In a previous issue of Critical Care, Simon and colleagues [1] reported the incidence of death related to percutaneous tracheostomy (PT). Fatal complications occurred in 31% of cases during the procedure and in 49% of cases within the first week of the tracheostomy [1]. In a later issue of Critical Care, Rajendran and Hutchinson [2] suggested the use of a checklist, adapted from the World Healt...

Purpose This study aims to explore the challenges experienced by managers in adopting competency modeling (CM) and recommends an approach overcome these promoting competency-based intellectual capital organizations. Design/methodology/approach Using in-depth interviews with organizational practitioners India, this identifies of emerging market economies. Findings identified nine contextual eigh...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Bedside ultrasound allows direct visualization of pleural collections for thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy. However, there is little information on patient safety improvement methods with this approach. The effect of a checklist on patient safety for bedside ultrasound-guided pleural procedures was evaluated. METHODS A prospective study of ultrasound-guided pleural...

Welcome to the 12th Annual International conference on Computational Science, to be held in Omaha, USA. This year’s conference will take place in Omaha, the heart of USA, at the Embassy suites – Downtown/Old Market. ICCS 2012 is organized by the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the University of Tennessee, Nanyang Technological University, and Chinese Academy of Scie...

Introduction. Considering the improvement of the teaching quality in the higher education, this study was planned to evaluate the field training in the faculty of management and medical informatics by students. Its results will be used in planning field training of this faculty Methods. A checklist with five variables was distributed among 57 students in this survey. Data analysis (both descri...

A avaliação de professores tem sido conduzida com instrumentos como o Teacher Behavior Checklist (TBC) cuja evidência validade conteúdo foi obtida por relato verbal. relação entre seis itens do TBC e estímulo “Bom Professor” avaliada IRAP, a correlação nota dos participantes em uma disciplina da graduação professor. Participaram 40 estudantes universitários que responderam aos dois informaram r...

This study focuses on the comparison of expert assessment of virtual surgical procedures through Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) with the automatic assessment and feedback provided by a surgical simulator for hysteroscopic procedures. The existing multi-metric scoring system of the simulator was extended to include hysteroscopic myomectomy. The original OSATS was als...

Over the past decade, increasing emphasis has been placed on quality metrics and competency assessment in health care. The goals of high-quality endoscopy – appropriate patient selection (indicated procedure), accurate diagnosis, and appropriate implementation – should be achieved with minimal patient risk and performed by properly trained and competent endoscopists [1]. The ultimate goals shou...

Tracheostomy is secured with sutures and tapes, and inner cannula inserted Simon and colleagues are to be commended for their effort in reviewing articles published since 1985 on the incidence and risk factors associated with mortality following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) [1]. An important milestone in an attempt to reduce surgery-related complications was the introduction of ...