Using Photovoice to Stimulate Reflection and Collaboration in Health Professions Students Through an Interprofessional Education Activity.

Objective: Today's healthcare system requires interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) to improve health outcomes. IPCP often begins with interprofessional education (IPE), which should stimulate meaningful idea exchange. This study's purpose was to assess the impact of a photovoice-based IPE experience on the attitudes and beliefs of students in two health professions programs.

University Student Awareness of Skin Cancer: Behaviors, Recognition, and Prevention.

Purpose: Skin cancer is the most common cancer, and it often is preventable. The authors sought to evaluate behavior and knowledge regarding skin cancer among students at a Texas university.

Methods: The authors recruited a diverse group of students in terms of sex, age, and ethnicity to participate in a survey regarding knowledge of skin cancer signs, use of tanning beds, and performance of self-assessment for skin cancer.

Bullying among radiation therapists: effects on job performance and work environment.

Purpose: To identify the effects of workplace bullying in the radiation therapy department on job performance and explore the environment and morale of individuals who work with a bully.

Methods: A quantitative research study was designed to assess the prevalence and effects of bullying in the radiation therapy workplace.

Results: A total of 308 radiation therapists participated in the study for a return rate of 46%.

Reframing Views of Terminally Ill Patients and the Radiation Therapists' Role in Their Care through Engaged Scholarship.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to explore innovative teaching methodologies to reframe radiation therapy students' perceptions of who a terminally ill patient is. This will allow students to better meet their patients' needs in their future work with this unique demographic.

Methods: This qualitative case study explores the experiential and transformational learning that took place when a hospice-based engaged scholarship project was incorporated into a radiation therapy course.

Müllerian duct anomalies and a case study of unicornuate uterus.

Early in pregnancy, the female embryo's reproductive system begins developing from the müllerian ducts. When development fails to progress normally, various anomalies of the uterus, vagina, and urinary system can result. In some cases, these anomalies cause infertility and other reproductive problems.

Understanding HPV and the future implications of contracting the virus.

Purpose: To determine the level of knowledge university freshmen have of the human papillomavirus (HPV), including awareness of the virus, the associated risks, and prevention.

Methods: A multiple-choice questionnaire was sent electronically to all freshman-level students registered at Texas State University. One-way ANOVA and Spearman correlation coefficients were run to identify significant differences in knowledge levels between sex, age, and ethnicity.

University student understanding of cancer: analysis of ethnic group variances.

Traditional university and college students ages 18-24 are traversing an important period in their lives in which behavioral intervention is critical in reducing their risk of cancer in later years. The study's purpose was to determine the perceptions and level of knowledge about cancer of white, Hispanic, and black university students (n=958). Sources of student information about cancer were also identified.