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Confl Health
January 2025
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, Keppel street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, and many humanitarian crises occur in countries with high NCD burdens. Peer support is a promising approach to improve NCD care in these settings. However, evidence on peer support for people living with NCDs in humanitarian settings is limited.
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January 2025
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences in Alnamas, University of Bisha, 255, Al Nakhil, Al-Namas, 67714, Saudi Arabia.
Background: One of the best ways to impart important skills to trainees is through simulation-based training, which is more reliable than the conventional clinical examination method. It is used in pediatric nursing training to allow nurses to practice and improve their clinical and conversational skills during an actual child encounter. A heel-prick is a complex psychomotor task that requires skill and knowledge from the pediatric nurse performing the procedure while applying for the National Newborn Screening Program.
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January 2025
Department of Anatomy, Clinical Sciences Building, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 308323, Singapore.
Study Objective: Student-centered learning and unconventional teaching modalities are gaining popularity in medical education. One notable approach involves engaging students in producing creative projects to complement the learning of preclinical topics. A systematic review was conducted to characterize the impact of creative project-based learning on metacognition and knowledge gains in medical students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Over the past two decades, the UK has actively developed policies to enhance early cancer diagnosis, particularly for individuals with non-specific cancer symptoms. Non-specific symptom (NSS) pathways were piloted and then implemented in 2015 to address delays in referral and diagnosis. The aim of this study was to outline the functions that enable NSS teams to investigate cancer and other diagnoses for patients with NSSs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpine J
January 2025
University of California Irvine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 101 The City Drive South, Pavillion III, Building 29A, Orange, CA 92868. Electronic address:
Background Context: Endoscopic spine surgery (ESS) is rapidly emerging as a viable minimally invasive technique to successfully treat symptomatic degenerative spinal conditions. Widespread adoption has been limited in part due to the learning curve.
Purpose: To systematically review the learning curve for uniportal and biportal ESS and compare the two techniques.
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