PURPOSE We tested the effectiveness of preoperative biofeedback assisted behavioral training for decreasing the duration and severity of incontinence, and improving quality of life in the 6 months following radical prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing preoperative behavioral training to usual care. The volunteer sample include...

We present RemixIT, a simple yet effective self-supervised method for training speech enhancement without the need of single isolated in-domain nor noise waveform. Our approach overcomes limitations previous methods which make them dependent on clean target signals and thus, sensitive to any domain mismatch between train test samples. RemixIT is based continuous self-training scheme in pre-trai...

introduction: human resources are one of the factors most effective on the success or failure of an organization and service motivation is a factor which affects the quality and quantity of activity of an organization. the present study aimed to determine the motivating potential score (mps) of medical record staff of training hospitals in isfahan, iran, over the years of 2011-2012. methods: th...

BACKGROUND Since 2008 the Verbundweiterbildung(plus) programme of the Competence Centre General Practice Baden-Wuerttemberg offers continual improvement with regards to content and structure of general practice training. The programme uses the didactical concept of the CanMEDs competencies, which were developed in Canada, as a postgraduate medical training framework. Train the trainer (TTT)-pro...

Access to high-quality maternal health care services is limited in Kenya, which resulted ∼36,000 and neonatal deaths 2018. To tackle this challenge, Jacaranda Health (a non-profit organization working on Kenya) developed PROMPTS, an SMS based tele-triage system for pregnant puerperal women, has more than 350,000 active users Kenya. PROMPTS empowers women living far away from doctors hospitals s...

INTRODUCTION Skills in peer teaching, assessment, and feedback are increasingly documented internationally as required graduate attributes in medicine. Yet these skills are rarely taught in medical schools. We sought to design and deliver a short but effective teacher training (TT) program for medical students that could be easily integrated into the professional development curriculum. This st...