Evaluating studentsʼ clinical experience

Evaluating Experience-focused HCI

There is growing interest in experience-focused, rather than task-focused, HCI. Task-focused HCI has developed methods for creating and validating knowledge, but those methods may not be applicable or sufficient for experience-focused technology. In particular, new evaluation techniques to validate knowledge need to be created, discussed, and understood. I address this in three ways. First, it ...

Gastrointestinal anthrax: clinical experience in 5 cases

Background: Bacillus anthracis may usually cause three forms of anthrax: inhalation, gastrointestinal and cutaneous. The gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax develops after eating contaminated meat. Thus, in this paper were report 5 cases of intestinal anthrax. Case Presentation: We report a case series of intestinal anthrax, with history of consumption of raw or poorly cooked liver of sheep. One pati...

Clinical Experience

Rick Gray, MD, FSIR Director, Interventional Radiology, Washington Hospital Center; Washington, D.C., June 2007 FIGURE 1 Initial contrast study reveals 8 cm high-grade venous anastomosis stenosis with intragraft mural and luminal residual thrombus. FIGURE 2 High-grade wellcollateralized subclavian stenosis. FIGURE 3a Angioplasty with 8 mm by 8 cm ConquestTM balloon showing long-segment resistan...

The Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE): A Qualitative Study evaluating Nursing Student’s Experience

This study evaluates the clinical competences and decision making of students before they enter the clinical setting. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) becomes an integral evaluation method in nursing fields. Because the OSCE is a new experience for most students, it is important as educators, that we explore this assessment from perspective of the student. A descriptive design w...

Preventing septorhinoplasty complications: evaluating the personal experience.