A real-time dynamic 3D model of the human inguinal region for surgical education

A suitable dynamic 3D model that allows the simulation of the inguinal region with real-time performance on a personal computer was developed. A geometric model adjusted to real data was created by means of semiautomatic contour segmentation of anatomic units from the visible human project and data generated from classical anatomic information. A dynamic model included converting muscular units from their continuous geometric representation into a set of voxels and then real-time interaction and performance. The current implementation enables deformation of the realistic model associated with pushing and stretching interaction, allowing immersion in the anatomy of the inguinal structures. The model does not allow simulation of surgical interventions.     

英国药师职业发展体系介绍及启示

目的：调查英国药师职业发展体系、内容和特点,为完善我国执业药师职业发展体系提出建议。方法：通过文献研究和专家访谈的方式,收集近年来英国药师职业发展的各项资料,整理出英国药师管理部门、职业发展体系、教育培训内容和职业发展特点。并对照分析我国的药师职业发展情况。结果与结论：我国执业药师职业发展培训内容偏向理论,缺乏实用性;培训方式比较单一,对不同岗位、不同能力的执业药师没有针对性;执业药师职业发展认证机制不完善。应借鉴英国职业发展体系,从完善药师职业发展认证机制,促进职业发展多元化,尽早培养执业药师职业发展意识等方面来完善我国执业药师职业发展体系。     

某医学中心药师对民众用药安全教育的经验交流

为推广正确用药知识,提升民众用药安全核心能力,使药品发挥治疗效果并避免药品使用不当产生不良后果,台湾地区某一大型综合医院药剂科药师通过成立"正确用药教育资源中心",联合各级药学会、学校、社区、公共平台等资源,让医院药师走出医院,走进校园、社区、公共场所等,借助活动、宣传、科普教育等方式,2014-2015年共举办114场,参与人数达到14 140人次,活动满意度达98.5%。藉此模式除提升民众正确用药的核心能力,同时可建构用药安全网,并充分发挥医院药师的工作价值。     

Audiovisual aids in primary healthcare settings’ waiting rooms. A systematic review

Background: Health promotion is part of GPs' commitments. Some waiting rooms have therefore been implemented with audiovisual aids (posters, pamphlets or screens) for health promotion purposes. Few studies have assessed the effect of audiovisual aids in primary care.

Objectives: To identify, describe and appraise studies that have investigated the effects of audiovisual aids on health promotion in primary healthcare waiting rooms. To determine which factors influence this impact through literature review.

Methods: Systematic review. Two independent researchers using predefined keywords searched databases. Additional publications were extracted from the reference lists of the selected articles. The selection of the articles was performed on the title and abstract, followed by complete reading and assessment. Bias and level of evidence were analysed.

Results: A total of 909 articles were collected. Most of them were not in primary care settings. Fourteen peer-reviewed articles fully meeting inclusion criteria were included and analysed. Good quality studies were scarce. Eight of these articles using videos or slideshows on TV screens or tablets indicated effects: three of them were significant on patient knowledge with acceptable evidence and three on health behaviour on surrogate endpoints. Audiovisual aids seem to be used or noticed by patients and can induce conversations with physicians. The relevant factors that might influence these effects (duration of exposure, conception quality, theme, target population and time spent in the waiting room) are insufficiently investigated.

Conclusion: Audiovisual aids broadcasting messages using screens (TVs, computers, tablets, and smartphones with Bluetooth^® pairing) probably enhance patients’ knowledge. A change in health behaviour remains controversial.     

The possibility of addressing epistemic injustice through engaged research practice: reflections on a menstruation related critical health education project in South Africa

Abstract

Questions of epistemic injustice in relation to community engagement activities have rarely been interrogated. While it is often purported that when academics and community members are involved in the co-creation of knowledge through a mutually beneficial exchange of resources and expertise, all participants emerge as active stakeholders in the knowledge production process, little research has been done on how academics or community partners experience these processes from an epistemological perspective. Does the proposed process of repositioning research participants in community engagement praxis allows for a new power dynamic to emerge in research such that all parties genuinely share equal responsibility for determining the processes and outcomes of the knowledge production process? Do such activities allow for an epistemological shift away from traditional knowledge construction paradigms to ones in which the democratisation of knowledge is prioritised? Does such an epistemological shift in the knowledge construction paradigm extend beyond simply the knowledge construction process to interpersonal relationships between academics and community members who see themselves as co-protagonists in a shared project? In grappling with these questions I will draw on my own, personal experiences working in a menstruation related engaged research critical health education project in South Africa, to discuss the complexities of whether and how the amelioration of epistemic injustices are being served through community engagement activities.     

