Getting In: Safe Water Entry Competencies

Principles of safe laparoscopic entry.

Laparoscopy is now the preferred approach for performing diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions in gynaecology. Minimally invasive surgery is less disabling, reduced hospital stay and more cost effective to health care systems, when compared with conventional open operations [1–6]. Although the risk of major complications does not significantly differ between benign gynaecological ...

Essential competencies in entry-level pediatric physical therapy education.

BACKGROUND The Section on Pediatrics (SoP) convened an Education Summit in July 2012 to examine, discuss, and respond to documented inconsistencies and challenges in teaching pediatric physical therapy (PT) content in entry-level professional education programs. Despite previous attempts by the SoP to provide guidance around teaching pediatric PT, variability continued to be extensive across pr...

Hydrophobicity--getting into hot water.

In his famous 1959 review, Walter Kauzmann clarified important features of the thermodynamic stabilities of proteins. The hydrophobic effect is recognised as an important contributor to the stability of proteins and an important determinant of their structural patterns. As generally understood, it depends on the unusual properties of cold water and its interactions with nonpolar solutes. Here w...

Entry-to-practice competencies for the registered nurses profession.

Competencies for Entry into the Profession of Dental Hygiene

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA), Section on Dental Hygiene Education, Competency Development Committee drafted the competency statements presented in this document. This committee had representation from both baccalaureate and associate degree dental hygiene programs. It also included representation from dental hygiene, clinical, social and basic sciences, and the American Dent...