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PubMed2006

Project support of practical training in biophysics.

The Department of Biophysics ensures practical training in biophysics and related subjects for students of medical and health study programmes. Demonstrations of medical technology are an important part of this training. Teaching for Faculty of Sciences in biophysical study programmes becomes also very important. Some lectures and demonstrations of technology are involved, but the practical trainig is missing. About 1 mil. CZK for additional laboratory equipment was obtained from the HEIDF project No. 1866/ 2005 "The demonstration and measuring technology for education in medical biophysics and radiological physics" for measuring system DEWETRON for high frequency signal analysis, Fluke Ti30 IR camera, PM 9000B patient monitor, ARSENAL AF 1 fluorescence microscope, and Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera with accessories for microphotography. At the present time, further financial resources are being provided by a development project of Ministry of Education "Inter-university co-operation in biomedical technology and engineering using top technologies" in total amount of almost 5 mil CZK, whereas over 2 mil CZK from this project are reserved for student laboratory equipment. The main goal of this project is to ensure the participation of Medical Faculty in educational co-operation in the biomedical technology and engineering, namely with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEEC), Brno University of Technology. There will be taught those areas of biophysics which are not covered by FEEC, thus forming a separate subject "General Biophysics". The following instruments will be installed: UV-VIS spectrophotometers, rotation viscometers, tensiometers, microscopes with digital image processing, cooled centrifuge, optical benches, and some smaller instruments for practical measurements.

Biophysics↗
PubMed2003

[Educational effects on radiological technology students of programs using a simulated aged person and hemiplegia patient].

A practical training program that enabled students to experience an aged person and hemiplegia patient was developed as part of the "Practice Program in Medical Imaging Technology," to help the students understand how to support patients in the X-ray examination setting. Eighty-three third-year radiological technology students participated in the program. During the hour-long course, they experienced a simulated program that contained various checkpoints. The students pointed out the difficulty patients had in going up and down stairs (51.8%) and their feelings of uneasiness and fear of blindness (36.1%). As a result of this practical training program, the students increased their understanding of how to support patients slated for X-ray examinations. However, certain problems became clear, such as students' insufficient experience and lack of practical guidance in supporting aged patients and those with hemiplegia at the time of X-ray examinations. This information will helpful for improving similar training programs to be held in the future.

Aged↗
PubMed2002

The virtual articulator in dentistry: concept and development.

Virtual Reality (VR) technology is one of the most important innovations for research, development, and industrial production. In dentistry, VR technology will be useful in providing better education through simulation and in enhancing working procedures that are conventionally limited, e.g., the mechanical articulator. It is the purpose of this article to present concepts and strategies for a future replacement of the mechanical articulator by a virtual one.

Computer Simulation↗
PubMed2003

Learner centered software design to empower physiology education.

Misconceptions in physiology undermine students' knowledge. New uses of technology in education offer interesting alternatives to correct these problems. This poster presents a design strategy based in user-centered design and the result of such process: an interactive program to support learning of respiratory physiology. This is an ongoing project, and future efforts will measure the effectiveness of this design tool in medical education.

Computer-Assisted Instruction↗
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Students' and residents' perceptions regarding technology in medical training.

OBJECTIVE: This pilot study provides firsthand feedback from medical students and residents in training regarding their perceptions of technology in medicine. METHOD: The authors distributed an e-mail invitation to an anonymous Web-based survey to medical students and residents in two different U.S. training institutions. RESULTS: Respondents unanimously expressed that technology skills were important in medical training and felt it most important to learn about electronic medical records and accessing scientific information on the Internet. At the point of patient care, trainees' preferred reference sources were the Internet and PDA, in that order. Most clinical trainees felt PDAs were critical in patient care and met their clinical needs, and they were most likely to use them for medication reference. The majority of trainees preferred printed media over digital media for initial learning, but the converse for referencing. Instructor-led small groups were viewed as the best environment in which to receive instruction. CONCLUSIONS: Trainees in medical education are technologically savvy and provide invaluable feedback regarding initiation, development and refinement of technological systems in medical training.

Attitude↗
PubMed1995

Developing patient education programs with multimedia technology incorporating patient feedback into program design.

The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has been the site of a three year project to develop a unique set of computer-based health promotion programs for patients in community-based settings. The Healthy Touch Series is a collection of four interactive multimedia programs that were produced to provide health promotion information to underserved groups on topics related to maternal-infant health. The programs have bilingual audio tracks in English and Spanish and run on a CD-ROM platform with touch-screen control. Use of the technology with a large group of patients led to many modifications and alternations. Formative evaluation results review the key concepts we learned.

Audiovisual Aids↗
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Development of new faculty in higher education.

Faculty development programs in nursing, as well as in other disciplines, are needed to respond to changing expectations about the quality of undergraduate education, student populations, decreasing resources, and widespread use of technology in education. Problems facing new and senior faculty center on these changing demands. Preparing faculty to use technology in teaching is especially important. The problem of diminishing resources for faculty development must be balanced with the overwhelming need for faculty education in this changing environment.

