Posts Tagged ‘development’
PositiveID Corporation Successfully Completes Phase I Development Of Its Rapid Virus Detection System
PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:PSID), in conjunction with its development partner RECEPTORS LLC (“Receptors”), announced today that it has successfully completed Phase I development of its rapid virus detection system, a non-invasive, point-of-care test to test patient samples and identify various forms of influenza within minutes…
Development and preliminary psychometric properties of a well-being index for medical students
Background:Psychological distress is common among medical students but manifests in a variety of forms. Currently, no brief, practical tool exists to simultaneously evaluate these domains of distress among medical students. The authors describe the development of a subject-reported assessment (Medical Student Well-Being Index, MSWBI) intended to screen for medical student distress across a variety of domains and examine its preliminary psychometric properties.Methods:Relevant domains of distress were identified, items generated, and a screening instrument formed using a process of literature review, nominal group technique, input from deans and medical students, and correlation analysis from previously administered assessments. Eleven experts judged the clarity, relevance, and representativeness of the items. A Content Validity Index (CVI) was calculated. Interrater agreement was assessed using pair-wise percent agreement adjusted for chance agreement. Data from 2248 medical students who completed the MSWBI along with validated full-length instruments assessing domains of interest was used to calculate reliability and explore internal structure validity.Results:Burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization), depression, mental quality of life (QOL), physical QOL, stress, and fatigue were domains identified for inclusion in the MSWBI. Six of 7 items received item CVI-relevance and CVI-representativeness of [greater than or equal to]0.82. Overall scale CVI-relevance and CVI-representativeness was 0.94 and 0.91. Overall pair-wise percent agreement between raters was [greater than or equal to]85% for clarity, relevance, and representativeness. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.68. Item by item percent pair-wise agreements and Phi were low, suggesting little overlap between items. The majority of MSWBI items had a [greater than or equal to]74% sensitivity and specificity for detecting distress within the intended domain.Conclusions:The results of this study provide evidence of reliability and content-related validity of the MSWBI. Further research is needed to assess remaining psychometric properties and establish scores for which intervention is warranted.
A curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities: development and initial implementation
Background:Lack of knowledge and skills, and negative attitudes towards patients with disabilities may adversely affect the services available to this group and negatively affect their health outcomes. The objective of this paper is to describe the development and initial implementation of a curriculum for teaching medical students to care for patients with disabilities.Methods:We followed the six-step approach for developing curricula for medical education: general needs assessment, specific needs assessment, defining goals and objectives, determining the educational strategies, planning the implementation, and developing an evaluation plan.Results:The curriculum has well defined goals and objectives covering knowledge, attitudes and skills. It employs both traditional and non-traditional teaching strategies. The implementation is planned over the four-year medical school curriculum in collaboration with a number of academic departments and specialized community-based agencies. The curriculum evaluation includes an attitudinal survey which is administered using a controlled design (pre- and post- exposure to the curriculum). The initial implementation of the curriculum has been very successful.Conclusion:We have developed a longitudinal curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities. A rigorous evaluation of the impact of the curriculum is needed.
Development Of ADX10059 Ended For Long-Term Use
Addex Pharmaceuticals (SWISS: ADXN) announced that based on preliminary review of the unblinded data from study 206, it has terminated development of ADX10059 for chronic indications, including long term treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and migraine prophylaxis…
Investigating students’ attitudinal barriers towards the introduction of a Personal and Professional Development portfolio
Background:
Portfolios, widely used in undergraduate and postgraduate medicine, have variable purposes, formats and success. A recent systematic review summarised factors necessary for successful portfolio introduction but there are no studies investigating the views of students inexperienced in portfolio use towards portfolio learning. This study’s aim was to survey student views about a prospective Professional and Personal Development (PPD) portfolio.
Methods:
This was a qualitative, focus group study. All focus groups were taped and transcribed verbatim, and anonymised. The transcripts were analysed inductively, using framework analysis.
Results:
Four focus groups were carried out with 32 undergraduate medical students naive in portfolio use. Three themes relevant to portfolio introduction emerged. The first theme was the need for clear information and support for portfolio introduction, and anxieties about how this could be supported effectively. The second was that students had negative views about reflective learning and whether this could be taught and assessed, believing formal assessment could foster socially acceptable content. The third was that participants revealed little understanding of reflective learning and its potential benefits. Rather portfolios were seen as useful for concrete purposes (e.g., job applications) not intrinsic benefits.
Conclusions:
Undergraduate medical students without experience of portfolios are anxious about portfolio introduction. They require support in developing reflective learning skills. Care must be taken to ensure students do not see portfolios as merely yet another assessment hurdle.
Fetal Development Week 21 (Pregnancy Health Guru)
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By now, development has progressed to where your baby will begin to do some things for his or herself, like producing red blood cells and swallowing nourishing amniotic fluid. Pregnancy.Healthguru.com
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Fetal Development Week 22 (Pregnancy Health Guru)
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At week 22 of pregnancy, your baby officially hits the one-pound mark! Your little one's sense of touch will develop at this point in his or her fetal development. Pregnancy.Healthguru.com
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Fetal Development Week 19 (Pregnancy Health Guru)
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Now, your baby has taken measures to protect his thin, sensitive skin in the womb by making a waxy coating called vernix. For more information visit: Pregnancy.Healthguru.com
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Fetal Development Week 15 (Pregnancy Health Guru)
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During pregnancy week 15, fetal development will have likely reached a point where you'll be able to find out whether you're carrying a little girl or a strapping boy! Pregnancy.Healthguru.com
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Treatment For Epilepsy Is Possible Culprit For Development Of Schizophrenia
Researchers say antiepilectic drug treatments administered when the brain is developing appear to trigger schizophrenia-like behavior in animal models. In humans, having a history of seizures in infancy is a significant risk factor for development of schizophrenia later in life, but it is not known whether the elevated risk is due to seizures themselves, or from side effects antiepileptic drug treatment.
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