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Our data suggest that the clinician's gaze significantly affects the medical encounter but that the converse is not true.
Findings from this research have implications for the design of clinical work systems and modeling interactions. Similar research methods could be used to identif...
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PMID: 22046723
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We communicate and negotiation research directs considerable attention to the impact of different electronic communication modes on the negotiation process and outcomes. Complexity theories offer models and methods that allow the investigation of how pattern and temporal sequences unfold over time i...
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PMID: 21933516
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In 2003, the university-based Program on Work and Health in Central America, SALTRA, was launched to build national and regional capacities in occupational safety and health with the goal of preventing and reducing poverty in Central America. SALTRA has implemented 20 projects including action projec...
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PMID: 21905390
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Little is known about how families' experiences with immunization visits within the medical home may affect children's immunization status. We assessed the association between families' negative immunization experiences within the medical home and underimmunization.
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PMID: 21812166
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About one third of geriatric patients admitted to an acute care setting suffer from dementia as second diagnosis. For those patients, a hospital stay can negatively influence health outcomes and cause additional burden for families, because structure and organisation of acute care settings are often...
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PMID: 21789763
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To examine the extent to which general practitioners (GPs) are consulted by migrants without a residence permit (MRP), their use of the government sponsored reimbursement system and the difficulties encountered therewith. To study what hurdles the care recipients (MRP) experience in using healthcare...
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PMID: 21719529
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Objectives. To evaluate the usefulness of a role-play model in developing students' patient-care skills in a first-year undergraduate pharmacy practice course.Design. A role-play model was developed and implemented in workshops across 2 semesters of a year-long course. Students performed different ro...
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PMID: 21829258
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Objective. To implement a service learning program in nutrition and assess its impact on pharmacy students' communication skills and professionalism and elementary school children's knowledge of nutrition concepts.Design. First-year pharmacy students completed 4 nutrition education sessions led by a...
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PMID: 21829259
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We are to build robust decision-support systems to manage the boundaries of risk of error in decision-making. Detection and correction of potential error is an integral part of cognitive work in the complex, critical care workplace.
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PMID: 20869466
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We compared patient characteristics for those who did and did not have an ACP discussion. Only 151 (41%) participants reported an ACP discussion. Rates of ACP were low across ethnic, language, education and age groups. In a multivariate model, scoring higher on a co-morbidity scale was associated wi...
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PMID: 20640919
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Practice success is defined across the four'dimensions' of oral health, patient satisfaction, job satisfaction and financial profit. It is suggested that the'secret' of success in dental practice is to make patient (customer) satisfaction the primary focus. Not a very earth shattering or surprising '...
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PMID: 21834317
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Simulation has radically changed medical training and is set to continue to do so in the future. The branch of simulation that sees actors playing a role in training and assessment is long-established and well-developed. Typically actors have been used to play the role of patient. Th...
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PMID: 21640007
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Quality care for clients with mental illness begins in the classroom. This article describes an effective use of drama with undergraduate nursing students. Because of nursing students' fear and anxiety related to the psychiatric-mental health clinical experience, dramatic presentations are used as a...
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PMID: 21485977
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Using actors in simulation provides opportunities for immersive, interactive, and reflective experiences to improve health care professionals' clinical expertise and practice. These experiences facilitate the development of enhanced critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills without...
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PMID: 21485978
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Talkers adjust their vocal effort to communicate at different distances, aiming to compensate for the sound propagation losses. The present paper studies the influence of four acoustically different rooms on the speech produced by 13 male talkers addressing a listener at four distances. Talkers raise...
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PMID: 21476654
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This paper discusses the prediction of verbal-communication quality in eating establishments (EEs). EEs contain talkers and listeners who require high speech intelligibility at their tables, and high speech privacy between tables. Using catt-Acoustic, verbal-communication quality--quantified by speec...
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PMID: 21476656
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Clinical practice experiences, while important, can be highly stressful for nursing students and have a deep effect on their subsequent professional development.
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PMID: 21455892
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Café design provides an innovative method for conducting continuing education activities. This method was chosen to elicit meaningful conversation based on issues related to End-of-Life care. Café design principles incorporate the following: setting the context, creating hospitable space, exploring...
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PMID: 21656936
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We feel that a broader discussion of the subject would be useful. In our short article we report the pieces written by three very positive-minded girls suffering from cancer for the journal of our Department. They show deep and severe insight disturbance....
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PMID: 21487370
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The aim of this study was to survey patient satisfaction with dental care delivered in general practice and to compare the results with those obtained five years earlier using the same questionnaire.
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PMID: 21457624
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The diverse health needs of patients presenting to emergency department (EDs) are such that precise handovers between staff are critical to ensure all aspects of care are communicated. The handover process in an ED in south western Sydney, Australia, did not always achieve this, so a new approach, in...
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PMID: 21560894
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We are experiencing. Therefore, we must bring together diverse fields, communicate clearly, and build crossdisciplinary methods and tools to realize its potential. This article is a summary of the communication issues and challenges as discussed in the Data-Intensive Science (DIS) workshop in Seattl...
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PMID: 21476843
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