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Medical Record Documentation: The Quality Of Physiotherapy Entries, Anna Phillips, Kathy Stiller, Marie Williams Jul 2006

Medical Record Documentation: The Quality Of Physiotherapy Entries, Anna Phillips, Kathy Stiller, Marie Williams

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

This study evaluated the standard of in-patient medical record documentation by physiotherapists at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Adelaide, South Australia, during 2003. The impact of patient characteristics (ie primary diagnosis and length of stay in hospital) and physiotherapist features (eg employment classification level and years of employment at the RAH) on the standard of documentation was also explored. One hundred medical records were randomly selected for review and 224 physiotherapy entries were audited. The audit tool was based on the RAH Physiotherapy Department Guidelines for Documentation, which was comprised of five sections. Each section contained several items, which were …

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Justifying Core Faculty Assessment Of Students’ Clinical Performance Using Cognitive Flexibility Theory: A Case Example, Revenda Greene, Gloria Lawson Rogers Jul 2006

Justifying Core Faculty Assessment Of Students’ Clinical Performance Using Cognitive Flexibility Theory: A Case Example, Revenda Greene, Gloria Lawson Rogers

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Allied health practitioners who are also educators understand their dual responsibility to educate students and to serve as gatekeepers to their profession. They are challenged with selecting and preparing students to practice in a skilled, competent manner. During the formal educational process, the academic and clinical aspects of allied health education are equally important. However, the assessment of the students' clinical skills is usually left to clinical instructors who are not members of the core faculty, and whose clinical skills and expectations may vary widely. While not minimizing the role of clinical faculty in the education of health care professionals, …

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Physical Therapy Students’ Application Of A Clinical Decision-Making Model, Jeannie Wessel, Renee Williams, Beverley Cole Jul 2006

Physical Therapy Students’ Application Of A Clinical Decision-Making Model, Jeannie Wessel, Renee Williams, Beverley Cole

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: Most educational programs in the health sciences present their students with a clinical decision-making model (CDMM) to help them define and treat client problems with a client-centered approach. However, little is known about how well students apply such a model in a clinical setting. The purpose of this study was to determine whether physical therapy students used a CDMM to make clinical decisions, and how well they used it. Method: Fifty-four physical therapy students in their first full-time clinical placement were asked to write up one of their client cases explaining how they made their clinical decisions and evaluating …

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Challenges In Applying Best Evidence To Physiotherapy, Mark Jones, Karen Grimmer, Ian Edwards, Joy Higgs, Franziska Trede Jul 2006

Challenges In Applying Best Evidence To Physiotherapy, Mark Jones, Karen Grimmer, Ian Edwards, Joy Higgs, Franziska Trede

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: As the first of two papers addressing challenges in applying best evidence to physiotherapy practice, this paper highlights the role of qualitative research and challenges researchers face in producing sound evidence for practice.Summary of Key Points: The challenge of what constitutes acceptable evidence to inform evidence-based practice is addressed in this paper with critique of the current over-reliance on quantitative methodologies that excludes a substantial body of valuable qualitative evidence to support sound practice. The current trend of relying on questionnaires to obtain psychosocial data is challenged on the basis of limitations of research design. Challenges to researchers from …

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Health Focused Education And Counseling For A Patient Diagnosed As Hiv Positive, Thomas W. Miller, Kate E. Bousaada, Lisa-Rose Rodriguez, Timothy Maggio, Jeanne Chadwick Jul 2006

Health Focused Education And Counseling For A Patient Diagnosed As Hiv Positive, Thomas W. Miller, Kate E. Bousaada, Lisa-Rose Rodriguez, Timothy Maggio, Jeanne Chadwick

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examined is a patient education and counseling model applied to a patient with AIDS. Offered is a model utilizing problem based questions, goals and objectives and applied theory that is summarized in an algorithm of care for the patient with AIDS. Stages of HIV infection are used to facilitate clinical evaluation and plan therapeutic interventions. The process of health-focused counseling involves a number of critical components: assessment, patient education, health focused counseling, treatment intervention, and follow-up. The use of the health focused education and counseling model has …

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Assessing The Administrative Support Needs (Library And Technical) Of Allied Health Students Enrolled In A Distance Education Program, Amanda Carroll-Barefield Jul 2006

Assessing The Administrative Support Needs (Library And Technical) Of Allied Health Students Enrolled In A Distance Education Program, Amanda Carroll-Barefield

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

As more emphasis is placed on offering education to the distance student and monies are spent to provide these services, institutions must ensure they reap the rewards of the investment. One avenue to ensure success in distance education is the implementation of strong student support services. This is a task that will take the teamwork of educators, administrators, instructional technologists/designers, and support personnel. For institutions transitioning to a distance format, measures must be taken to ensure that the learner, no matter what the method of delivery, has access to equivalent student support services. One approach to measuring this aspect is …

