Narrative Frames as a Course Evaluation Instrument

SIDF: A Novel Framework for Accurate Surgical Instrument Detection in Laparoscopic Video Frames

Background and Objectives: Identification of surgical instruments in laparoscopic video images has several biomedical applications. While several methods have been proposed for accurate detection of surgical instruments, the accuracy of these methods is still challenged high complexity of the laparoscopic video images. This paper introduces a Surgical Instrument Detection Framework (SIDF) for a...

Reliability assessment of a peer evaluation instrument in a team-based learning course

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of a peer evaluation instrument in a longitudinal team-based learning setting. METHODS Student pharmacists were instructed to evaluate the contributions of their peers. Evaluations were analyzed for the variance of the scores by identifying low, medium, and high scores. Agreement between performance ratings within each group of students was assessed via i...

Management Systems as Organizational ''Architextures'': The Tacit Narrative Frames of Collective Activity

Architectures of buildings influence work relationships and organizational practices. The case of building architecture can be extended to other complex instrumental systems which constrain and enable, not only the activity of local teams, but entire organizational processes, across functions. This paper explores the potential contribution of "sociomateriality" research to analyze such “archite...

A Narrative as Diagnostic Tool

Narrative journal experience of pre-service teachers in Practicum course

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine eight teacher students’ experiences in using the reflective narrative journal in the process of their Practicum.  Specifically, this study focused on capturing the essence of the experiences related to reactions, feelings and thoughts about the reflective narrative journal entries in Practicum process. Qualitative analysis revealed that ...