TIPS FOR CONDUCTING MULTI-CENTER MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCHfnuthalapaty
This document provides tips for conducting multicenter medical education research. It discusses establishing collaborations through defining research questions, obtaining funding, ensuring regulatory compliance, addressing potential detractors, and disseminating results. The key steps include developing a FINER research question, designing the study, securing funding, forming a research collaborative through partnership agreements, obtaining IRB approval, dealing proactively with underperformers, and sharing findings through publications and presentations.
How to Navigate the Residency Selection Processfnuthalapaty
This document provides guidance on navigating the residency selection process. It discusses factors that were important to applicants and programs in the 1980s-1990s such as geographic location, training experiences, and house staff satisfaction. More recent factors emphasized by applicants include fit with the program, resident satisfaction, and work-life balance. Programs now emphasize USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and the residency interview. The document outlines the application timeline and provides tips for the various application components, including gathering data on specialties, writing a strong personal statement and letters of recommendation, effectively scheduling interviews, and determining an appropriate rank list.
How to Navigate the Residency Selection Processfnuthalapaty
The final gauntlet in the medical school experience is selection of a residency. Many students go through this process inadequately prepared due to limited advising or misinformation from both faculty and fellow students. This presentation is designed to provide students with a framework for how to approach the residency selection process and highlights specific resources that can be used in improving the quality of student decision-making.
Integrated primary and behavioral healthcare aims to provide comprehensive treatment that addresses both physical and mental health needs. It can range from parallel care to fully integrated care within a single system. Fully integrated care is associated with improved health outcomes for patients with severe mental illness, who otherwise experience high rates of preventable medical conditions and die 25 years earlier on average than the general population. The Integrated Treatment Tool is a 30-item evaluation developed by the Center for Evidence Based Practices to assess the level of integration across organizational structure, treatment approaches, and care coordination across settings.
This webinar provides an overview of key frameworks for identifying barriers and enablers to implementation, with a focus on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). The TDF synthesizes 128 constructs from 33 theories of behavior change into 12 domains to understand factors influencing healthcare professionals' behaviors. The webinar uses a case study of improving physician hand hygiene to demonstrate how the TDF can be applied to identify potential barriers within domains like Knowledge, Skills, Social Influences, and Environmental Context & Resources.
What do the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) in the United States, and the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto have in common? All three organizations have seen the benefits to patient safety when implementing the evidence-based teamwork and communication framework, TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools for Effective Performance and Patient Safety).
Full details: https://goo.gl/8Y2PHc
This final webinar will emphasise the importance of understanding the problem before brainstorming solutions to better ensure a match between barriers and the solutions.
MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/2KctiLH
TIPS FOR CONDUCTING MULTI-CENTER MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCHfnuthalapaty
This document provides tips for conducting multicenter medical education research. It discusses establishing collaborations through defining research questions, obtaining funding, ensuring regulatory compliance, addressing potential detractors, and disseminating results. The key steps include developing a FINER research question, designing the study, securing funding, forming a research collaborative through partnership agreements, obtaining IRB approval, dealing proactively with underperformers, and sharing findings through publications and presentations.
How to Navigate the Residency Selection Processfnuthalapaty
This document provides guidance on navigating the residency selection process. It discusses factors that were important to applicants and programs in the 1980s-1990s such as geographic location, training experiences, and house staff satisfaction. More recent factors emphasized by applicants include fit with the program, resident satisfaction, and work-life balance. Programs now emphasize USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and the residency interview. The document outlines the application timeline and provides tips for the various application components, including gathering data on specialties, writing a strong personal statement and letters of recommendation, effectively scheduling interviews, and determining an appropriate rank list.
How to Navigate the Residency Selection Processfnuthalapaty
The final gauntlet in the medical school experience is selection of a residency. Many students go through this process inadequately prepared due to limited advising or misinformation from both faculty and fellow students. This presentation is designed to provide students with a framework for how to approach the residency selection process and highlights specific resources that can be used in improving the quality of student decision-making.
Integrated primary and behavioral healthcare aims to provide comprehensive treatment that addresses both physical and mental health needs. It can range from parallel care to fully integrated care within a single system. Fully integrated care is associated with improved health outcomes for patients with severe mental illness, who otherwise experience high rates of preventable medical conditions and die 25 years earlier on average than the general population. The Integrated Treatment Tool is a 30-item evaluation developed by the Center for Evidence Based Practices to assess the level of integration across organizational structure, treatment approaches, and care coordination across settings.
