Perceived demands and postexercise physical dysfunction in CrossFit® compared to an ACSM based training session

Purpose: Development of valid and reliable outcome tools to document social approaches to aphasia therapy and to determine best practice is imperative. The aim of this study is to determine whether the Conversational Interaction Coding Form (CICF; Pimentel & Algeo, 2009) can be applied reliably to the natural conversation of individuals with aphasia in a group setting. Method: Eleven graduate students participated in this study. During a 90-minute training session, participants reviewed and practiced coding with the CICF. Then participants independently completed the CICF using video recordings of individuals with non-fluent and fluent aphasia participating in an aphasia group. Interobserver reliability was computed using matrices representative of the point-to-point agreement or disagreement between each participant's coding and the authors' coding for each measure. Interobserver reliability was defined as 80% or better agreement for each measure. Results: On the whole, the CICF was not applied reliably to the natural conversation of individuals with aphasia in a group setting. Conclusion: In an extensive review of the turns that had high disagreement across participants, the poor reliability was attributed to inadequate rules and definitions and inexperienced coders. Further research is needed to improve the reliability of this potentially useful clinical tool.

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Focus group and training session address tribal youth issues

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e426332008-005 ◽

2007 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Training Session ◽

And Training

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Acute and delayed responses of steroidal hormones after a resistance training session: time-of-day effects.

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.56.p941 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Manel Naifar ◽

Mouna Turki ◽

Achraf Ammar ◽

Faten Haj Kacem ◽

Mohamed Abid ◽

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Keyword(s):

Resistance Training ◽

Training Session ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Session Time ◽

Steroidal Hormones ◽

Delayed Responses

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Pilot Project: Does formal bedside training of medical students with a FAST exam increase their knowledge and comfort level with ultrasound use in a community family medicine practice setting?

POCUS Journal ◽

10.24908/pocus.v2i2.13279 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 15-17

Author(s):

Rimi Sambi, MD ◽

Heather Sawula, MD ◽

Brent Wolfrom, MD ◽

Joseph Newbigging, MD

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Family Medicine ◽

Point Of Care ◽

Training Session ◽

Undergraduate Curriculum ◽

Knowledge Retention ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽

Medical Undergraduate ◽

Fast Exam

As point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) becomes increasingly popular and a standard of care in many clinical settings, the interest for integration in medical undergraduate curriculum is also growing [1]. This project aims to assess whether formal bedside Focused Abdominal Scan for Trauma (FAST) exam training of medical students increases their knowledge and comfort with the use of bedside ultrasound in a family medicine setting at Queen’s University. Third year medical students (n=18) were recruited to participate in a training session involving a 1-hour online video and 2-hour hands-on session. Knowledge based surveys were completed before and after the training. A survey was completed 4 months after the teaching session evaluating knowledge retention, comfort, and application of skills. Student knowledge of PoCUS and FAST increased and was maintained (pre-training 56%±20%, post-training 82%±10%, p<0.001). Self-evaluation of comfort performing a FAST examination (5-point Likert scale) similarly increased post-training session (pre-training 1.4±0.8, post-training 3.8±0.9, p<0.005), but decreased 4 months later (3±1.2, p<0.005). Students in this study were unanimously interested in ultrasound training and the methods used effectively increased theoretical knowledge and comfort with use. Students did not retain their comfort levels with FAST exam 4 months after the training session, nor did they have the opportunity to utilize the skills learned. Further evidence is required to identify the applicability of these results to undergraduate curriculum development.

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How athletes coped with COVID-19 restrictions: differences between Switzerland and Italy

Sports & Exercise Medicine Switzerland ◽

10.34045/sems/2020/18 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Training Session ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Government Officials ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Aggressive Action ◽

History Of ◽

Global Threat ◽

Sport Facilities

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis of unprecedented scale in modern times. The initial outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan spread rapidly, affecting other parts of China and soon other countries becoming a global threat. [1] On 11 March 2020, the WHO has declared the ‘Pandemic state’ calling the governments to take ‘urgent and aggressive action’ to delay and mitigate the peak of infection. To respond to COVID-19 public health experts and government officials are taking several measures, including social distancing, self-isolation, or quarantine; strengthening health facilities to control the disease; and asking people to work at home. To safeguard the health of athletes and others involved all forms of organized sport have been either cancelled or postponed. These range from mass participation events such as marathon races to football league and even to the Olympics and Paralympics that for the first time in the history of the modern games, have been postponed, and will be held in 2021. All sport in Italy had been suspended from early March and from April the lockdown measures had been extended to the training session for professional and non-professional athletes within all sport facilities. Unlike Italy, the Swiss government has not imposed a general curfew so athletes continued to train outdoor although training in a group was forbidden. [2,3] Some athletes in this situation will be able to build on existing coping resources while others athletes may experience psychological symptoms including fear of being infected, anxiety of physical recovery if infected, disturbed sleep, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and family conflicts.

