Sagittal alignment to predict efficiency in pulsed radiofrequency for cervical facet joint pain.

Neck pain due to cervical facet joint pain has a prevalence of 36-60% in chronic neck pain. Pulsed radiofrequency for such pain has been verified. After proper patient selection, pulsed radiofrequency of the cervical facet joints provide long-term pain relief in a routine clinical setting.

Learning pathways composed of core subjects with features of reducing cognitive load have better learning outcomes.

Background: Changing the course duration or timing of subjects in learning pathways would influence medical students' learning outcomes. Curriculum designers need to consider the strategy of reducing cognitive load and evaluate it continuously. Our institution underwent gradual curricular changes characterized by reducing cognitive load since 2000.

Using machine learning to identify key subject categories predicting the pre-clerkship and clerkship performance: 8-year cohort study.

Background: Medical students need to build a solid foundation of knowledge to become physicians. Clerkship is often considered the first transition point, and clerkship performance is essential for their development. We hope to identify subjects that could predict the clerkship performance, thus helping medical students learn more efficiently to achieve high clerkship performance.

Medical students’ self-assessed efficacy and satisfaction with training on endotracheal intubation and central venous catheterization with smart glasses in Taiwan: a non-equivalent control-group pre- and post-test study.

Purpose: Endotracheal intubation and central venous catheterization are essential procedures in clinical practice. Simulation-based technology such as smart glasses has been used to facilitate medical students’ training on these procedures. We investigated medical students’ self-assessed efficacy and satisfaction regarding the practice and training of these procedures with smart glasses in Taiwan.

Reactive oxygen species scavenging properties of ZrO2-CeO2 solid solution nanoparticles.

Aims: The hypothesis that an increase in defects in cerium oxide (CeO(2)) nanoparticles induced by solid solutions with differences in valency and ionic radius of the solute will yield superior reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers at room temperature will be tested.

Methods: Solid solutions of zirconium in CeO(2), that is, Ce(x)Zr(1-x)O(2) nanoparticles, were synthesized by a reverse micelle method. Their crystal structures, particle sizes and level of agglomeration were characterized.