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Assisted Learning Virtual Support (ALVS) for Personal Learning Environments Open
In this paper, we propose how to use the ALVS to support a more dynamic Personal Learning Environment (PLE) within the Graduate Virtual Research Environment (GVRE).The virtual support will provide a 24 hour answering servicing for postgrad…
The first five years: a mixed methods study investigating reflections on working as a hospital consultant Open
Objectives This paper revisits the same cohort of hospital consultants approximately five years after they were first appointed to investigate their reflections on establishing themselves in their role. Design Mixed methods using a short s…
Assessment of Inundation Risk from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge in Northeastern Coastal National Parks Open
Sea level rise and an increase in storm frequency and intensity are two major impacts expected to result from climate change in coastal ecosystems. Coastal national parks have many low-lying areas that are at risk from inundation resulting…
Do trainees value feedback in case-based discussion assessments? Open
CBD assessments provide a new opportunity for good quality learning and feedback, providing there is a commitment to the educational aspects of the process by both trainer and trainee. Trainers being aware of the qualities of the discussio…
Tailoring e-learning 2.0 to facilitate EU/International Postgraduate student needs within the (GVRE) Graduate Virtual Research Environment Open
In this paper, we propose a new Dynamic Background Library (DBL) to the Graduate Virtual Research Environment (GVRE).The GVRE was developed as a way of providing a blended learning experience for the development of research and employabili…
Features of educational interventions that lead to compliance with hand hygiene in healthcare professionals within a hospital care setting. A BEME systematic review: BEME Guide No. 22 Open
It was not possible to identify individual features of educational interventions due to each study reporting multicomponent interventions. However, multiple, continuous interventions were better than single interventions in terms of elicit…
BTS guidelines for home oxygen in children Open
… as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.But there are also unknown unknowns -the ones we don't know we don't …
Significant event reporting in a postgraduate deanery Open
The article focuses on the responsibility of postgraduate deaneries to ensure the high quality of postgraduate medical and dental education in Great Britain. It states that postgraduate deaneries develop an event reporting form to monitor …
A reference interval for sweat chloride in infants aged between five and six weeks of age Open
Background This study was designed to establish a reference interval for sweat chloride for infants without evidence of cystic fibrosis (CF), aged between 5 wk and 6 wk, a time when sweat testing is an integral part of newborn screening fo…
Piloting the new specialist training year 1 (ST1) interview process – using the OSCE Open
A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about specialist training 1 interview process in obstetrics and gynecology in Great Britain.
Ethics and evaluating educational programmes Open
Sir, I read with interest the recently published AMEE education guide on evaluating educational programmes (Goldie, 2006). It is disappointing that the author made no reference to whether educational evaluations should have any form of ext…
Outcome of Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Strain 89.6p Challenge following Vaccination of Rhesus Macaques with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tat Protein Open
The regulatory proteins Nef, Rev, and Tat of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are attractive targets for vaccine development, since induction of effective immune responses targeting these early proteins may best control virus re…
Dependency level of babies on the neonatal unit: a comparison of two different classification systems Open
BACKGROUND Monitoring activity on the neonatal unit is important for planning service provision and as part of monitoring quality of care. The dependency level of the patients cared for must be taken into account as well as the number of p…
Improved survival and neurodevelopmental outcome after prolonged ventilation in preterm neonates who have received antenatal steroids and surfactant Open
AIMS To assess survival and neurodevelopmental outcome following prolonged ventilation beyond 27 or 49 days of postnatal life in neonates treated with antenatal steroids and surfactant. METHODS The medical records of 84 babies born in 1994…
Individualised pulse oximetry limits in neonatal intensive care Open
AIM To determine whether individualised limits for arterial oxyhaemaglobin saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO 2 ) are more effective for detecting hypoxia and hyperoxia in sick newborn infants than setting fixed limits. METHODS Six hundred …
Arterial oxygen saturation profiles in healthy preterm infants Open
AIM To construct a reference range of SpO 2 values in healthy preterm infants using a simple data logging device. METHODS Thirty three healthy preterm infants were monitored for a continuous period of 4 hours at rest using an Ohmeda Biox 3…
Gall bladder contractility in neonates: effects of parenteral and enteral feeding. Open
The gall bladder size was measured in 30 newborn infants: 18 had been fed parenterally and 12 enterally. The two groups were comparable for gestational age, birthweight, postnatal age and study weight. Exclusion criteria were haemodynamic …
Randomised trial of routine versus selective paralysis during ventilation for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Open
The strategy of non-selective neuromuscular paralysis was compared with that of synchronised (fast rate) ventilation and selective paralysis in infants receiving mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome with chronic lung di…