Over a five year period beginning in 1981, during which control measures were applied intermittently, the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates increased steadily within a twin site general hospital. A retrospective chart review of 154 patients identified in 1984-1985 showed that the MRSA 'definitely' contributed to three deaths (2%) and 'probably' contributed...

Pair programming is a computer programming technique where two programmers share one computer for software development. When applied in an educational context, pair programming has been reported as an effective teaching method, mainly improving student satisfaction, retention rates and program quality. Several systems have been developed to cover the need for pair programming over distance. We ...

Background Nursing care is a major portion of routine hospital care, especially when compared to more ancillary services such as labs, drugs, radiology, and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed by doctors at the hospital. Although the nursing profession had been developed in Malaysia since the 1900s, the current hospital billing system does not reflect what nurses provide for t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the hours, volume, and type of work undertaken by preregistration house officers. DESIGN Continuous observation of 472 hours of work performed by 12 preregistration house officers based in medical wards, using standard procedures for studying work patterns. SETTING A teaching hospital with 340 beds assigned to general medicine and coronary care. SUBJECTS 12 Of the 1...

Various methods have been proposed in the past to improve student learning by introducing new styles of working with assignments. These include problem-based learning, use of case studies and apprenticeship. In most courses, however, these proposals have not resulted in a widespread significant change of teaching methods. Most institutions still use a traditional lecture/lab class approach with...

Economy is dynamic and changing. One of the biggest problems with the introductory economics courses is that they are too static. System Dynamics can help us in teaching dynamic aspects of economy. “Supply Demand World” (SDW) is an Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) to teach introductory microeconomics based on the system thinking and system dynamics concepts. The paper presents the underly...

Various agent programming languages and frameworks have been developed by now, but very few systematic studies have been done as to how the elements in these languages may be and are in fact used in practice. Performing a study of these aspects contributes to the design of instruments for facilitating development of high-quality agent programs, namely programming language, programming guideline...

this study examines differences in non-native efl teachers’ beliefs about grammar and teaching grammar. the differences were sought across teachers’ work environment- private school versus state schools-, degree, gender, and teaching experience. a sample of 130 efl teachers teaching at junior high school, high schools, and private language institutes were randomly selected. the sample consisted...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a new discharge prescription form which integrates admission medications, in-hospital changes, and discharge medications could enhance the accuracy of information in patient profiles in community pharmacies after hospital discharge. DESIGN Nonrandomized, prospective, multi-site study. SETTINGS Internal medicine wards of the three teaching hospitals (1200 beds)...

Philippe Pinel submitted this essay to the French Society of Medicine in 1793 as part of their annual prize essay competition. It did not win the prize then (no winner was named that year), and it probably would not win any prizes now. However, in light of the contributions to medicine that Pinel went on to make and the pivotal period in French history in which he wrote the essay, it is fortuna...