Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Sho Sekine
Summary: This study investigated the current status of parasitology education in medical laboratory technologists' training programs in Japan. The results revealed a decrease in lecture hours and a decrease in students' interest in parasitology. The study also found that pre-study interest impacted post-study comprehension.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Liqi Shu, Faraien Bahri, Navid Mostaghni, Gang Yu, Ramin Javan
Summary: The study utilized an open-source PACS system named Weasis to simulate a radiologist's practice, providing a more active and realistic radiology training experience for students and residents. By using MySQL and JBOSS, along with integrating Java programming language and MyEclipse development environment, an image database of anonymized report cases was established.
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cheng-Hui Wang, Gloria Hui-Wen Liu, Chia-Dai Yen
Summary: The rapid development of digital technologies has a positive impact on the performance of news reporters, but teamwork competence is the core skill that enhances individual performance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yue Shi, Huakang Du, Yunying Feng, Yihan Cao, Haiyang Zhang, Yingjing Ding, Yi Zhao, Lihan Zhang, Peifan Li, Sicheng Cai, Tong Li, Naiqian Cui, Haojie Wu, Jun Zhao
Summary: This study aimed to develop a scale to assess the global competence of medical students in China. A three-factor scale was identified and found to have good internal consistency. Factors such as stage of medical education, frequency of communicating with foreigners, multilingual ability, and grade level were found to influence the global competence of medical students.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Lindsay DeWeese, Thomas Griglock, Alexander Moody, Aaron Mehlberg, Celeste Winters
Summary: Proper patient centering is essential for CT operation, and misalignment can negatively affect image quality and dose. This study aimed to improve patient centering in CT through various educational interventions. The results showed significant improvement in patient centering after staff meetings, educational presentations, and technologist performance reviews. This research emphasizes the importance of education in improving patient centering accuracy.
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Jessica V. Rich, Ulemu Luhanga, Sue Fostaty Young, Natalie Wagner, J. Damon Dagnone, Sue Chamberlain, Laura A. McEwen
Summary: Developing comprehensive practice guidelines for programmatic assessment in competency-based medical education is crucial for guiding assessment theory into practice. The CBME Programmatic Assessment Practice Guidelines (PA Guidelines) were developed using a multiphase, multimethod approach and were found to be valuable for guiding the implementation of programmatic assessment by various stakeholders.
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Oren Jaspan, Anna Wysocka, Carmen Sanchez, Andrew D. Schweitzer
Summary: The focus of diagnostic radiology training is on creating competent professionals, but the importance of confidence and its calibration is often overlooked. Appropriate confidence is crucial in patient care, as both overconfidence and underconfidence can have negative effects. Increasing competence, understanding metacognitive processes, and implementing systems can help calibrate confidence levels. Matching trainee confidence and competence should be a goal in radiology training to mitigate the adverse effects of overconfidence and underconfidence.
ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Anne Mette Hoegh-Larsen, Marianne Thorsen Gonzalez, Inger Ase Reierson, Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebo, Monika Ravik
Summary: This study investigated the changes and transfer of self-reported professional competence among nursing students in simulation-based education (SBE) and clinical placement. The results showed an increase in professional competence over time, but a decline in certain competence areas during the transfer from SBE to clinical placement. Value-based nursing care received the highest score, while development, leadership, and organization of nursing care received the lowest score throughout the study.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Ragnhild Lyngved Staberg, Anita Nordeng Jakobsen, Jonas Rolf Persson, Lisbeth Mehli
Summary: The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding and knowledge of food technology students' prior interests, their perceived identity formation, perceptions of food technology and the profession of food technologist. The findings suggest that most students have previous interests in culinary, the science behind food, or contemporary food-related issues. Regardless of their year group and prior interest, most students feel that graduation is the stage at which they can identify themselves as food technologists. The study emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach and context-based activities in promoting students' identity formation.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Jody-Anne Mills, Alarcos Cieza, Stephanie D. Short, James W. Middleton
Summary: By using mixed methods, this study identified the core values, beliefs, competencies, behaviors, activities, and tasks required by the rehabilitation workforce, showing a strong consensus on shared competencies and behaviors among rehabilitation professionals. The development of the Rehabilitation Competency Framework is crucial for building workforce capability, improving quality of care, and strengthening a common rehabilitation workforce identity.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Unathi Ntja, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Gina Joubert
Summary: Capturing and sharing radiographic images using smartphones is a reliable method in emergency situations, but it cannot substitute for viewing images on picture archiving and communication system (PACS).
