Regorafenib team: establishing new systems for proper use, promoting a medical care team

A team-building model for team-based care.

Establishing a Successful Bioinformatics Core Facility Team

There are many issues to consider when establishing and building a Bioinformatics Core Facility. Mission, funding, scope of projects, organizational context, infrastructure, software support, and training are among the many to consider. One of the most important and arguably the most critical to success is building the team to execute the mission of the group. We devote this Perspective to our ...

Promoting patient safety: the rapid medical response team.

CONTEXT Adverse events are estimated to affect up to 17% of hospitalized patients and to cause up to 98,000 patient deaths per year in the United States. Unexpected codes in hospitalized patients are one of the most significant adverse events, carrying a risk of death that is reported to range from 50% to 80%. OBJECTIVE The Rapid Medical Response Team (RMRT) was an initiative designed to redu...

Promoting the use of seat belts. Wessex Positive Health Team.

A six-month study into the effect of a substantial programme of integrated health education promoting the use of seat belts showed no major change in the rates for occupants of front seats, which remained around 35%. Though there were increases of up to 5% in the rates for wearing seat belts immediately after the multimedia campaigns which achieved high penetration, only those among women drive...

[Team based learning use for biology learning in medical students].

Sr. Editor. En educación médica resulta fundamental el aprendizaje de ciencias básicas, puesto que constituyen las bases sobre las cuales se construirá el conocimiento clínico. Durante la formación médica, las materias básicas, a menudo, son percibidas por el estudiante como complejas y sin conexión con la carrera, habitualmente el estudiante no comprende la importancia del aprendizaje de temas...