This webinar provides an overview of key frameworks for identifying barriers and enablers to implementation, with a focus on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). The TDF synthesizes 128 constructs from 33 theories of behavior change into 12 domains to understand factors influencing healthcare professionals' behaviors. The webinar uses a case study of improving physician hand hygiene to demonstrate how the TDF can be applied to identify potential barriers within domains like Knowledge, Skills, Social Influences, and Environmental Context & Resources.
What do the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) in the United States, and the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto have in common? All three organizations have seen the benefits to patient safety when implementing the evidence-based teamwork and communication framework, TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools for Effective Performance and Patient Safety).
Full details: https://goo.gl/8Y2PHc
This final webinar will emphasise the importance of understanding the problem before brainstorming solutions to better ensure a match between barriers and the solutions.
MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/2KctiLH
The document discusses the importance of including information on harmful effects when conducting systematic reviews in order to properly assess the balance of benefits and harms of interventions. It notes that data on adverse effects is often incomplete and of lower quality than data on effectiveness, and provides suggestions for how to search for, analyze, and synthesize this information to provide a more comprehensive assessment of medical treatments. Gaps and weaknesses in current data on adverse effects are identified, and guidance is provided on prioritizing reviews to fill these evidence gaps.
The document describes the development and implementation of a Clinical Advising Tool for Students and Advisors (CATSA) at MU to improve their clinical advising process. Baseline data found students were dissatisfied with career counseling resources and advisors felt they lacked adequate resources and structure. The team used quality improvement training to design an intervention, creating CATSA - a web-based tool aggregating validated advising resources and checklists. Implementation required dedicated staff and training advisors and students on CATSA. Outcomes showed improved student satisfaction with career services and increased CATSA usage among students and advisors.
This document provides guidance for family physicians interested in conducting original research. It outlines the key ingredients needed for research such as developing a question, having a study plan and methodology, obtaining ethics approval, and analyzing and disseminating results. Support is available from the UBC Department of Family Practice research office and other resources. The document also discusses developing a research question using the FINER criteria of being Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical and Relevant. It provides tips on writing up results and other potential avenues for disseminating findings beyond peer-reviewed publications.
This document discusses risk and contingency management in clinical trials. It outlines challenges faced with slow site selection, start up, and patient enrollment on two rare disease studies. A systematic process was used to examine what could and could not be changed. Mitigation strategies were implemented in the short term, and contingency plans were developed for the long term. These included expanding site selection, expediting regulatory and contracting processes, improving site and patient centricity, and enhancing patient recruitment techniques. The results were significant, with patient enrollment rates increasing substantially. The conclusions emphasize that risk and contingency management plans are critical to put in place before and continuously review during studies to facilitate positive improvements on current and future trials.
his is the first in a series of interactive webinars designed to build capacity in the basic principles of knowledge translation and implementation science.
WATCH-ON DEMAND: https://goo.gl/hnp8gi
The Global Health Trials is a free, neutral network of communities of researchers, who are working together to share their knowledge about how to conduct research, so as to facilitate more research around the world and so improve health outcomes. It is for everyone, whatever your job role and wherever you are based, as long as you work in a Low or low-middle income country.
Think Human factors doesn't have an impact on clinical outcomes like infection rates? Guess again! According to the World Health Organization (2017), infections acquired in healthcare settings represent the most frequent adverse event occurring in the delivery of healthcare and no institution or country has solved the problem yet.
Full Details: https://goo.gl/Z7Mhuy
Systematic reviews and trials (Claire Allen, Evidence Aid)ALNAP
Evidence Aid provides systematic reviews and evidence summaries to aid decision making in humanitarian crises and disasters. They conducted a survey that found most respondents feel systematic reviews are useful and practical for disaster response. While few trials have been done in disaster settings, it is possible to conduct them and summarize the evidence systematically. Evidence Aid aims to identify relevant systematic reviews and prioritize new reviews to address aid workers' most pressing evidence needs and improve the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions.
Evidence Aid provides systematic reviews and evidence summaries to aid decision making in humanitarian crises and disasters. They conducted a survey that found most respondents feel systematic reviews are useful and practical for disaster response. While few trials have been done in disaster settings, it is possible to conduct them and summarize the evidence systematically. Evidence Aid aims to identify relevant systematic reviews and prioritize new reviews to help improve interventions and assess their impact.
