Background/Aim. To evaluate the obstetrics and gynaecology residents' perspective of their training and experience in the management of perineal tears that occur during assisted vaginal delivery. We hypothesised that residents would perceive room for improvement in their knowledge of pelvic floor anatomy and the training received in tears repair. Design. Descriptive cross-sectional study. Popul...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is evaluating the (cost-) effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, evidence based care program to improve the management of depression in nursing home residents of somatic and dementia special care units. The care program is an evidence based standardization of the management of depression, including standardized use of measurement instruments and diagnostical meth...

Background and Objectives: Crude oil is the most important exported product and a major pillar of national economic development. The majority of Iranchr('39')s crude oil exports are shipped from the Kharg oil terminal, which has required the establishment of massive oil facilities and related bureaucratic institutions on Kharg Island. Nonetheless, regardless of its economic benefits for the cou...

BACKGROUND human dignity is discussed in almost all public debates on the care of the dying, as well as in international policies for health and social care of older people. Because nursing homes are gaining importance as places where residents live out their lives in modern western societies and since there is evidence that end-of-life care in nursing homes lacks quality, there is a growing di...

2 Schedule (tentative) 2.1 Tuesday morning Brief introductions (1 min / person; you can prepare one slide, but free form is fine) Presentations I • Hinrich Schütze (introduction to working group, basically this document, 15+5) • Jay McClelland (45+15) • Maja Rudolph: Probabilistic modeling perspective (15+5) (Rudolph et al., 2016) • Rami Al-Rfou (and Marc Pickett?): Application perspective (15+...