orthosis Practice (VALUATOR) model) that embraces a broader range of factors that are pertinent to orthosis practice, incorporating contemporary health service behaviours and values into orthosis practice for the first time.Within the VALUATOR model, foot orthosis design and clinical value is considered along a bio-psycho-social-digital continuum that reflects the reality of foot orthosis practice. The model contextualises the variable outcomes that are observed in research and practice within 6 key areas: 1) value, 2) person-centered approach, 3) zone of optimal bio-psycho-social stress, 4) bio-psycho-social assessment, 5) monitoring, 6) primary and secondary clinical strategies.The VALUATOR model is targeted at students, lecturers, scientists and practitioners and includes carefully chosen terminology to support a robust basis for educational and scientific discussion. It is believed that it provides a contemporary viewpoint and a structured conceptual metaphor that builds on existing evidence from a wide range of sources, invites constructive intellectual debate, and is anchored in the experiences of practitioners too. Stress testing the VALUATOR model will help determine its model and support further developments and evolution of orthotic practice in a evidence based way.

Implementation of a Blended Learning Module to Teach Handling, Restraint, and Physical Examination of Cats in Undergraduate Veterinary Training

2021 ◽  
pp. e20200160
Author(s):  
Mirjam B.H.M. Duijvestijn ◽  
Bente M.W.K. Van der Wiel ◽  
Claudia M. Vinke ◽  
M. Montserrat Diaz Espineira ◽  
Harold G.J. Bok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Examination ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Standard Module

Cats can be easily stressed in a clinical (training) setting and may show unpredictable reactions and patterns of defensive aggression. This can be a complicating factor in undergraduate veterinary training. Inexperienced veterinary students can evoke defensive feline behavior that negatively affects learning outcomes and animal welfare. As a result, restraint techniques and physical examination of cats was hardly practiced in pre-clinical training at Utrecht University. To overcome this, a new blended learning module was developed using a lecture on feline behavior; e-learning modules about feline behavior, handling, restraint, and physical examination skills; and redesigned practical sessions in which live animals and manikins were used. The aim of this study was to investigate how students’ perceptions of competence and confidence changed regarding feline behavior, handling, restraint, and physical examination skills after the new module was implemented. Questionnaires were used for quantitative analysis, and focus groups were used for qualitative analysis. The results show that compared with students who followed the standard module, students who participated in the blended learning module scored higher in feeling confident with handling animals, feeling competent to perform physical examination on cats, and ability to assess whether a cat is stressed. Students with less experience with cats were more likely to show improvement in assessing a cat’s stress level than students who had much experience with cats. The results demonstrate that the blended learning module improves students’ learning outcomes regarding feline skills training and adds to reduction, refinement, and replacement of the use of live cats.

scholarly journals An Advanced Educational Tool for Digital Forensic Engineering

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Primož Cigoj ◽  
Borka Jerman Blažič
Keyword(s):  
Digital Forensics ◽  
Real Life ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Digital Tool ◽  
College And University ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Forensic Engineering

This paper presents a novel approach to education in the area of digital forensics based on a multi-platform cloud-computer infrastructure and an innovative computer based tool. The tool is installed and available through the cloud-based infrastructure of the Dynamic Forensic Education Alliance. Cloud computing provides an efficient mechanism for a wide range of services that offer real-life environments for teaching and training cybersecurity and digital forensics. The cloud-based infrastructure, the virtualized environment and the developed educational tool enable the construction of a dynamic e-learning environment making the training very close to reality and to real-life situations. The paper presents the Dynamic Forensic Digital tool named EduFors and describes the different levels of college and university education where the tool is introduced and used in the training of future investigators of cybercrime events.

scholarly journals Effect of orthodontic force on dental pulp histomorphology and tissue factor expression:

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe Colombo Vitali ◽  
Ihan Vitor Cardoso ◽  
Fernanda Weber Mello ◽  
Carlos Flores-Mir ◽  
Ana Cristina Andrada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Factor ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Dental Pulp ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Tissue Factor Expression ◽  
Orthodontic Force ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Factor Expression ◽  
Histomorphological Changes

ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the effects of orthodontic force on histomorphology and tissue factor expression in the dental pulp. Materials and Methods Two reviewers comprehensively and systematically searched the literature in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences, Embase, Cochrane, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Grey literature (Google Scholar, OpenGrey, and ProQuest) up to September 2020. According to the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, Studies criteria, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies that evaluated the effects of orthodontic force on dental pulp were included. Case series/reports, laboratory-based or animal studies, reviews, and studies that did not investigate the association between orthodontic force and pulpal changes were excluded. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and Cochrane risk-of-bias tool were used to assess the risk of bias. The overall certainty level was evaluated with the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation tool. Results 26 observational studies and five RCTs were included. A detailed qualitative analysis of articles showed a wide range of samples and applied methodologies concerning impact of orthodontic force on the dental pulp. The application of orthodontic force seems to promote several pulpal histomorphological changes, including tissue architecture, cell pattern, angiogenesis, hard tissue deposition, inflammation, and alteration of the expression levels of 14 tissue factors. Conclusions Although the included articles suggest that orthodontic forces may promote histomorphological changes in the dental pulp, due to the very low-level of evidence obtained, there could be no well-supported conclusion that these effects are actually due to orthodontic movement. Further studies with larger samples and improved methods are needed to support more robust conclusions.

scholarly journals Towards motivation-based adaptation of difficulty in e-learning programs

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Endler ◽  
Gunter Daniel Rey ◽  
Martin V. Butz
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Learning Classifier System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Reported Study ◽  
E Learning ◽  
User Motivation

<span>The objective of this study was to investigate if an e-learning environment may use measurements of the user's current motivation to adapt the level of task difficulty for more effective learning. In the reported study, motivation-based adaptation was applied randomly to collect a wide range of data for different adaptations in a variety of motivational states. This data was then utilised to extract rules for an adequate motivation-based adaptation to maximise expected learning success. A learning classifier system was used for the data analysis, generating rules for suitable and unsuitable adaptations based on current user motivation data. We extracted a set of twelve rules which suggest particular adaptation strategies based on real-world data. These rules could generally be embedded into existing psychological theories, namely the Zone of Proximal Development and the Yerkes-Dodson Law. In future research, we intend to evaluate these rules on further studies and develop concrete sets of adaptation strategies based on user motivation measurements.</span>

scholarly journals Corporate Training of Yakutia Teachers to Apply Methods of E-Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Anatolyevich Sorochinsky ◽  
Elizaveta Afanasevna Barakhsanova ◽  
Elena Zotikovna Vlasova ◽  
Mikhail Semenovich Prokopyev ◽  
Arkady Eduardovich Burnashev
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The North ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Teacher training can assist in initiating digital changes in education. However, to achieve this, the training should use leading examples from the field of digital education solutions and technologies, while university and school educators should be trained to apply them in their work and to create high-tech educational startups in the field of e-learning. The goal of this study was to increase the professional competencies of teachers by conducting a corporate course that would prepare the teachers of the university in Yakutia to apply e-learning methods. The article demonstrates that the introduction of e-learning at the university is an important comprehensive process that implies transformation of all education components under the influence of modern technologies. Its practical implementation requires changing the goals, organizational forms, and technologies of educational activities in line with new technologies as well as the development of productive strategies for integrating the created innovations into the traditional learning process. For this purpose, the authors conducted a sociological study that helped identify the main problems associated with this type of training (for example, developing a course is time-consuming and a lack of required skills to develop courses). Based on the obtained data, the authors proposed a corporate course for university teachers on the creation of educational content for e-learning. It was shown that when applying new types of educational activities, teachers should combine traditional and new technologies, which contributes to the innovative training of teachers to meet the requirements of the digital society. This study focused on practical issues, since the research results were implemented in the work of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU), the base of the research. The results can be used when training teachers to apply e-learning methods in other educational institutions.

scholarly journals Perspectivas de soluções tecno-econômico para projetos de rede em banda larga na educação EAD e presencial

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-484
Author(s):  
Odair dos Santos Mesquita ◽  
Yuzo Iano ◽  
Rangel Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Optical Networks ◽  
Latin American ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Passive Optical Networks ◽  
Technical Literature ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Broadband Service ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Ethernet Passive Optical Networks