This document summarizes the process of piloting the WILLOW intervention program for HIV-positive women in Ontario. It discusses how the Women's Health in Women's Hands organization selected the WILLOW program after reviewing several effective interventions. They then worked with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network to support training facilitators for the WILLOW program in Toronto. Some lessons learned from the process included that the intervention was too prescriptive, did not address all cultural issues relevant to the Canadian context, and underestimated the skill level required for facilitators. The next steps will be to pilot the intervention, evaluate it, adapt it as needed, and then scale it up more broadly.
This document provides an overview of implementation research. It defines implementation research as using strategies to introduce or change evidence-based health interventions in real world contexts. Implementation research is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand and close the gap between evidence and practice. The document discusses conceptual frameworks, methods, outcomes and evidence used in implementation research. It describes both qualitative and quantitative research designs that can be used, including descriptive, analytic, experimental and mixed methods approaches.
Creating an Effective Study Recruitment Page OnlineKatja Reuter, PhD
The presentation was given on Jan 9, 2019, as part of the Digital Scholar Program Webinar Series. Learning objectives are:
1) Understand how you can create free webpages for your recruiting research studies using the USC Clinical Studies Directory, and
2) Understand the principles of search engine optimization (SEO) and how you can apply SEO so that your study can be found online.
More about the Digital Scholar Program at USC: https://sc-ctsi.org/training-education/digital-scholar-program
Training need assessment of sri lankan nurses: New innovative methodVENODEN DHARMARAJAN
This document summarizes a research project that developed an effective method to assess the in-service training needs of nurses working in the RDHS division of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The researchers identified weaknesses in the current training needs assessment method used. They developed a new tool based on the Hennessy-Hicks Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire and applied it to nurses. The new method was found to more satisfactorily identify relevant training topics. Associations were seen between experience, grade, work unit and training needs. The researchers recommend linking the new tool to the annual appraisal process and gathering additional information to identify all training needs.
Magnus Liungman: RCTs in complex settings Nuffield Trust
Magnus Liungman and Dr Gustaf Edgren present on the lessons learned from developing a healthcare prevention intervention for frequent emergency department visitors.
Laura Eyre and Martin Marshall: Researchers in residence Nuffield Trust
Laura Eyre, Research Associate and Martin Marshall, Professor of Healthcare Improvement at UCL give an inside perspective on moving improvement research closer to practice.
Engage and Retain Patients in Long-term Observational StudiesJohn Reites
Traditionally, real-world and late phase studies require sites to enroll, engage and retain patients and collect and record patient reported outcomes (PRO), which can be burdensome to both sites and patients. Overtime, sites and patients may lose motivation to participate, contributing to high patient dropout rates, increased study costs and site dissatisfaction. This session will focus on innovative approaches for effectively engaging and retaining patients in long-term studies, such as: identifying design and operational considerations with conducting long-term observational research, understanding site and patient retention challenges, and examining engagement strategies and opportunities for improving retention and compliance.
Time to Fine Tune Medical Equipment DonationsRILearn
This document discusses medical equipment donation best practices from the International Rotary Fellowship of Healthcare Professionals (IRFHP). It promotes ensuring donations are safe, sustainable, and improve health outcomes. It discusses three IRFHP initiatives: Safe and Sustainable Medical Equipment Supply (SASMES) which focuses on appropriate donations; Health Outcomes and Patient Safety (HOPS) which focuses on quality and safety; and Re-processing Medical Equipment (Re-MERGE) which focuses on environmental impacts. The document emphasizes listening to recipient needs, setting goals collaboratively, and following up on donations to maximize positive impact.
This document summarizes a workshop held by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to solicit research topic recommendations from patients and stakeholders. The workshop provided information on PCORI's mission and research prioritization process. Participants engaged in breakout sessions to recommend topics and provide feedback on PCORI's stakeholder engagement strategies and prioritization methodology. PCORI aims to fund high-quality, patient-centered outcomes research to help patients make informed healthcare decisions.
The document discusses the importance of including information on harmful effects when conducting systematic reviews in order to properly assess the balance of benefits and harms of interventions. It notes that data on adverse effects is often incomplete and of lower quality than data on effectiveness, and provides suggestions for how to search for, analyze, and synthesize this information to provide a more comprehensive assessment of medical treatments. Gaps and weaknesses in current data on adverse effects are identified, and guidance is provided on prioritizing reviews to fill these evidence gaps.
