Publications by authors named "Darlene Ineza"
Background: To provide just equity in academic exchange, as well as to reduce prohibitive travel cost and address environmental concerns, the past paradigm of international student exchange has fundamentally shifted from one directional travel to mutually beneficial bidirectional remote communication between students all over the globe. Current analysis aims to quantify cultural competency and evaluate academic outcomes.
Methods: Sixty students half from the US and half from Rwanda grouped in teams of 4 engaged in a nine-month project-focused relationship.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the perceptions and acceptance of the Anatomage Table, a digital anatomy teaching tool, among anatomy teachers in various African countries.
- A total of 79 teachers participated, with responses collected and analyzed to measure their proficiency and attitudes towards this technology.
- Results showed that while only a small percentage felt highly skilled with the tool, a significant majority agreed it was beneficial and thought it complemented traditional teaching methods like cadaver use.
Article Synopsis
- This article examines how African anatomists and anatomy educators view the Anatomage Table, a cutting-edge educational tool for teaching anatomy through digital dissection and simulation.
- A qualitative study involved 79 anatomy teachers from 11 African countries, gathering insights through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to explore their acceptance of educational technology.
- Results indicate that while African anatomists appreciate the Anatomage Table as a valuable teaching aid, they believe it should serve as a complement to traditional cadaver dissection rather than a replacement.
Background: We sought to describe lung cancer prevalence and mortality in relation to socioeconomic deprivation and rurality.
Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional analysis of prevalent lung cancers from a statewide all-payer claims dataset from 2012 to 2016, lung cancer deaths in Maine from the state death registry from 2012 to 2016, rurality, and area deprivation index (ADI), a geographic area-based measure of socioeconomic deprivation. Analyses examined rate ratios for lung cancer prevalence and mortality according to rurality (small and isolated rural, large rural, or urban) and ADI (quintiles, with highest reflecting the most deprivation) and after adjusting for age, sex, and area-level smoking rates as determined by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.