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Derya Uzelli Yilmaz, Arden Azim, Matthew Sibbald
Summary: This article presents a theoretical model for using standardized patient programs (SPPs) to support equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in health sciences training. The authors conducted a narrative review of the literature to outline approaches to EDI-based SPPs and identified three primary themes: improving cultural competence, effective communication with diverse patients, and highlighting health inequalities. However, further research is needed to provide evidence for the challenges, effectiveness, and outcomes of EDI-based SPPs in health sciences education.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Francisco Javier Robles Moral, Manuel Fernandez Diaz
Summary: The digital revolution has transformed university education, with social media being used to share and generate knowledge. Students have shown interest in the educational potential of social media, particularly through platforms like Instagram and Pinterest where they created a significant amount of teaching-related content.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Mong-Lin Yu, Ted Brown, Alana Hewitt, Robert Cousland, Lisa Licciardi, Carrisa Lyons
Summary: This study compared emotional and social competence among baccalaureate occupational therapy students across four academic year levels. Overall, students demonstrated satisfactory or above social and emotional competencies, with strengths in teamwork, empathy, and achievement orientation. However, fourth-year students showed lower scores in emotional self-control, positive outlook, and influence compared to their first-year peers.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2021)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Marije P. Hennus, Marjel van Dam, Stephen Gauthier, David R. Taylor, Olle ten Cate
Summary: This study analyzed postgraduate medical education and fellowship programs and identified three dominant logics for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): 'service provision', 'procedures' and/or 'disease or patient categories'. The majority of programs used a combination of these logics, and the findings may inform best practices for EPA development.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Zhonghua Sun, Curtise K. C. Ng, Claudia Sa Dos Reis
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
(2018)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Zhonghua Sun, Curtise K. C. Ng, Andrew Squelch
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhonghua Sun, Curtise Kin Cheung Ng, Yin How Wong, Chai Hong Yeong
Summary: This study demonstrated the feasibility of simulating extensive calcification in coronary arteries using a 3D printing technique to develop calcified plaques and generate 3D-printed coronary models. Measurements showed an overestimation of plaque diameters on both MIP and VR images, with a larger discrepancy observed on the VR images compared to MIP images.
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
C. K. C. Ng
Summary: This literature review explores the published pre-registration MRS education curriculum adaptations implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on stakeholders. The findings indicate that online content delivery and assessment modes allowed for the continuation of non-practical classes and academic assessments, but practical classes and clinical placements were commonly cancelled or postponed. Simulated learning was used as a replacement for some practical classes and placements. Students were most affected, experiencing negative psychological effects and disrupted learning experiences. Academics expressed concerns about online learning quality and assessment integrity.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zhonghua Sun, Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: The use of an advanced artificial intelligence model to suppress blooming artifacts in computed tomography angiography can improve the diagnostic performance for calcified plaques in the coronary artery.
Review
Pediatrics
Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: This systematic review found that deep convolutional neural networks are the main AI technique used for dose optimization in pediatric radiology, reducing radiation dose by 36-70% without losing diagnostic information. Further exploration of the value of AI for dose optimization in pediatric radiology is needed in the future.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Zhonghua Sun, Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: This study demonstrates that the finetuned Real-ESRGAN model significantly improves the diagnostic performance of CCTA in assessing calcified plaques.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Curtise K. C. Ng, Vincent W. S. Leung, Rico H. M. Hung
Summary: This study compares the clinical performances of RaySearch Laboratories' deep learning and atlas-based auto-contouring tools for organs at risk (OARs) segmentation in head and neck radiation therapy. The study finds that the deep learning auto-contouring approach achieves more consistent performance in OARs segmentation, resulting in a significant time reduction and better geometric accuracy for most OARs.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Pediatrics
Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) is an important research area in pediatric radiology. This systematic review investigates the applications, diagnostic performances, and performance evaluation methods of AI-based CAD in pediatric radiology. The review shows that AI-based CAD can be applied in various pediatric imaging areas and has good diagnostic performance, but there are methodological weaknesses in the included studies. Further research with robust methodology is needed to convince clinical centers to adopt CAD and fully realize its benefits.
Review
Pediatrics
Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: This paper systematically reviews the applications of generative adversarial network (GAN) in pediatric radiology and their performance evaluation methods. The results show that GAN can be used for image translation, segmentation, reconstruction, quality assessment, synthesis, data augmentation, and disease diagnosis in magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray, computed tomography, ultrasound, and positron emission tomography. However, methodological weaknesses may affect the clinical adoption and potential advantages of GAN in pediatric radiology.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ray C. K. Chan, Curtise K. C. Ng, Rico H. M. Hung, Yoyo T. Y. Li, Yuki T. Y. Tam, Blossom Y. L. Wong, Jacky C. K. Yu, Vincent W. S. Leung
Summary: This study compared the plan robustness of manual flash (MF) and robust optimized (RO) approaches for breast radiotherapy and found that RO was more robust and could potentially improve workflow efficiency.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Thomas R. Kleinfelder, Curtise K. C. Ng
Summary: This study investigates the effects of image postprocessing functions on the detection of wooden and soft tissue foreign bodies using digital radiography systems. The results suggest that edge-enhanced DDR images have the highest visibility and sensitivity for detecting foreign bodies. Edge-enhanced DDR can be considered an additional tool for rural areas where other imaging modalities are not readily available, reducing the emotional, financial, and social costs for patients.
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Curtise Kin Cheung Ng
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
F. C. Y. Chen, C. K. C. Ng, Z. Sun
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
S. Christie, C. K. C. Ng, C. Sa dos Reis