The document describes the development and implementation of a Clinical Advising Tool for Students and Advisors (CATSA) at MU to improve their clinical advising process. Baseline data found students were dissatisfied with career counseling resources and advisors felt they lacked adequate resources and structure. The team used quality improvement training to design an intervention, creating CATSA - a web-based tool aggregating validated advising resources and checklists. Implementation required dedicated staff and training advisors and students on CATSA. Outcomes showed improved student satisfaction with career services and increased CATSA usage among students and advisors.
This document provides guidance for family physicians interested in conducting original research. It outlines the key ingredients needed for research such as developing a question, having a study plan and methodology, obtaining ethics approval, and analyzing and disseminating results. Support is available from the UBC Department of Family Practice research office and other resources. The document also discusses developing a research question using the FINER criteria of being Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical and Relevant. It provides tips on writing up results and other potential avenues for disseminating findings beyond peer-reviewed publications.
This document discusses risk and contingency management in clinical trials. It outlines challenges faced with slow site selection, start up, and patient enrollment on two rare disease studies. A systematic process was used to examine what could and could not be changed. Mitigation strategies were implemented in the short term, and contingency plans were developed for the long term. These included expanding site selection, expediting regulatory and contracting processes, improving site and patient centricity, and enhancing patient recruitment techniques. The results were significant, with patient enrollment rates increasing substantially. The conclusions emphasize that risk and contingency management plans are critical to put in place before and continuously review during studies to facilitate positive improvements on current and future trials.
his is the first in a series of interactive webinars designed to build capacity in the basic principles of knowledge translation and implementation science.
WATCH-ON DEMAND: https://goo.gl/hnp8gi
The Global Health Trials is a free, neutral network of communities of researchers, who are working together to share their knowledge about how to conduct research, so as to facilitate more research around the world and so improve health outcomes. It is for everyone, whatever your job role and wherever you are based, as long as you work in a Low or low-middle income country.
Think Human factors doesn't have an impact on clinical outcomes like infection rates? Guess again! According to the World Health Organization (2017), infections acquired in healthcare settings represent the most frequent adverse event occurring in the delivery of healthcare and no institution or country has solved the problem yet.
Full Details: https://goo.gl/Z7Mhuy
Systematic reviews and trials (Claire Allen, Evidence Aid)ALNAP
Evidence Aid provides systematic reviews and evidence summaries to aid decision making in humanitarian crises and disasters. They conducted a survey that found most respondents feel systematic reviews are useful and practical for disaster response. While few trials have been done in disaster settings, it is possible to conduct them and summarize the evidence systematically. Evidence Aid aims to identify relevant systematic reviews and prioritize new reviews to address aid workers' most pressing evidence needs and improve the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions.
Evidence Aid provides systematic reviews and evidence summaries to aid decision making in humanitarian crises and disasters. They conducted a survey that found most respondents feel systematic reviews are useful and practical for disaster response. While few trials have been done in disaster settings, it is possible to conduct them and summarize the evidence systematically. Evidence Aid aims to identify relevant systematic reviews and prioritize new reviews to help improve interventions and assess their impact.
This document summarizes the process of piloting the WILLOW intervention program for HIV-positive women in Ontario. It discusses how the Women's Health in Women's Hands organization selected the WILLOW program after reviewing several effective interventions. They then worked with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network to support training facilitators for the WILLOW program in Toronto. Some lessons learned from the process included that the intervention was too prescriptive, did not address all cultural issues relevant to the Canadian context, and underestimated the skill level required for facilitators. The next steps will be to pilot the intervention, evaluate it, adapt it as needed, and then scale it up more broadly.
This document provides an overview of implementation research. It defines implementation research as using strategies to introduce or change evidence-based health interventions in real world contexts. Implementation research is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand and close the gap between evidence and practice. The document discusses conceptual frameworks, methods, outcomes and evidence used in implementation research. It describes both qualitative and quantitative research designs that can be used, including descriptive, analytic, experimental and mixed methods approaches.
Creating an Effective Study Recruitment Page OnlineKatja Reuter, PhD
The presentation was given on Jan 9, 2019, as part of the Digital Scholar Program Webinar Series. Learning objectives are:
1) Understand how you can create free webpages for your recruiting research studies using the USC Clinical Studies Directory, and
2) Understand the principles of search engine optimization (SEO) and how you can apply SEO so that your study can be found online.
