Teaching Materials

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A simple method of capturing PACS and other radiographic images for digital teaching files or other image repositories.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to develop an easy-to-use method of capturing and storing radiographic images. CONCLUSION: The method that we developed can capture any digital image-including an image from a picture archiving and communication system (PACS)-using ...
Mark J Halsted, Jay Moskovitz, Neil Johnson, Laurie Perry (AJR Am J Roentgenol, 200204)
simple-method-capturing-pacs-other-radiographic-images-digital.asp

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Relative value of analog and digital teaching files.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to determine if it is financially reasonable for radiology residency programs that create and maintain their own teaching files to switch from analog teaching files (ATFs) to digital teaching files ...
J Fritz Angle, Spencer B Gay, Klaus D Hagspiel, David J Spinosa, Daniel A Leung, Alan H Matsumoto (Acad Radiol, 200202)
relative-value-analog-digital-teaching-files.asp

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Health insurance knowledge among Medicare beneficiaries.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of new consumer information materials about the Medicare program on beneficiary knowledge of their health care coverage under the Medicare system. DATA SOURCE: A telephone survey of 2,107 Medicare beneficiaries in the ...
Lauren A McCormack, Steven A Garfinkel, Judith H Hibbard, Susan D Keller, Kerry E Kilpatrick, Beth Kosiak (Health Serv Res, 200202)
health-insurance-knowledge-medicare-beneficiaries.asp

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Development of a teaching file by using a DICOM database.

A teaching file of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images was developed. Selected computed tomographic, magnetic resonance, angiographic, nuclear medicine, and ultrasonographic images were transferred to a personal computer (PC) ...
Randy D Ernst, Bruce R Baumgartner, Eric P Tamm, William E Torres (Radiographics, 200201-02)
development-teaching-file-dicom-database.asp

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The postmodern heart: a discourse analysis of a booklet on pacemaker implantation.

This paper provides a deconstructive reading of an education booklet aimed at patients who may be scheduled for permanent cardiac pacemakers, and argues that pacemaker implantation is being constructed as a routine, uncomplicated procedure. The way ...
Carole Anderson, Margaret McAllister, Wendy Moyle (Collegian, 200201)
postmodern-heart-discourse-analysis-booklet-pacemaker-implantation.asp

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Teaching technical skills: training on a simple, inexpensive, and portable model.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether surgical residents could significantly improve their performance on a specific surgical procedure after a brief practice session with feedback. Attending plastic surgeons, using valid and reliable ...
Kyle R Wanzel, Edward D Matsumoto, Stanley J Hamstra, Dimitri J Anastakis (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200201)
teaching-technical-skills-training-simple-inexpensive-portable-model.asp

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The efficacy of tailored interventions.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of Tailored Informational Interventions (TIs) compared to Standard Informational Interventions (SIs) and to determine whether efficacy varies by type of behavior, use of feedback, type of delivery channel, dose of the ...
Polly Ryan, Diane Ruth Lauver (J Nurs Scholarsh, 2002)
efficacy-tailored-interventions.asp

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Videoconferenced continuing medical education in Nova Scotia.

Videoconferencing has been used for continuing medical education (CME) in Nova Scotia since a pilot project to four communities in 1995. The Nova Scotia Telehealth Network was developed after the pilot project. Using the network, the videoconferenced CME ...
Michael Allen, Joan Sargeant, Eileen MacDougall (J Telemed Telecare, 2002)
videoconferenced-continuing-medical-education-nova-scotia.asp

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Psychosocial treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children.

This article provides a brief overview of the major psychosocial treatments that have some efficacy for the management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Parent training in effective child behavior management methods, ...
Russell A Barkley (J Clin Psychiatry, 2002)
psychosocial-treatments-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder.asp