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Genetic Factors Leading To Chronic Epstein–Barr Virus Infection And Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma In South East China: Study Design, Methods And Feasibility, Xiu Chan Guo, Kevin Scott, Yan Liu, Michael Dean, Victor David, George W. Nelson, Randall C. Johnson, Holli H. Dilks, J. A. Lautenberger, Bailey Kessing, Janice S. Martenson, Li Guan, Shan Sun, Hong Deng, Yuming Zheng, Guy De The, Jian Liao, Yi Zeng, Stephen J. O'Brien, Cheryl Winkler Jun 2006

Genetic Factors Leading To Chronic Epstein–Barr Virus Infection And Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma In South East China: Study Design, Methods And Feasibility, Xiu Chan Guo, Kevin Scott, Yan Liu, Michael Dean, Victor David, George W. Nelson, Randall C. Johnson, Holli H. Dilks, J. A. Lautenberger, Bailey Kessing, Janice S. Martenson, Li Guan, Shan Sun, Hong Deng, Yuming Zheng, Guy De The, Jian Liao, Yi Zeng, Stephen J. O'Brien, Cheryl Winkler

Biology Faculty Articles

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a complex disease caused by a combination of Epstein-Barr virus chronic infection, the environment and host genes in a multi-step process of carcinogenesis. The identity of genetic factors involved in the development of chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and NPC remains elusive, however. Here, we describe a two-phase, population-based, case-control study of Han Chinese from Guangxi province, where the NPC incidence rate rises to a high of 25-50 per 100,000 individuals. Phase I, powered to detect single gene associations, enrolled 984 subjects to determine feasibility, to develop infrastructure and logistics and to determine error rates in sample …

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Competency-Based Early Clinical Education Experiences For Physical Therapy Students., Carolyn L. Sherer, David M. Morris, Cecilia Graham, Laura W. White Apr 2006

Competency-Based Early Clinical Education Experiences For Physical Therapy Students., Carolyn L. Sherer, David M. Morris, Cecilia Graham, Laura W. White

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: This paper describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of two courses for entry-level, master’s degree earning physical therapist students. The courses were designed to address perceived barriers to early clinical education experiences, and to proactively provide appropriate structure for the imminent transition to a clinical doctoral degree curriculum. Methods: The courses were conducted one full-day/week during the first and third terms of the curriculum. A variety of clinical sites were utilized. Students passed competencies for skills appropriate for physical therapy aides prior to the onset of the clinical education course. During clinical assignments they performed those duties, and also …

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Com Outlook Spring 2006, College Of Osteopathic Medicine Apr 2006

Com Outlook Spring 2006, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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A Descriptive Study Of Athletic Training Students Perception Of Effective Mentoring Roles., William A. Pitney, Grey Ethlers, Stacy Walker Apr 2006

A Descriptive Study Of Athletic Training Students Perception Of Effective Mentoring Roles., William A. Pitney, Grey Ethlers, Stacy Walker

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Context: Mentoring relationships are commonly thought to promote the learning of a professional role. Mentors can perform a variety of roles and possess many different personal characteristics, but there is limited literature related to athletic training students’ perceptions of effective mentoring roles and characteristics. Objective: To explore who athletic training students identify as a mentor and describe the students’ perceptions of the mentoring role and personal characteristics. Design: An online survey was used to collect students’ perceptions. Setting: The study was initiated from a large mid-western university and included a national sample of athletic training students with published e-mail addresses. …

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Law, Humanities And Equipoise In The Ethics Education Of Physician Assistants, Frederick Adolf Paola Apr 2006

Law, Humanities And Equipoise In The Ethics Education Of Physician Assistants, Frederick Adolf Paola

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

The humanities have been defined as a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents a single paradigm from coming to define any discipline. In the medical humanities context, the most quickly growing area is the field of literature and medicine. The use of literature in bioethics education plays a number of well-recognized educational roles. Herein, we argue that the law is relatively overemphasized in bioethics education and that one heretofore ignored yet important role of the humanities is to serve as a counterbalance to the …

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Developing An Ethics Curriculum Using Learner-Centered Pedagogy, Alice Fornari Apr 2006

Developing An Ethics Curriculum Using Learner-Centered Pedagogy, Alice Fornari

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Objective: Ethics education is an essential component of educational preparation for health care professionals. Learner-centered pedagogy can assist in the development of curricula that actively engage and challenge learners appropriately. This article describes a method for developing a case-based ethics curriculum that highlights the 5 areas of dietetics practice. Methods: A critical incident reporting technique was adapted to solicit real ethical dilemmas facing nutrition professionals in their daily practices. Educators ranked the reported dilemmas for importance in a nutrition curriculum, discussed appropriate use in selected courses, and linked the dilemmas to the American Dietetic Association’s Code of Ethics. A representative …

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Amaurosis Fugax- A Clinical Review, Michael Bacigalupi Apr 2006

Amaurosis Fugax- A Clinical Review, Michael Bacigalupi

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Amaurosis fugax is a transient visual disturbance that is typically caused by a circulatory, ocular, or neurological underlying condition. Patients with amaurosis fugax are at risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, vision loss and other serious consequences. A thorough case history, careful clinical and ocular examination and appropriate systemic testing will lead to the best possible outcome for these at-risk patients.