More about the Digital Scholar Program at USC: https://sc-ctsi.org/training-education/digital-scholar-program
Training need assessment of sri lankan nurses: New innovative methodVENODEN DHARMARAJAN
This document summarizes a research project that developed an effective method to assess the in-service training needs of nurses working in the RDHS division of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The researchers identified weaknesses in the current training needs assessment method used. They developed a new tool based on the Hennessy-Hicks Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire and applied it to nurses. The new method was found to more satisfactorily identify relevant training topics. Associations were seen between experience, grade, work unit and training needs. The researchers recommend linking the new tool to the annual appraisal process and gathering additional information to identify all training needs.
Magnus Liungman: RCTs in complex settings Nuffield Trust
Magnus Liungman and Dr Gustaf Edgren present on the lessons learned from developing a healthcare prevention intervention for frequent emergency department visitors.
Laura Eyre and Martin Marshall: Researchers in residence Nuffield Trust
Laura Eyre, Research Associate and Martin Marshall, Professor of Healthcare Improvement at UCL give an inside perspective on moving improvement research closer to practice.
Engage and Retain Patients in Long-term Observational StudiesJohn Reites
Traditionally, real-world and late phase studies require sites to enroll, engage and retain patients and collect and record patient reported outcomes (PRO), which can be burdensome to both sites and patients. Overtime, sites and patients may lose motivation to participate, contributing to high patient dropout rates, increased study costs and site dissatisfaction. This session will focus on innovative approaches for effectively engaging and retaining patients in long-term studies, such as: identifying design and operational considerations with conducting long-term observational research, understanding site and patient retention challenges, and examining engagement strategies and opportunities for improving retention and compliance.
Time to Fine Tune Medical Equipment DonationsRILearn
This document discusses medical equipment donation best practices from the International Rotary Fellowship of Healthcare Professionals (IRFHP). It promotes ensuring donations are safe, sustainable, and improve health outcomes. It discusses three IRFHP initiatives: Safe and Sustainable Medical Equipment Supply (SASMES) which focuses on appropriate donations; Health Outcomes and Patient Safety (HOPS) which focuses on quality and safety; and Re-processing Medical Equipment (Re-MERGE) which focuses on environmental impacts. The document emphasizes listening to recipient needs, setting goals collaboratively, and following up on donations to maximize positive impact.
This document summarizes a workshop held by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to solicit research topic recommendations from patients and stakeholders. The workshop provided information on PCORI's mission and research prioritization process. Participants engaged in breakout sessions to recommend topics and provide feedback on PCORI's stakeholder engagement strategies and prioritization methodology. PCORI aims to fund high-quality, patient-centered outcomes research to help patients make informed healthcare decisions.
This document summarizes a presentation about building market share through employed physician engagement at Ozarks Medical Center. It describes how OMC recruited specialists but physicians operated independently. A physician council was formed to improve culture and processes, identify barriers to referrals, and standardize protocols. Studies found referral delays in some specialties. Changes improved access and patient satisfaction. Market share increased from 44.1% to 54.5% from 2008 to 2012 after employing physicians and aligning culture and processes.
HEALTH PA slide deck by Helplink Health LtdHelplink
The document describes a cloud-based personal health assistant called HEALTH PA. It allows users to store and access medical records, track appointments and medications, receive prescription reminders, and access other health-related functions like a directory and dictionary. Market research shows demand for digital health tools. HEALTH PA aims to gain a 1.5% market share within 3 years by targeting early adopters like caregivers and those with chronic illnesses. It discusses competitors, an experienced management team, and projected business milestones like seed funding, product testing, and international launches.
The document describes an exploratory study examining changes in functional recovery levels and associated factors over the first six months following right hemisphere stroke. The study assessed 93 right hemisphere stroke patients at four time points - within 7 days of admission, at discharge, 6 weeks post-discharge, and 6 months post-stroke - using a battery of validated tests. Functional ability was the primary outcome measured, while factors like age, stroke severity, cognition, inattention, self-efficacy, therapy received, and discharge location were examined. A multi-level model was used to analyze the hierarchical longitudinal data and determine the variability in functional ability attributed to each factor over time.
Stop complaining and start advocating advocacy in action.saskhivhcv
This document discusses advocacy and the role of nurses as advocates. It provides examples of how nursing organizations like CANAC and SRNA support advocacy through position statements and policies. The document outlines types of advocacy and gives suggestions for how to start advocating, including identifying issues, developing plans, and working with allies. Barriers to advocacy and evaluating the impact of advocacy efforts are addressed. The role of Professional Practice Groups in advocacy is discussed. Overall, the document promotes the idea that advocacy is an important role for nurses and can help improve patient and client outcomes.
