1 A.-R. M. Zaghloul, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, GTREP and School of ECE, Orleans Building, Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405 [email protected] 2 Ashraf Saad, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, GTREP and School of ECE, Orleans Building, Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405 [email protected] Abstract  We propose a u...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Peritonitis remains as the most frequent cause of peritoneal dialysis (PD) failure, impairing patient's outcome. No large multicenter study has addressed socioeconomic, educational, and geographic issues as peritonitis risk factors in countries with a large geographic area and diverse socioeconomic conditions, such as Brazil. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREM...

1 Assistant Nurse, Surgical Center, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. 2 Head Nurse, Pre-operation Unit, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. 3 Nursing Coordinator, Surgical Center, SírioLibanês Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. 4 Nursing Superintendant, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational interv...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine patient preferences for content and methods of delivering treatment plans, educational information, and survivorship care plans. RESEARCH APPROACH Thematic analysis of four tape-recorded focus groups of cancer survivors. SETTING An outpatient clinical cancer center in an academic medical center in the midwestern United States. PARTICIPANTS 40 cancer survivors...

BACKGROUND Tertiary pediatric hospitals usually provide excellent clinical services, but such centers have a lot to do for educational perfection. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to address under-graduate educational deficits and find feasible solutions. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was done in a target population of 77 sixth year undergraduate medical students (respo...

Dear Editor B one of the most effective tools for educational system improvement, educational Technology plays an important role in learning facilitation. In order to have a deeper, more effective and long lasting learning impact, this systematic approach designs, implements and evaluates the teachinglearning process, using specific purposes, new methods of psychology and communication sciences...

E.E. Tzirtzilakis∗1,2, Ch. Skokos∗∗2,3, and T.C. Bountis∗∗∗2,4 1 Department of Applications of Informatics in Management and Finance, Technological Educational Institute of Mesologhi. Mesologhi, 30200 Greece. 2 Center for Research and Applications of Nonlinear Systems, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece. 3 Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics, Academy of Athens, Athens,...

The development of graduate education in biostatistics and medical statistics is discussed in the context of training within a medical center setting. The need for medical researchers to employ a wide variety of statistical designs in clinical, genetic, basic science and translational settings justifies the ongoing integration of biostatistical training into medical center educational settings ...