Effectiveness and safety of Korean medicine treatment based on the clinical practice guidelines in patients with acute peripheral facial palsy: A protocol for a multicenter,prospective, observational study

Introduction:Peripheral facial palsy (PFP) results in weakness or paralysis of the affected side of the face. In Korea, there is a high demand for Korean medicine treatment for PFP. The clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) of Korean medicine for facial palsy were developed; however, there remains insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness and safety of Korean medicine treatment. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Korean medicine treatment based on the CPGs in patients with acute PFP.Methods:This is a multicenter, prospective, observational study. The participants will be recruited from one Korean medicine hospital and eight Korean medicine clinics. The participants will receive Korean medicine treatments based on the CPGs, fill in survey questionnaires, and undergo electrophysiologic testing. The changes in House-Brackmann (H-B) grade, movement of the lip and eye, symptoms related to or accompanied by facial palsy, Facial Disability Index, EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ-5D-5L), and EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS), and the results of electromyography (EMG), electroneurography (ENoG), and Blink Reflex test will be analyzed. For the safety analysis, adverse events will be recorded, and for the feasibility analysis, the results of the Was It Worth It questionnaire will be assessed.Conclusion:We expect to draw real-world clinical data on the effectiveness and safety of Korean medicine treatment based on the CPGs in patients with acute PFP from this study. It would be the basis for complementing and improving the CPGs and provide the basis of clinical and policy decision-making.Trial registration:This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital (2021-06-005-001), and registered with the Korean Clinical Trial Registry (CRIS), Republic of Korea (KCT0006562).     

三级综合医院临床护理专家岗位设置及实践探索

文章总结了上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院近10年来临床护理专家岗位设置及临床实践探索的相关经验.在设定入选标准、明确申报方案、制订管理及考核办法的基础上,医院护理部对临床护理专家进行统一选拔聘任,并以2年为1个考核周期,通过明确聘任等级、设立专项基金、明确岗位职责等一系列举措,各临床护理专家在临床实践、专科队伍建设、护...     

Midwifery data collection: options and opportunities

Most midwives are aware of the need to collect clinical practice data and of its usefulness in supporting the care they provide, which contributes to healthy outcomes for mothers and babies. For the individual midwife, there is more than one easily accessible, standardized data collection instrument from which to choose. However, despite these choices, in an American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Division of Research (DOR) survey on midwifery clinical data collection (N = 263), the majority of member respondents (n = 135; 51%) reported using a self-designed data collection tool, and more than one-third did not know of the ACNM Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Data Sets (NMCDS). On a larger scale, the midwifery profession is also in need of an organized and consistent approach to data collection for the purpose of capturing midwifery practice and outcomes in order to provide data to support legislation, practice, and policy changes. However, the profession currently lacks a single common midwifery practice database. In order to facilitate data aggregation that captures a larger view of midwifery practice at the local, regional, and national levels, it is imperative that all midwives collect relevant data that are uniform and standardized, and that the midwifery professional organizations move forward with the development of a common electronic database. This article describes currently available data collection tools as well as their best uses, applications to practice, and future directions.     

Midwives' practices and beliefs about discharging clients from their practice

Discharging a client from a practice is a choice clinicians may need to make when conflicts arise that cannot be resolved. The legal and ethical considerations before discharging a client are presented. This preliminary survey of 111 certified nurse-midwives was conducted to determine their practices and beliefs about discharging clients. Most (83.7%) participants had discharged five or fewer clients from their practice throughout their careers, including 36.9% who had never discharged a client from their practice. In contrast, 77.5% of participants said that midwives should definitely discharge clients from their practice under some circumstances. Antepartum care was the most frequent period during which clients were discharged, and 59% of those discharged were for noncompliance with the therapeutic regimen, obnoxious or abusive behavior as subjectively identified by the midwife and her colleagues, or failure to keep appointments. When asked why they might not discharge a client from their practice, 60% identified empathy or sympathy for the client as the reason. When asked why they did not discharge clients in the past, 23 (21%) respondents selected "colleagues disagreed" as the reason.     

Journeying with Peter and Sam: reflections on a healing attitude

Reflection enables the practitioner to learn through everyday experiences towards realising desirable practice however it is articulated. In this paper I share my story in journeying with Peter and Sam in a hospice setting with the intention to ease suffering. In considering what is significant within this story, I pay particular attention to the idea of a healing attitude for deeper reflection in order to develop my appreciation of the nature and significance of a healing attitude.     

循证医学在妇产科领域的临床运用

面向新世纪，国际临床医学领域正经历一场巨大变革，特别是我们的医学观念正在发生深刻的变化，其最为重要的特征是：由临床医学结合流行病学、卫生统计学、卫生经济学、互联网和社会学的循证医学观念，正逐渐取代以经验和推论为基础的传统医学观念。在世界范围内，循证医学日渐成为医学教育和医学继续教育的重要组成部分，对不断提高临床医学人才素质、促进临床医学发展发挥着越来越重要的作用。     

浅谈信息化背景下的现代药学教育模式

以计算机技术、多媒体应用技术和远程网络通信技术等为核心的现代信息技术的迅猛发展,使传统教育技术形态、教学内容、教学方法乃至教学理念发生了深刻变革。在现代信息化的条件下,高等药学教育要培养具有创新能力的高素质药学人才,需要转变教育模式,以学生为主体,以培养人才为根本,开展信息化教学。     

构建模块化实践教学新体系培养应用型病理人才

结合医学教育标准,为全面提高医学人才培养的质量,本校对病理方向学生构建了模块化实践教学新体系,学生的创新和实践能力得到了培养与提高。取得了一些较好的成果。     

张謇的体育思想及其时代价值

张謇作为中国近代著名的实业家,也热衷于发展教育事业。张謇的体育思想,受当时一些主要社会思潮的影响,以“武备精神”为核心,以“体力与智力平均发达”为手段,以“德行艺全面发展”为灵魂,一贯主张体育与其它学科具有同等地位。张謇的体育思想,与当时时代主题相契合,明确体育课程的地位与价值,支持体育竞技活动的参与,高度重视公共体育场地设施建设,主张政府和学校共同致力于体育教育的大力发展,对当代中国的教育体育改革具有重要的借鉴意义。