This document provides information about an IHI Open School chapter event. It summarizes the following key details:
1) The IHI Open School is an online education program launched in 2008 to improve healthcare and patient safety.
2) Student chapters can participate in online courses, projects, and activities to advance healthcare improvement.
3) This event overview describes resources for chapters, including education courses in topics like leadership, patient safety, and quality improvement. It also lists requirements for course completion certificates.
The document summarizes information about clinical trials and Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO). CTO aims to strengthen Ontario's clinical research capabilities by streamlining ethics reviews and trial agreements. It also works to increase public awareness of clinical trials and encourage participation. The summary describes key aspects of clinical trials such as phases, protocols, approval processes, and considerations for potential participants. Contact information is provided for CTO and the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network.
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Approximately 250,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions are performed every year in the United States. ACL injuries are most commonly caused during an activ-
ity that involves a twisting or pivoting motion of the knee, causing the ACL to tear and creating a popping noise in the joint. Various studies have shown that ACL reconstructions with autograft tissue (tissue from the patient’s own knee) report a failure rate of approximately 5-10 percent of all surger- ies performed each year. Despite the
prevalence of this procedure, a debate still exists regarding the ideal graft choice. The use of allograft tissue (cadaveric donor tissue) continues to gain popularity because it lacks the inherent disadvan- tages that are specific to the utilization
of autograft tissue. Some of the disad- vantages of autograft use include harvest- site morbidity (disease), scarring and tendinitis, patella fracture, etc. Despite these disadvantages, ACL autograft use
is still considered advantageous for a number of reasons, including lower surgi- cal costs, lack of cell death, improved graft incorporation, and lack of donor- to-host disease transmission. Contrary to autograft tissue, the use of allograft tissue avoids harvest-site morbidity, provides less peri-operative pain, and shortens opera- tive time significantly. The preparation
of allograft tissue has changed significantly in recent years, significantly decreasing the chances of disease transmission, while still preserving the collagen integrity of the graft.
The purpose of this study was to document ACL revi- sion rates and subjective outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with Achilles allograft, bone-patel- lar tendon-bone (B-PT-B) allograft, hamstring autograft and B-PT-B autograft, while controlling for surgical technique and rehabilitation. Our hypothesis was that revision rates and outcomes of ACL allograft and ACL autograft procedures. would be similar among ACL reconstruction groups performed by the same surgeon with the same rehabilitation.
CONTENT:
2 The Year in Review
4 Governing Boards
6 Scientific Advisory Committee
12 Friends of the Foundation
26 Corporate and Institutional Friends 28 Research and Education
30 Basic Science Research (Joint Preservation)
32 Clinical Research (Patient-based outcomes research)
44 Biomechanics Research Laboratory 54 Imaging Research (Biomechanics Research)
59 Education
63 Presentations and Publications
75 In the Media
76 Recognition
79 Associates
83 Financial Statements
Education and Management of Diabetics: A patient outcome/education driven ses...Dalia A. Hamdy
The document discusses effective approaches for educating diabetic patients, including the role of the pharmaceutical care practitioner and implementing structured patient communication skills. It emphasizes assessing patients, creating care plans, and follow-up evaluations. Specific skills discussed include active listening, asking questions, providing feedback, and conveying information to patients. Foot care recommendations and creating a hypoglycemia card for patients are provided as examples of diabetes self-care education.
Transforming financeintoavaluableandappreciatedbusinesspartnerThe Pathway Group
This document discusses transforming finance into a valuable business partner. It outlines the environment finance operates in, the services and value it provides, and how to transition finance's role. Finance needs to understand the business, provide accurate and timely information, and push boundaries by using its strengths in analytics and strategy development. The transition requires having the right structures, people, and technology in place, as well as adopting a business mindset focused on vision, purpose, and engagement to keep a seat at the table.
Bill Maher, Group CEO, Saolta Health Care GroupInvestnet
This document summarizes the transition of hospitals in Ireland from individual hospital management to organized hospital groups, and the establishment of the West/North West Hospitals Group (WNWHG). It outlines the hospitals included in WNWHG, the development of its governance structures and committees, and initiatives to integrate the group and improve standards of care. It also announces that the CEO, Bill Maher, will be leaving WNWHG to lead the new Dublin North East Hospitals Group and help support the continued transition to the group model.
