Medical Students and Their Perceptions of Digital Medicine: a Question of Gender?

Digital technologies play an essential role in the medical sector of today and the future. In a cross-sectional online survey at a German medical university, male students more frequently reported keeping themselves informed about digital medicine outside of their studies across all clinical years of study. While female students self-assessed their knowledge in different fields of digital medicine as worse than their male peers in the first clinical years of study, no more gender differences could be found towards the final year.

Microbial community profiling by next-generation DNA sequencing of adenocarcinoma of the prostate with evidence of ochratoxin A producing fungi.

Background: Prostatic carcinomas are a leading cancer and leading cause of mortality in the developed world. The etiology is diverse with underlying patient genetics, environmental factors, and microbial associations. Sequencing DNA for microbes allows the detection of potential disease relationships.

Symptoms in children with advanced cancer: child and nurse reports.

Background: Systematic studies on the specific symptom experience in children with advanced cancer are limited.

Objective: The objective of the study was to examine the common symptoms and to explore commonly occurring symptoms over time.

Methods: A prospective and longitudinal study design was used.

A bold adventure in innovation: an international off-campus master's degree program.

In response to the global shortage of nursing faculty, Loma Linda University School of Nursing offered an off-campus master's degree program to prepare nurse educators who would commit to remain in their home countries following graduation. The program was approved by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges to be offered in both English and Spanish. Students and faculty met for 1 month each year for 4 years at one of two international sites: Thailand or Argentina.

The pain experience of children with leukemia during the first year after diagnosis.

Background: Children with cancer experience pain related to the disease process, the treatment, and the associated procedures. For children with leukemia, the pain experienced after diagnosis has received scant attention.

Objective: To examine the pain experience, management strategies, and outcomes during the first year after the diagnosis of acute leukemia.