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Optimal Initial Positioning of Chest Tubes to Prevent Retained Hemothorax Using a Novel Steerable Chest Tube With Extendable Infusion Cannula

Military Medicine ◽

10.1093/milmed/usaa295 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 186 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 324-330

Author(s):

John B Fortune ◽

Serena Murphy ◽

Kimberley Tiller

Keyword(s):

Chest Tube ◽

Animal Studies ◽

Training Session ◽

Penetrating Trauma ◽

Pleural Space ◽

Tube Placement ◽

Clot Lysis ◽

Retained Hemothorax ◽

Tip Position

ABSTRACT Introduction With blunt and penetrating trauma to the chest, warfighters and civilians frequently suffer from punctured lung (pneumothorax) and/or bleeding into the pleural space (hemothorax). Optimal management of this condition requires the rapid placement of a chest tube to evacuate as much of the blood and air as possible. Incomplete drainage of blood leading to retained hemothorax may be the result of the final tube tip position not being in contact with the blood collections. To address this problem, we sought to develop a “steerable” chest tube that could be accurately placed or repositioned into a specific desired position in the pleural space to assure optimal drainage. An integrated infusion cannula was added for the instillation of anticoagulants to maintain tube patency, thrombolytics for clot lysis, and analgesics for pain control if required. Materials and Methods A triple-lumen tube was designed to provide a channel for a pull-wire which was wound around an axle integrated into a small proximal handle and controlled by a ratcheted thumbwheel. Tension on the wire creates an arc on the tube that allows for positioning. In vitro testing focused on the relationship between the tension on the pull-wire and the resultant arc. Two adult cadavers and two anesthetized pigs were used to study the feasibility of accurate tube placement. After a brief training session, providers were asked to place tubes inferiorly along the diaphragm where blood was anticipated to accumulate or at the apex of the lung for pneumothorax. Success was determined with fluoroscopic images and was judged as a tube tip lying in the targeted position. Results The design was prototyped with an extruded polyvinyl chloride multilumen tube and a 3D printed tensioning handle. In vitro studies showed that one turn of the thumbwheel created 70° to 90° of arc of the tube. Cadaver and animal studies showed consistent success in the desired placement of the tube at or near the lateral diaphragm or in the apex. Attempts were also successful by surgical residents with minimal training. Conclusions Initial preliminary studies on a novel steerable chest tube have demonstrated the ability to appropriately position the tube in a desired location. The addition of an extendable cannula will allow for safe clot lysis or maintained tube patency. Additional studies are planned to confirm the benefit of this device in preventing retained hemothorax.

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Muscle power and physical dysfunction: a model for tailoring rehabilitation in chronic kidney disease

Nephrology ◽

10.1111/nep.13920 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Thomas J. Wilkinson ◽

Eleanor F. Gore ◽

Luke A. Baker ◽

Emma L. Watson ◽

Alice C. Smith

Keyword(s):

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Muscle Power ◽

Physical Dysfunction

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Significance of training, monitoring and assessment of malaria workers in achieving malaria elimination goal of Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project

Malaria Journal ◽

10.1186/s12936-020-03534-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Harsh Rajvanshi ◽

Sekh Nisar ◽

Praveen K. Bharti ◽

Himanshu Jayswar ◽

Ashok K. Mishra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Case Management ◽