Student Affairs and Academic Support Directors Meeting, Sept. 19, 2017
Speakers: Debbie Beck, Pam Bowers, Scott McDonald, Kim McMahon, Anna Edwards and Dennis Pruitt
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Living Well- Spring 2014Beaufort Memorial
The Women's Imaging Center at Beaufort Memorial Hospital has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. This prestigious accreditation is awarded to facilities that meet the highest standards for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The Women's Imaging Center offers same-day mammogram results and on-site diagnostic testing and biopsy, allowing for expedited diagnosis and treatment. Being designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence provides patients with assurance that they will receive the highest level of breast healthcare.
The document provides an agenda and information for a new hire meet and greet at the Lerner Research Institute. It introduces the executive leadership and gives an overview of the institute's research departments, funding, physical facilities, and resources to support research. It also discusses diversity initiatives, career development opportunities for employees, and ways to recognize caregivers for their contributions.
The document provides an annual report for 2014-2015 for a free clinic that provides care for uninsured families. It summarizes the clinic's mission, leadership, services provided, financial information, patient demographics, and honors volunteer contributors. The clinic treated over 12,000 patients, provided $4 million in donated goods and services, and relies heavily on volunteers to deliver comprehensive medical care to those in need in the community.
This document provides an overview of the SENIOR trial, which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using dental therapists and dental nurses (skill-mix) to deliver oral healthcare to older adults in care homes, compared to usual care. The trial involves randomizing care homes to an intervention group that receives six months of care from dental therapists and dental nurses, or a control group receiving usual care. Outcomes will be measured at baseline, six months, and twelve months and include levels of dental plaque, bleeding, caries, quality of life, and unscheduled dental care episodes. The roles and responsibilities of all involved are outlined, including ensuring compliance with good clinical practice and data protection guidelines.
As new payment models emerge that emphasize value over volume, providers are being compelled to look more closely at how to motivate patients—especially those with multiple chronic conditions—to actively manage their care, make better decisions and change behaviors. This editorial webinar will explore the relationships between engagement and improved health outcomes, greater patient satisfaction and better resource utilization. Our panel of experts will share proven strategies for building patients' confidence, disseminating self-management tools and making the best use of your care team.
An introduction to a study of Jesus' Parables. Literary tools such as metaphors, similes and allegory are defined and distinguished from a parable itself. Jesus purpose for using parables is also discussed along with a 5 step approach to analyzing a parable.
The document discusses the fundamentals of fellowship based on Acts 2:42-47. It summarizes that the early church based their fellowship on their common bond of salvation. They devoted themselves to teaching, fellowship, sharing meals including communion, and prayer. They met daily, shared everything they had, and cared for those in need. Each day more were added as they were saved. The early church experienced consistent fellowship, were aware of and helped meet each other's needs, and were accepting of all peoples.
The document contains discussion questions and Bible passages about faith and love from Hebrews 11:6 and John 13-17. It discusses that faith in God's existence and rewards for seeking Him are necessary to please God. It also explores what the "mark" of a Christian is according to the Bible and examines Jesus' commandment to love one another as he loved us, so that people will know we are his disciples.
The document contains teachings from the Bible on faith, outreach, and serving others. It discusses Jesus sending out his disciples two by two to spread the gospel. It encourages working with others for protection and credibility. It stresses trusting the Holy Spirit to give the words and coming upon those who receive the message. It lists current outreach programs including neighborhood Bible studies and serving communities through safety checks. The overall message is on the importance of faith and working together to spread the gospel.
- Discipleship will cause you to give up things in your life to spend more time with God, which may include worldly attachments that distract from putting God first.
- It will examine your life and habits, exposing characteristics you were comfortable leaving unchanged, like faults you need to admit and conflicts you need to quickly resolve.
- The focus shifts from gaining biblical knowledge to gaining spiritual wisdom through applying scripture to your words and actions each day.
The document discusses objections to faith that are raised in Romans 3:1-8. It questions whether there is any advantage to being Jewish or following rituals like circumcision now that Jesus has come. It also asks if God would be unfaithful if humans are, or if sin should be allowed to continue to highlight God's righteousness. The document responds that there are benefits to being Jewish like receiving God's revelation, and that God must judge fairly and punish sin.
This document contains information from a Sunday school class on how to share one's testimony and faith as a witness. It includes examples from the Bible of testimonies, such as Paul's testimony in three parts. Key elements of a testimony identified are one's life before faith, how they came to faith, and how their life has changed since. The document also provides tips on overcoming excuses for not sharing one's testimony, and encourages participants to write out their own testimony to bring to the next class.
