LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
...t the participants achieve predetermined levels of skill at the completion of the course. Opportunities for...ored, to facilitate transfer of the newly acquired skill to surgical practice. Also, collaborative education research would be pursued by the Education Insti...Diabetes professionals join forces to identify gaps in diabetes care and better self care
...gement education (such as behavioral goal setting, skill training). Develop and disseminate evidence-based approaches to delivering education programs and teaching self-management skills. Low level of health literacy Assume a low level of health literacy when choosing and developing educational m...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...demonstrates that the physician has the knowledge, skill and experience to offer the highest quality of care in the field, and pediatricians are required to undergo recertification through the American Board of Pediatrics every seven years. To check on a pediatrician's board certification status, visit the...AIUM hosts Third Annual Ultrasound Practice Forum
...son performing/interpreting their exam has a basic skill set appropriate for the exam being performed. This year, forum participants identified several priority areas requiring continued collaboration: need for a core curriculum, proficiency assessment, scope of practice by specialty/subspecialty, and ou...Fine motor skills, social acceptance lower in children with 'lazy eye'
...amblyopic children. Performance on the fine motor skill tasks could not predicted by level of stereoposis or inter-ocular visual acuity difference in the amblyopic group. "Many children with amblyopia have poor depth perception in addition to poor vision in one eye. We were interested in how these may ...Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
...rning." The finding that attention is a flexible skill opens up many possibilities, says Davidson. For example, he suggests, "Attention training is worth examining for disorders with attentional components, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."...National Autism Conference slated for June
...sessments, social-emotional assessment, and social skill instruction will take place June 29. A resource room featuring information from vendors and service agencies also will be open both days to provide materials to participants....iPods help docs improve stethoscope skills
... to recognize abnormal heart sounds is a critical skill for identifying dangerous heart conditions and min... Barrett. "Plus, internists are now tested on this skill for board recertification. Requirements for residents and other specialists are sure to follow." ...New details in schizophrenia treatment trial emerge
...ing effect" at which point additional psychosocial skill improvement was unlikely without additional rehabilitative treatment. "Overall, the findings reiterate the widely held belief that antipsychotic medications alone are not sufficient in helping patients make meaningful gains in real-world functioni...Surgeons with video game skill appear to perform better in simulated surgery skills course
... 12 surgeons and 21 surgical residents, video game skill was correlated with laparoscopic surgery skill as assessed during a simulated surgery skills course, according to a report in the February issue of...SCAI expert panel sets high standards for PCI without on-site cardiac surgical backup
...y is the difficulty of maintaining a high level of skill among the nurses, technicians, and physicians in a program that treats only a small number of heart attack patients each month. In addition, if elective PCI is unavailable in some rural areas, elderly or economically disadvantaged patients may forgo ...Athlete's 'rituals' important for overcoming performance anxiety
...tes will be less affected by anxiety because their skill levels are so high. However, rookies are more likely to be affected by anxiety because their skills are less honed, and more situations are new and unfamiliar to them. "Sometimes this is the reason why accomplished athletes are considered cocky," ...Hospital death rate study reveals wide variations
...nced Nursing. "Its observations about the nursing skill mix and use of care protocols is particularly relevant and we hope that hospitals worldwide will study these findings as they address issues that have relevance to both the international nursing community and hospital care in general."...Sword swallowers more likely to be injured when distracted or swallowing 'unusual' swords
...y was 31, most were self-taught and had learnt the skill at an average age of 25 years, with nine learning the skill as teenagers. There was no apparent correlation between height and the length of sword swallowed and...Liverpool launches 20 million project to develop medicines for children
...ested on the young. Health professionals use their skill and judgement when prescribing medicines for the young but need better information from studies conducted with children to inform these decisions. Andy Burnham, Minister of Delivery and Quality for the Department of Heath, who will formally launch ...Science of Learning Center comes to UC San Diego
...s have studied whether face expertise is a special skill or an extension of more general expertise learning, such as that exhibited by a discerning judge at a dog show. During the five years of PEN's existence, collaborations among researchers in the PEN network expanded exponentially, rapidly moving the s...Mayo researchers discover HIV dependence on a human protein
...rippled version of HIV itself, a virus with proven skill in accessing the human genome, to deliver the RNA interference. As a result, human T cells, HIV's main target, became resistant to HIV. Adding back p75 made them vulnerable again. And adding a "dominant-negative" piece of p75 to the mix, a sort of mo...Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one
...and then deciding how best to get away. But this skill - when not impaired by such disorders as autism - is also essential to our success as a social species, allowing us to determine whether someone is happy, sad or nervous based upon visual cues both subtle and obvious. "Our study is the first to pro...New lab technique churns out fungus' potential cancer fighter
...ding them took five years of his team's hard work, skill and intuition. Boeckman's paper, published in the Aug. 30 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, outlines the sequence of steps showing how Boeckman's group inserted, removed, or altered the three-dimensional and chemical structure of...Digital surgery with touch feedback could improve medical training
...ermines the success of a surgical procedure is the skill of the surgeon, said Suvranu De, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering and director of the Advanced Computational Research Lab at Rensselaer. It is therefore not surprising, he notes, that more people die each year fro...