OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum content of a 1-day classroom-based crew resource management (CRM) course for health-care personnel working in ad hoc teams in complex, time-critical hospital departments such as surgery, intensive care or emergency. DESIGN A two-round modified Delphi panel. PARTICIPANTS selected teamwork competency components suitable for incl...

METHODS The evaluation tool was first derived from the formerly Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies' (CBHA; United Kingdom), now "Start Network's," Core Humanitarian Competency Framework and formatted in an electronic data capture tool that allowed for offline evaluation. During a 3-day humanitarian simulation event, participants in teams of eight to 10 were evaluated individually at mu...

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...

Traditional communication between physicians and patients consists of verbal non-verbal communication. Non-verbal can emphasize, modify, or supplement a message that is verbally conveyed reduce the possibility misunderstanding. Web applications offer ability to communicate with outside healthcare facility. E-mail selected physician patient defined as electronic doctors in contractual relationsh...

OBJECTIVES To assess the level of consensus amongst an international panel of public health nutrition leaders regarding the essential competencies required for effective public health nutrition practice. DESIGN A modified Delphi study involving three rounds of questionnaires. SUBJECTS A panel of 20 public health nutrition experts from seven countries in the European Union, the USA and Austr...