Prioritizing continuity in Canadian clinical teaching units

Teaching Support Units

This paper describes some features of the telematics platform named Teaching Support Units (TSU), developed by PLAN-G using WWW technology. The platform provides a set of tools that enable teachers to create and edit didactic materials, generate and manage different types of interactive exercises and create and manage teaching units. The main goal of these tools is to sidestep the problem of te...

Educational continuity in clinical clerkships.

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Predictors of physical restraint use in Canadian intensive care units

INTRODUCTION Physical restraint (PR) use in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been associated with higher rates of self-extubation and prolonged ICU length of stay. Our objectives were to describe patterns and predictors of PR use. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study of analgosedation, antipsychotic, neuromuscular blocker, and PR practices in 51 Cana...

Improved continuity of care in a community teaching hospital model.

HYPOTHESIS We created an ambulatory resident clinic in a community teaching hospital to improve the continuity of care in a surgery residency program. DESIGN A retrospective chart review analysis. SETTING A community hospital, general surgery residency training program, and its ambulatory practice. INTERVENTIONS Providence Hospital, Southfield, Mich, has established a new model, the Surgi...

[New accreditation criteria for reumatology teaching units].