Education, Nursing↗
PubMed1999

Simulation technology for health care professional skills training and assessment.

Changes in medical practice that limit instruction time and patient availability, the expanding options for diagnosis and management, and advances in technology are contributing to greater use of simulation technology in medical education. Four areas of high-technology simulations currently being used are laparoscopic techniques, which provide surgeons with an opportunity to enhance their motor skills without risk to patients; a cardiovascular disease simulator, which can be used to simulate cardiac conditions; multimedia computer systems, which includes patient-centered, case-based programs that constitute a generalist curriculum in cardiology; and anesthesia simulators, which have controlled responses that vary according to numerous possible scenarios. Some benefits of simulation technology include improvements in certain surgical technical skills, in cardiovascular examination skills, and in acquisition and retention of knowledge compared with traditional lectures. These systems help to address the problem of poor skills training and proficiency and may provide a method for physicians to become self-directed lifelong learners.

Anesthesiology↗
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Midwifery education models. A contemporary review.

Midwifery education has a rich tradition of blending innovation with educational methods that have demonstrated their value to the profession. Examples of innovations that have influenced midwifery education include the use of the asynchronous modular system, the development of distance methodologies, and most recently the use of computer and telecommunications technologies to mediate education. This study was designed to explore trends in approaches to the education of midwives in both traditional and distance education programs. Program directors were surveyed and interviewed to assess their degree of instructional synchrony, their use of distance modalities, and their predominate methods of curriculum presentation. Results of the survey suggest that programs are using a variety of these approaches to educate their students. Decisions to integrate new educational technologies appear to be based on institutional values, community resources, and student needs.

Education, Nursing, Graduate↗
PubMed2006

e-Learning in nursing education--Challenges and opportunities.

Quick changes on the field of informational communication technologies forces educational and other institutions to think about different ways of teaching and learning in both formal and informal environments. It addition it is well known that due to fast advancement of science and technology the knowledge gained in schools is getting out-of-date rapidly, so life long learning is becoming an essential alternative. As a consequence we are facing a rapid development and use of new educational approaches such as e-learning, simulations, virtual reality, etc. They brought a revolution to learning and instruction. But in general the empirical results of e-learning studies are somewhat disappointing. They cannot prove the superiority of e-learning processes over traditional learning in general, neither in specific areas like nursing. In our international study we proved that e-Learning can have many benefits and that it can enhance learning experience in nursing education, but it has to be provided in correct manner.

Education, Distance↗
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Transferring management technology: healthcare quality improvement education in central and eastern Europe.

The newly independent nations of the former Soviet Union continue to restructure and refine their political and economic environments. Competition for scarce of dwindling economic resources within these nations and between the nations of an expanding global community necessitates that they adopt more efficient and effective management methods to provide essential public services. As a result, organizational management concepts developed and used in the West (i.e., in the United States and the countries of the European Union) are eagerly sought for incorporation into new administrative systems. This is an opportune time for healthcare service management educators to develop and present total quality management (TQM) programs, stressing continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods specifically targeted and adapted to the organizational needs of these countries, as they restructure their societies from centrally planned to market-driven economies. In general, educators in healthcare service management, acting as information consultants, can play a pivotal role in guiding strategies for healthcare organizational change and in helping to stabilize transitional organizational processes, by providing guidelines that can improve utilization of healthcare resources and monitoring of healthcare service outcomes. Most of the observations and recommendations presented in this article are derived from the author's experiences in conducting healthcare management improvement projects in Bulgaria in 1993 and in Lithuania since 1991.

Commonwealth of Independent States↗
PubMed2000

Untangling the Web... barriers and benefits for nurse education... an Australian perspective.

The Internet... a Web of information technology. The potential exists now and increasingly in the future to use this technology to deliver widely distributed, creative, innovative learning to students across vast distances and at times which suit individual needs. The implications of this technology for nurse education, and indeed health care in general, are exciting. The technology is growing at such a vast rate that it would be easy to blindly accept it and promote its use. However, there is a need to stop and consider some of the practical barriers to the use of this technology, particularly for nursing education.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1998

Determinants of microcomputer technology use: implications for education and training of health staff.

In hospitals and other Healthcare settings, increasingly, hands-on computer use is becoming an important behaviour for effective job performance. The literature has identified differences that relate to computer use between occupational categories in health services. The objectives of this study were to identify factors that determine computer acceptance among occupational groups in Community Health and to predict the factors that relate to computer use. A survey was administered to all Community Health staff in one health service area. Health administrators were found to have a significantly higher training in computers, a higher frequency of use and a higher level of skill for both applications (word processing (WP) and database (DB)) than nurses. The results of a regression analysis shows that about 55% of the variation in the use of WP is explained by computer skills, perceived usefulness (PU) and designation. In the case of DB use, PU was the only significant predictor explaining 53% of the variation. Both level of education and prior training were not significant predictors. The implication for health informatics education (and service training) of these findings is that, in the workplace, health professionals would use computers when they perceive it to be useful for performance in their jobs.

Administrative Personnel↗