This document discusses the mission of the Brushy Creek church and its Sunday school class. The church's mission is to foster spiritual growth and help believers use their gifts to serve God and others. The class is evaluating how to better achieve this mission through outreach to non-believers, equipping members, and small group discussion formats. It encourages members to pray about how they can participate in fulfilling the mission locally and globally.
The document discusses the importance of faith in pleasing God and being rewarded for earnestly seeking Him, as referenced in Hebrews 11:6. It also provides updates from various church teams, lessons learned from India, warnings and consequences from idolatry, blessings for obeying God's commands, and ways to connect and communicate within the church community.
The document contains news and announcements from different ministry teams at a church. It also includes scripture passages and discussion questions about fulfilling the Great Commission. There are notes from a Bible study on Paul's journey to Rome. The document encourages connecting and communicating through an email list and class blog.
The document discusses three passages from Acts that describe attempts to suppress the Gospel message. It summarizes Paul's expectations in testifying before King Agrippa and Agrippa's response that Paul did not deserve death or imprisonment. It poses discussion questions about responding when the Gospel is suppressed and whether believers try to "cut their losses" in sharing it.
The document summarizes Paul's response to an insurgency against him by Jews in Jerusalem. They accused Paul falsely and stirred up a crowd against him. To counter this, Paul requested to speak to the people and made a personal connection by speaking to the crowd in Hebrew. He admitted that he was not entirely in the right previously but that God had changed his heart and mind through a vision. This diffused the insurgency without further conflict.
The document discusses Paul's testimony and efforts to spread the gospel despite facing suppression. It provides background on rulers like King Herod, Governor Felix, and Governor Festus who suppressed the gospel due to political and self-interests. Paul appealed to Caesar after facing threats on his life, and was told by God to testify about Christ in Rome as well. The document encourages discussing responses to gospel suppression and finding opportunities to share one's testimony despite hardships.
The document contains multiple passages from the book of Acts describing an incident where Paul was arrested in Jerusalem after Jews from Asia stirred up a crowd by falsely accusing him of defiling the temple. The crowd seized Paul and began beating him but Roman soldiers intervened and arrested Paul to determine what was happening. Paul was then given permission to address the crowd in Aramaic, recounting his conversion experience and missionary work, but the crowd responded angrily and wanted to kill him.
Paul addresses the elders from the church in Ephesus and reviews how he served the Lord humbly despite facing trials from Jews who plotted against him. He declares that he faithfully preached the gospel of repentance and faith in Jesus to both Jews and Greeks. Paul states that he is compelled by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, knowing that imprisonment awaits him, but his focus is on finishing his mission of testifying to God's grace. He warns the elders to guard themselves and the flock from false teachers.
The document describes the biblical story of God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. It summarizes that Abraham demonstrated his faith and obedience to God by: 1) answering God's call to sacrifice Isaac, 2) listening to and following God's command to go to Moriah and sacrifice his son, 3) preparing to sacrifice Isaac with the wood and fire he brought, and 4) trusting that God would provide the sacrifice when he questioned where the lamb was, believing God would provide. In the end, God stopped Abraham from sacrificing Isaac and provided a ram as the sacrifice instead.
The document discusses Saul's persecution of Christians in Jerusalem and his dramatic conversion experience on the road to Damascus, where Jesus appeared to him in a vision. It then summarizes Saul's (who later took the name Paul) testimony and ministry in spreading the gospel to the Gentiles, especially how Barnabas and Ananias helped him as a new believer. Key events from Acts chapters 7-9 are reviewed regarding Saul's background and transformation from persecutor to apostle.
The document contains notes from a Sunday school class discussing the book of Acts. It covers topics like the scattering of the early church after persecution, Philip's evangelism in Samaria, and his encounter with an Ethiopian official. Key principles of evangelism are summarized as: don't assume anyone is beyond God's power, rely on the Holy Spirit, be willing to go where God leads, use Scripture, and be ready to share the gospel in any situation.
The passage describes how Philip the evangelist spread the gospel among the Samaritans and to an Ethiopian eunuch. It discusses how persecution led believers to spread the word wherever they went, including Philip's ministry in Samaria where many Samaritans believed and were baptized. It then tells of Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch while traveling, where he explained the gospel to him from Isaiah, and the eunuch believed and was baptized.
Stephen was the first martyr of the Christian church. He was described as being full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. When enemies of Christianity could not argue against Stephen's preaching, they had him stoned to death. However, Stephen's death promoted the mission and growth of the church. His martyrdom inspired the conversion of Saul and led to the scattering of disciples who spread the gospel message.
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