A inclusão digital abre inúmeras possibilidades para integração, promoção do bem estar social (e-inclusion), educação complementar (internet voltada para aplicação de softwares com grande capacidade para educação) ou à distância (e-learning) e desenvolvimento profissional. A velocidade constante e a necessidade de alta capacidade de transmissão multimídia no meio educativo só serão viáveis se existir uma rede internet de banda larga com preços acessíveis. Este trabalho pauta-se em ampla pesquisa de tecnologias inovadoras para internet de banda larga voltada para implantação em municípios brasileiros onde a mesma não esteja disponível. Buscando a redução do valor final para o usuário, tanto residencial quanto comercial. Assim, propomos apresentar, elaborar e selecionar informações atuais relativas às implantações das tecnologias EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Networks) e GPON (Gigabyte-capable Passive Optical Networks) nas redes ópticas de acesso. Uma vez que permanecem em aberto na literatura especializada trabalhos analisando a viabilidade técnica e econômica de redes GPON e EPON, as quais continuam concorrendo até hoje, sem uma dominação ou exclusão definida. Após análise em trabalhos anteriores atualizamos e ampliamos informações de implantações recentes destas redes, comparando tendências dessas tecnologias aplicadas em nível nacional e internacional. Como metodologia de modelamento, criamos tabelas com valores hipotéticos baseados nos números do mercado de equipamentos, para termos um panorama do investimento e do custeio total na implantação de projetos, isto visando a comparação técnica-econômica das tecnologias GPON e EPON. Após a análise técnica-econômica da implatação de ambas, concluímos que devido aos investimentos e aos custos na implantação da rede banda larga nos países latino americanos é mais conveniente a utilização dos equipamentos GPON devido aos valores de investimento e custos serem atrativos. Além de que temos que buscar novos meios de baratear os valores cobrados nas mensalidades das empresas fornecedoras do serviço de banda larga, visando especialmente a obtenção do custo zero para as instituições de ensino presencial e no menor custo para o EAD. Palavras-chave: Banda Larga. Internet. EAD.   ABSTRACT Digital inclusion opens up numerous possibilities for integration , promotion of social welfare (e-inclusion) , further education (internet facing application software with great capacity for education) or distance learning (e-learning) and professional development . The constant speed and the necessity of a high-capacity multimedia transmission in the educational world will only be possible if there is an acessible price in broadband internet network.This is an extensive research of innovative technologies for broadband internet to implant in Brazilian´s cities where this kind of resource is not available, aiming a reduction in the final value to both users, residential and commercial. So, we intend to present ,to prepare and to select current information regarding deployments of EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Networks) and GPON technologies (Gigabyt-capable Passive Optical Networks) in optical access networks. Once there is a lack, in technical literature, of other projects analysing the technical and economial feasibility of GPON and EPON networks , which continue running until today , without domination or exclusion set. After analysis in previous papers, we updated and expanded information from recent deployments of these networks by comparing trends of these technologies applied in national and internacional levels. As a methodology for modeling the project, we created tables with hypothetical values based on the numbers of the equipment market , in order to have an overview of the investment and the total cost to implement this project, aiming at technical-economic comparison of EPON and GPON technologies . After the technical - economic analysis of implanting both , we conclude that due to investments and the costs in the deployment of the broadband network in Latin American countries, it is more convenient to use the equipment GPON, because the values and costs are more attractive . Besides, we have to look for new ways to cheapen the monthly payment of suppliers of broadband service, especially aiming zero cost to the institutions of classroom teaching and the lowest cost to the EAD(d-Learning). Keywords: Broadband. Internet. EAD.

The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Patients With Cancer

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Jarero ◽  
Lucina Artigas ◽  
Susana Uribe ◽  
Laura Evelyn García
Keyword(s):  
Stress Responses ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Experiencing cancer is a peculiar stressor within the infrastructure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because this debilitating disease involves ongoing stressors and is both acute and potentially chronic. The experience can include a wide range of associated adverse events, such as tumor detection, diagnosis, severity of disease, and prognosis; aggressive treatment; disfigurement and bodily dysfunction; side effects of treatment; impaired physical, social, and occupational functioning; and sometimes, recurrence and diagnosis of terminal illness. This article provides a detailed description of the clinical application of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) Adapted for Adolescents and Adults Living with Ongoing Traumatic Stress for the patients with cancer. This protocol administers the eight phases of EMDR individual treatment to a group of patients using an art therapy format (i.e., drawings) and the butterfly hug (a self-administered bilateral stimulation method to process traumatic material). A previous study (Jarero et al., 2015) showed that after 6 sessions of EMDR-IGTP, there was a significant decrease in PTSD symptoms related to the diagnosis and treatment of different types of cancer in adult women. Effects were maintained at 90-day follow-up. In this article, we discuss how this protocol can be used to effectively provide intensive EMDR treatment to large groups of patients, and we provide detailed instructions for its provision to address one of the major psychological dimensions of cancer: the ongoing traumatic stress responses experienced by patients with cancer. A clinical example illustrates the treatment process.

Latin American Connections: Recent Work on German Interactions with Latin America

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Glenn Penny
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
South America ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
German Speaking

German interactions with Latin America have a long history. Indeed, early modern historians have demonstrated that people from German-speaking central Europe took part in all aspects of the European conquest of Central and South America. They have shown that these people were critical to mining operations and publishing in sixteenth-century Mexico; they have found them among Portuguese and Spanish sailors and soldiers almost everywhere; and they have located them playing important roles in a wide range of professions from Mexico to the south of Chile.

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