Improving Oral Presentation Skills for Radiology Residents through Clinical Session Meetings in the Virtual World Second Life.

Background: The objective of this study was to conduct a clinical session meeting in the virtual world of Second Life to improve the oral presentation skills of radiology residents and to assess the perception of the attendees.

Methods: A clinical session meeting (10 two-hour sessions over four weeks), where participants presented their own clinical sessions, followed by a turn of interventions by the attendees, was designed and carried out. Attendees were asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire.

Exploring the Potential of Undergraduate Radiology Education in the Virtual World Second Life with First-cycle and Second-cycle Medical Students.

Rationale And Objectives: Virtual worlds have a remarkable potential for effective teaching and learning, providing immersive, realistic, and engaging online events. Previous studies have explored online education of health professionals in Second Life (SL), the most widely used virtual world, but none of the previous learning experiences were related to radiology. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential use of SL for undergraduate radiology education and the involvement of students in SL learning activities.

"Patient blood management" in orthopaedic surgery.

Orthopaedic and trauma surgical procedures (OTS) can lead to significant blood losses and acute postoperative anaemia, which in many cases requires allogeneic blood transfusions (ABT). The clinical, economic and logistical disadvantages of ABT have promoted the development of multidisciplinary and multimodal programs generically known as Patient Blood Management (PBM) programs, which have as their objective to reduce or eliminate the need for ABT and improve clinical outcomes. These programs are supported by the implementation of four groups of perioperative measures: (1) use of restrictive transfusion criteria; (2) stimulation of erythropoiesis; (3) reduction of bleeding; and (4) autologous blood transfusion.

[Characterization of muscarinic receptors in undifferentiated thyroid cells in Fisher rats].

Introduction: The parasympathetic autonomous nervous system exerts control over thyroid function by activation of the muscarinic receptors in follicular cells. Various pharmacological and molecular subtypes of muscarinic receptors (M(1), M(2), M(3), M(4), M(5)) have been identified in central nervous system and peripheral tissues. Controversy surrounds receptor characterization in thyroid cells.