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Incorporating Patient Concerns Into Discharge Plans: Evaluation Of A Patient-Generated Checklist, Karen A. Grimmer, Lauren R. Dryden, Runthip Puntumetakul, Alexander F. Young, Michelle Guerin, Yamini Deenadayalan, John R. Moss Apr 2006

Incorporating Patient Concerns Into Discharge Plans: Evaluation Of A Patient-Generated Checklist, Karen A. Grimmer, Lauren R. Dryden, Runthip Puntumetakul, Alexander F. Young, Michelle Guerin, Yamini Deenadayalan, John R. Moss

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Background: This paper reports on the effectiveness of a checklist that assists patients to transition safely and sustainably from hospital to home. Methods: Medical wards in three tertiary public hospitals in metropolitan Adelaide provided subjects during 2004. Eligible patients were English-literate and aged at least 60 years, provided written informed consent and had an unplanned hospital admission for a new medical condition. Data was excluded post-hoc if subjects had another hospital readmission for the same condition within seven days of discharge. The study had a quasi-experimental study design in which each hospital acted as its own control. In each hospital, …

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Bioterrorism: Cases When Public Health Agencies Should Have Sweeping Powers, Judith Watkins Apr 2006

Bioterrorism: Cases When Public Health Agencies Should Have Sweeping Powers, Judith Watkins

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

The dispersal of anthrax spores in October 2001 showed Americans that they are vulnerable to bioterrorism. The ineffective response to bioterrorism demonstrates that public health agencies do not have plans or training exercises in place to deal with this emerging threat. Although the CDC asked that the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA or Model Act) be drafted to prepare the states for these emerging risks, critics like George Annas assert that the acts are “blatantly unconstitutional” (MSEHPA,2005,p.1). In this paper, I intend to explore the conflict between individual rights and sweeping powers of public health agencies as described …

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 8 No. 2 (March/April 2006), Nova Southeastern University Mar 2006

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 8 No. 2 (March/April 2006), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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College Of Osteopathic Medicine Master Of Science In Medical Informatics Online, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Osteopathic Medicine Master Of Science In Medical Informatics Online, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Osteopathic Medicine Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Osteopathic Medicine Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Optometry Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Optometry Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Master Of Health Science/Doctor Of Health Science Accelerated Dual-Degree Program Course Catalog, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

Master Of Health Science/Doctor Of Health Science Accelerated Dual-Degree Program Course Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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M.S. In Nursing Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

M.S. In Nursing Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

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College Of Osteopathic Medicine Syllabus, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Osteopathic Medicine Syllabus, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Incorporating Patient And Carer Concerns In Discharge Plans: The Development Of A Practical Patient-Centred Checklist, Karen Grimmer, John Moss, Julie Moss, Helen Kindness Jan 2006

Incorporating Patient And Carer Concerns In Discharge Plans: The Development Of A Practical Patient-Centred Checklist, Karen Grimmer, John Moss, Julie Moss, Helen Kindness

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Discharge plans should include prompts for patients and their families to identify key concerns regarding their ability to undertake practical activities of daily living post-discharge. During a six month series of post-discharge interviews, elderly recently ill patients and their carers identified concerns about managing on leaving the hospital, encompassing transport home from hospital, gaining entry to their home, having appropriate food and effective heating or cooling available immediately post-discharge, obtaining assistance in managing their home and family responsibilities, navigating around their house, accessing their General Medical Practitioner, going shopping, paying bills and regaining social contacts. Few of these concerns were …

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B.S. In Nursing Course Catalog, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

B.S. In Nursing Course Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Pharmacy Postbaccalaureate And International Programs, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Pharmacy Postbaccalaureate And International Programs, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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College Of Pharmacy Entry Level Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

College Of Pharmacy Entry Level Program Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Medical Education Digest, Vol. 8 No. 1 (January/February 2006), Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 8 No. 1 (January/February 2006), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

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Doctor Of Health Science 2006, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

Doctor Of Health Science 2006, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

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Physician Assistant Naples Campus 2006, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

Physician Assistant Naples Campus 2006, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Visionary 2006, College Of Optometry Jan 2006

Visionary 2006, College Of Optometry

The Visionary

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