Vector Control ◽

Malaria Elimination ◽

Disease Surveillance ◽

Training Session ◽

Central India ◽

Malaria Diagnosis ◽

Demonstration Project ◽

National Goal ◽

Health Delivery

Abstract Background The Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project (MEDP) maintained a workforce of 235 Village Malaria Workers (VMWs) and 25 Malaria Field Coordinators (MFCs) to conduct disease surveillance, case management, IEC/BCC activities, capacity building, and monitoring of vector control activities in 1233 villages of Mandla, a high malaria endemic district of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Methods The induction training was conducted for 3 days on malaria diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and ethics. All trainings were assessed using a pre and post-training assessment questionnaire, with 70% marks as qualifying threshold. The questionnaire was divided into three thematic areas viz. general knowledge related to malaria (KAP), diagnosis and treatment (DXRX), and vector control (PVC). Results In 2017, the project trained 330 candidates, followed by 243 and 247 candidates in 2018 and 2019, respectively. 94.3% candidates passed after a single training session. Almost all (95%) candidates showed improvement in knowledge after the training with 4% showing no effect and 1% showing deterioration. Progressive improvement in scores of 2017 cohort was seen along with significant improvement in performance of candidates in 2019 after the introduction of systematic monitoring and ‘shadowing’ training exercises. Conclusion The project has successfully demonstrated the value of recruitment of workers from the study area, outcome of training, and performance evaluation of field staff in malaria elimination programme. This careful strategy of recruitment and training resulted in a work-force that was capable of independently conducting surveillance, case management, vector control, and Information Education Communication/Behaviour Change Communication (IEC/BCC). The learnings of this study, including the training modules and monitoring processes, can be used to train the health delivery staff for achieving national goal for malaria elimination by 2030. Similar training and monitoring programmes could also be used for other public health delivery programmes.

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Louisiana Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program: Analysis of Learning Outcomes From Dementia Training

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.189 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 58-58

Author(s):

Katherine Kirsch ◽

Catherine Lemieux ◽

Laura Ainsworth ◽

Sarah Choate ◽

Ashleigh Borgmeyer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Program Analysis ◽

Training Session ◽

Cohen’S D ◽

Response Formats ◽

Cohen's D ◽

Item Knowledge ◽

South Louisiana ◽

Severe Shortage ◽

Primary Care Professionals

Abstract A recent Alzheimer’s Association report noted that by year 2050, the number of Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) will triple to over 15 million. The report referred to primary care as the front line for meeting this demand, yet the nation faces a severe shortage of ADRD trained, primary care professionals (PCPs). Louisiana Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (LA-GWEP) addresses this demand. The purpose of this study was to examine preliminary data respective to LA-GWEP effectiveness with interdisciplinary education and training seminars, primarily aimed at medical, nursing, and social work PCPs. Three seminars were conducted in south Louisiana: Seminars 1 and 2 addressed effective communication, verbal and nonverbal, among persons with ADRD and caregivers; Seminar 3 offered basic overview of dementia symptomology, stages, and behaviors. Pre- and post-training session data were collected on-site. Participants completed questionnaires that included a 10-item knowledge assessment and 20-item Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS). These measures contained Likert response formats; higher scores indicating greater levels of ADRD knowledge, in patient and caregiver contexts. Paired sample t-tests were conducted to observe any significant pre-to-post improvement, Cohen’s d for effect size. Seminar 1 revealed no significant pre-to-post difference: t = -1.019, p = 0.320. Adjusting content from audience feedback, Seminar 2 revealed significant pre-to-post difference: t = -7.516, p < .001, Cohen’s d = 1.2. Seminar 3 yielded significant improvement on DAS scores: t = -2.96, p < .01, Cohen’s d = 0.34. Implications for seminars in future years of LA-GWEP are discussed.

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Assessing the impact of previous experience on lie effects through a transfer paradigm

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-88387-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Claudia Mazzuca ◽

Mariagrazia Benassi ◽

Roberto Nicoletti ◽

Giuseppe Sartori ◽

Luisa Lugli

Keyword(s):

Training Session ◽

Spatial Task ◽

Dual Processes ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Transfer Paradigm ◽

Compatible Condition ◽

Open Question ◽

The Impact ◽

Cognitive Cost ◽

Spatial Training

AbstractInfluential lines of research propose dual processes-based explanations to account for both the cognitive cost implied in lying and for that entailed in the resolution of the conflict posited by Simon tasks. The emergence and consistency of the Simon effect has been proved to be modulated by both practice effects and transfer effects. Although several studies provided evidence that the lying cognitive demand may vary as a function of practice, whether and how transfer effects could also play a role remains an open question. We addressed this question with one experiment in which participants completed a Differentiation of Deception Paradigm twice (baseline and test sessions). Crucially, between the baseline and the test sessions, participants performed a training session consisting in a spatial compatibility task with incompatible (condition 1) or compatible (condition 2) mapping, a non-spatial task (condition 3) and a no task one (condition 4). Results speak in favour of a modulation of individual performances by means of an immediate prior experience, and specifically with an incompatible spatial training.

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