Development of Educational Media for Medical Trainees Studying MRI Physics: Effect of Media Format on Learning and Engagement.

Purpose: MRI physics is a challenging subject for radiology residents and comprises a significant portion of the ABR CORE examination, which must be passed to achieve board certification. Despite established needs for increased quality and quantity of radiology physics resources, there is little information regarding the most effective method of engaging learners and delivering this content.

Methods: To assess trainee perceptions of currently available MRI physics learning resources, a needs assessment survey was distributed to current members and recent graduates of our diagnostic radiology residency program.

Using experience sampling to examine links between compassion, eudaimonia, and pro-social behavior.

Objective: Compassion has been associated with eudaimonia and pro-social behavior, and it has been regarded as a virtue, both historically and cross-culturally. However, the psychological study of compassion has been limited to laboratory settings and/or standard survey assessments. Here, we use an experience sampling method (ESM) to compare naturalistic assessments of compassion with standard assessments, and to examine compassion, its variability, and associations with eudaimonia and pro-social behavior.

Visual transform applications for estimating the spatial QRS-T angle from the conventional 12-lead ECG: Kors is still most Frank.

Background: The 12-lead ECG-derived spatial QRS-T angle has prognostic and diagnostic utility, but most ECG machines currently fail to report it. The primary goal was to determine if reasonably accurate methods exist for rapid visual estimations of the spatial peaks QRS-T angle from conventional 12-lead ECG tracings.

Methods And Results: Simultaneous 12-lead and Frank XYZ-lead recordings were obtained from a publicly available database for 100 post-myocardial infarction patients and 50 controls.

I want to be creative: exploring the role of hedonic contingency theory in the positive mood-cognitive flexibility link.

Three studies explored the role of hedonic contingency theory as an explanation for the link between positive mood and cognitive flexibility. Study 1 examined the determinants of activity choice for participants in happy, sad, or neutral moods. Consistent with hedonic contingency theory, happy participants weighted potential for creativity as well as the pleasantness of the task more heavily in their preference ratings.