Publications by authors named "F Elsner"
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- Experiential learning in palliative care at RWTH Aachen University allows medical students to engage directly with terminally ill patients through a course called "The Patient as Teacher," which has been running from 2005 to 2020, with a temporary pause due to Covid-19.
- A study conducted on student essays from this course revealed that participants were motivated to improve their communication skills, gain firsthand experience with patients, and build meaningful relationships beyond a clinical setting.
- Overall, the course has been viewed positively by students, aiding in both their personal growth and professional development by helping them address insecurities related to interacting with terminally ill patients.
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- * Conducted across 24 sites in ten countries, 1200 cancer patients on opioid analgesics completed questionnaires assessing their constipation status, revealing that 59.5% met the criteria for OIC, but only 61.5% self-reported experiencing constipation.
- * Results indicated that while 72% were prescribed laxatives or other treatments, only 66% consistently used them, leading to inadequate management of OIC due to poor assessment and treatment follow-up.
A Heating and Cooling Stage With Fast Temporal Control for Biological Applications.
IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol
July 2024
The study of biological processes involving live microscopy techniques requires adequate temperature control to respect the physiology of the organism under study. We present here a design strategy for a microscope temperature stage based on thermoelectric elements. The design allows the user to access a range of temperatures below and above room temperature and can accommodate samples of different geometries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In 2009, Palliative care was incorporated into the medical curriculum as Cross-Sectional Subject 13 (QB13) by means of the revision of the Medical Licensing Regulations for Physicians. The aim of this study was to determine the strengths and deficits of QB13 student education for palliative care in clinical practice in a multi-centre setting and to identify potential for improvement.
Methods: Online questionnaires filled out by medical students during their Practical Year (PY) and resident physicians from the university hospitals in Aachen, Düsseldorf, and Cologne were descriptively analyzed using SPSS; free-text responses were categorized and quantified.