Engaging new refugee in Australian communities at risk for chronic hepatitis B infection into care: A peer‐educator intervention

Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) infection and subsequent liver complications are rising in prevalence in Australia due to increased migration from endemic regions. Nearly 50% of all those living with CHB in Australia are undiagnosed, leading to missed opportunities for liver cancer and cirrhosis prevention. Health literacy around CHB among refugee communities such as Afghan, Rohingyan, and Sudanese populations (all with a high prevalence of CHB) is low, partly due to a paucity of targeted health promotion programmes; despite the release of the Victorian Hepatitis B Strategy (2016–2020). We developed a peer‐education intervention in these three communities to deliver CHB focused radio programmes and community forums in their own language, following a needs assessment consisting of semistructured interviews and surveys. Effectiveness of this intervention was measured through paired comparison of disease‐knowledge assessment pre and post forum. Community forums were held between 2015 and 2016, with 25 attendees at the Rohingyan forum (68% male), 10 attendees at the Afghan forum (90% male) and 0 attendees at the Sudanese forum. Participants demonstrated a significant improvement in CHB knowledge between pre‐ and post‐forum surveys (p‐value < 0.05). A peer‐educator approach was a cost‐effective health promotion strategy in building CHB knowledge and dispelling misconceptions within the Afghan and Rohingya communities. There were significant barriers in the engagement of the South Sudanese community, which will inform future strategies for health promotion.     

网吧环境和槟榔致口腔颊黏膜细胞DNA损伤研究

目的 研究网吧环境和槟榔对口腔颊黏膜细胞DNA的损伤。方法 通过系统抽样抽取长沙市岳麓区5家网吧,在网吧内及网吧所在社区通过单纯随机抽样的方法选取无吸烟、饮酒等习惯的18~40岁健康男性,分别作为对照组(n=50)、网吧上网组(n=41)、咀嚼槟榔组(n=47)、网吧上网且咀嚼槟榔组(n=58)。收集受试者口腔颊黏膜细胞标本,采用单细胞凝胶电泳(single cell gel electrophoresis, SCGE)及颊细胞微核试验(buccal micronucleus cytome, BMCyt)检测DNA损伤情况。结果 网吧上网组和咀嚼槟榔组较对照组SCGE尾部DNA百分含量(%Tail DNA)及BMCyt微核频率(‰MN)显著增高(P＜0.05)。网吧上网且咀嚼槟榔组较网吧上网组和咀嚼槟榔组%Tail DNA及‰MN均显著增高(P＜0.05)。DNA损伤程度与网吧上网累积时间和槟榔咀嚼量呈剂量效应关系。结论 网吧环境和槟榔可分别导致口腔颊黏膜细胞DNA损伤,两者同时暴露会进一步增加DNA损伤程度。     

Online scan of FASD prevention and health promotion resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Issue addressed

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) includes a range of life‐long impairments caused by alcohol exposure in utero. Health professionals are vital to preventing FASD but many are hesitant to discuss FASD with clients due to their need for additional resources to aid the conversation. This scan sought to identify the scope and gaps in publicly available FASD prevention and health promotion resources, and assess their cultural appropriateness for use among five key groups of Indigenous Australian people including: (i) pregnant women, (ii) women of childbearing age, (iii) grandmothers and aunties, (iv) men, and (v) health professionals.

Methods

Relevant resources published 1995‐2017 were identified through the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, FASD organisation websites, grey literature, Google searches, and field experts. Results were screened by inclusion and cultural appropriateness criteria developed and piloted by the research team, and further screened by health professionals attending FASD training workshops.

Results

115 of the 2146 identified resources were eligible. Relevant resources were found for all five key groups; however, no resources were specifically designed for men, grandmothers or aunties.

Conclusions

A range of high‐quality, culturally appropriate resources were identified, however, health professionals attending the training workshops were not aware of their availability. Further resource development is suggested for men, grandmothers and aunties.

So what?

Prioritisation of active dissemination and implementation strategies is suggested to increase awareness and use of future resource developments. The inclusion of a resource trial among health professionals is a recommended strategy to increase awareness and use of newly developed resources.