Data with information from laboratory to clinician

What does the clinician need from an andrology laboratory?

What does the clinician need from an andrology laboratory? The andrology laboratory is vital for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of male factor infertility, which is contributory in 50% of infertile couples. While there are some diagnostic tests of limited clinical utility, many tests can be useful in specific clinical settings. In this chapter, we will review the basic interpretation of t...

From Novice to Competent Clinician

Clinical practicum is an important means through which clinicians gain the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective services for a broad variety of clients. Through practicum, student clinicians learn about the practices of the profession. The manner in which this transmission of knowledge occurs, however, is largely unknown. The focus of this paper is to examine the fundamental assumpt...

From Data to Semantic Information

There is no consensus yet on the definition of semantic information. This paper contributes to the current debate by criticising and revising the Standard Definition of semantic Information (SDI) as meaningful data, in favour of the Dretske-Grice approach: meaningful and well-formed data constitute semantic information only if they also qualify as contingently truthful. After a brief introducti...

From Data to Information Granules

Transition from Data to Information

It is often lamented that we human beings are suffering from an information overload. This is a myth; as shown in Fig.1, there is no information overload. Instead, we are suffering from a data overload. The confusion between data and information is not readily apparent and requires further explanation. Unorganized data are voluminous but of very little value. Over the past 15 years, industry an...