Embedding Medical Student Computer Tutorials into a Busy Emergency Department

Objectives
To explore medical students' use of computer tutorials embedded in a busy clinical setting; to demonstrate that such tutorials can increase knowledge gain over and above that attributable to the clinical rotation itself.
Methods
Six tutorials were installed on a computer placed in a central area in an emergency department. Each tutorial was made up of between 33 and 85 screens of information that include text, graphics, animations, and questions. They were designed to be brief (10 minutes), focused, interactive, and immediately relevant. The authors evaluated the intervention using quantitative research methods, including usage tracking, surveys of faculty and students, and a randomized pretest-posttest study.
Results
Over 46 weeks, 95 medical students used the tutorials 544 times, for an overall average of 1.7 times a day. The median time spent on completed tutorials was 11 minutes (average [SD], 14 [±12] minutes). Seventy-four students completed the randomized study. They completed 65% of the assigned tutorials, resulting in improved examination scores compared with the control (effect size, 0.39; 95% confidence interval = 0.15 to 0.62). Students were positively disposed to the tutorials, ranking them as "valuable." Fifty-four percent preferred the tutorials to small group teaching sessions with a preceptor. The faculty was also positive about the tutorials, although they did not appear to integrate the tutorials directly into their teaching.
Conclusions
Medical students on rotation in a busy clinical setting can and will use appropriately presented computer tutorials. The tutorials are effective in raising examination scores.     

电子文献数据库收录期刊的质量瑕疵及对策

 

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医疗设备开关电源的维修

介绍了阿洛卡SSD2000开关电源的工作原理和常见故障的检修方法。     

一种医疗氧舱气路系统设计的改进

本文针对目前医疗氧舱自动化程度不高,各种治疗参数难以定量控制的特点,设计出了以微型计算机为控制核心的医疗氧舱自动供排气系统,并重点介绍了微型计算机的硬件和软件设计。     

北京市农村居民医疗费用研究

了解北京市农村居民医疗费用情况。方法：分4个季度调查农村居民医疗卫生服务需要及利用情况，同时调查三级医疗机构门诊及住院病人的医疗功用。结果：农村居民年人均医疗费用80．95元，其中老年人为166．01元，居民年人均医疗费用最高的疾病为感冒及心脑血管病。结论：建议加强农村老年保健工作，发展和完善农村合作医疗制度。     

对住院病人医疗服务评价及需求的调查分析

目的 考查医院现有服务结构的合理性和病人对医疗服务的需求。方法 对作者所在医院19个临床科室年龄15岁以上的130名病人进行问卷调查,医疗服务评价内容包括:(1)医院饮食、卫生状况;(2)收费合理性;(3)收费透明度;(4)病人总体满意度。医疗服务需求包括:(1)出院后服务;(2)药物类型;(4)病房类型(4)收费透明度;(5)知情选择。结果(1)医疗服务评价:87.4%病人对卫生状况满意,513%病人认为收费合理,6．7%病人认为收费不合理;37.2%病人认为收费透明度高,8.3%病人认为收费透明度低,大部分病人希望住院部每3~5 d给一次费用报告单;82．8%病人对医疗服务感到满意。表明医疗服务的综合质量虽然得到了病人的普遍赞同,但在饮食服务、收费透明度和收费合理性方面仍有待提高。(2)医疗服务需求:91.3%病人希望出院后一定时间内可免费看门诊或叶通过电话向主管医生咨询有关疾病防治、保健等问题;73．8%病人希望用合资企业生产的或国产药物,26．2%病人喜欢用进口药,仅11.3%病人认为药物越贵治疗效果越好;喜欢住50-70元双人间的病人占40．8%,愿意住30-50元多人间和90~120元单人间的病人比例分别为359%、23.3%;调查人群入住单人间、双人间与多人间的比例为2:39:59,病人需求的理想病房结构是36:41:23．矛盾突出在现在的人间设置得     

The structure of memorized knowledge in students and clinicians: an explanation for diagnostic expertise

This paper provides for the first time evidence of a consistent difference in the memory structures of novice and expert clinicians. The diagnostic performance of first- and third-year clinical medical students, senior house officers, registrars and consultants on four clinical problems in general medicine was studied. Comparisons were made of all diagnostic interpretations offered and the forceful features (personally important pieces of information which act as a key to particular memory structures which in turn give rise to the clinical interpretation) from which these were derived. Results demonstrate that the numbers of interpretations made and the numbers of forceful features identified did not differ significantly between groups (P greater than 0.05). However, the actual interpretations made in three out of four cases, and the actual forceful features identified in all cases, did differ significantly between groups (P less than 0.05). The numbers of interpretations made by all groups were large and demonstrated enormous variability. Highly individualized multiple responses to clinical information are associated with easy diagnoses. We conclude that there is no difference between groups of differing clinical experience in the breadth of thought but that there are marked differences in the precise content and structure of thought. This allows coherent explanation of variation in diagnostic expertise with clinical experience. The significance of the findings is discussed.     

浙江省台州市路桥区从业人员乙肝病毒标志物检测的调查分析

目的：了解路桥地区2004年至2006年之间,从业人员健康人群HBsAg、HBsAb的阳性率及大、小三阳所占的比例。方法：对32 490人来体检的健康人群进行乙肝三系二对半检测,采用酶联免疫法（ELISA）测定HBsAg、HBsAb、HBeAg、HBeAb、HBcAb,按不同性别、城区与乡镇之间、两年之间进行比较。结果：不同性别之间HBsAg、HBsAb的阳性率无显著性差异。城区与乡镇之间HBsAg、HBsAb阳性率有显著性差异。两年之间HBsAg的阳性率有下降趋势。大小三阳的比例在各组之间也各不相同。结论：健康人群的乙肝病毒携带率比例偏高,易感者多,相关部门应督促乙肝疫苗的注射,减少乙肝发病率。     

高等医学院校医学化学教材改革的几点思考

医学的发展已进入分子水平，医学生必须具有扎实的化学基础才能适应专业学习及临床、科研工作的需要。现行医学化学教材大多沿用几十年前的模式，部分内容陈旧滞后，实用性不强。面对现实，改革势在必行。我们认为，突出重点、注重实用、体现医学特色应作为改革的方向。