Advances in Teaching and Learning Day Abstracts

Food Fury: Online Casual Game Development for Nutrition Education

Cynthia L. Phelps PhD et al. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:47:39 PST

Introduction: The United States is currently experiencing increased prevalence of obesity. This is a particular problem amongst children who require dietary and activity behavioral change to mitigate this problem. The use of computer games as channels to motivate health behavior in children is increasing. Casual games are a subset of computer games that are simple in design, easy to access and play, popular with children, and have the potential to be effective for drill and practice learning. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Teaching Tuberculosis Content: Web-Based Resources for Nurse Educators

Betty S. Fair PhD — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:37:19 PST

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health concern with one-third of the world’s population infected. With the goal of eliminating TB, a component of appropriate management of the disease is ensuring baccalaureate nursing students receive current and consistent TB education. [See PDF for complete abstract]

An Emerging Technology: To Model Patient Education for the Dental Hygiene Student

Ann O. Wetmoer BSDH — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:20:35 PST

Introduction: Could Livestream Video, an emerging audiovisual media, be used more effectively than the traditional demonstration method of teaching or modeling dental hygiene students on how to provide chairside patient education? [See PDF for complete abstract]

Use of an Online Photo Management and Sharing Application to Create a Searchable Digital Dental Radiograph Repository

John A. Valenza DDS et al. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:13:23 PST

Problem: Dental radiographs generally display one or more findings/diagnoses, and are linked to a unique set of patient demographics, medical history and other findings not represented by the image. However, this information is not associated with radiographs in any type of meta format, and images are not searchable based on any clinical criteria (1,2). The purpose of this pilot study is to create an online, searchable data repository of dental radiographs to be used for patient care, teaching and research. [See PDF for complete abstract]

En Vivo: If We Call Them Will They Come? A Telephone-based Brief Motivational Enhancement Intervention Targeting TV Time

Kelli L. Drenner MA et al. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:09:22 PST

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight among children has doubled in the last twenty years, and Texas children rank near the top as the nation’s heaviest. Time spent television viewing may not only expose children to advertising for unhealthy foods, but may also take the place of physical activity.

Taking Digital Microphotography and Videos through a Microscope without any Special Lens

Nilson A. Salas MD et al. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:57:16 PST

Introduction: Photography through a microscope is virtually identical to that used with an astronomical telescope. For years, the 35mm camera was the choice for microphotography, but we live in a digital camera age now. We describe a custom homemade adapter that can be fit most of the cameras and microscopes. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Laparoscopic-Simulator Box: a Simple Design for Surgical Residency Programs to Improve Trainees’ Laparoscopic Skills

Ismael Salas MD et al. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:48:45 PST

Introduction: Since the introduction and evolution of laparoscopic surgery, there have been some concerns related to surgical training in this field. Laparoscopic box trainers and virtual simulators appear as useful devices which have been demonstrating effectiveness in learning surgical skills. However, these tools remain inaccessible for many centers around the world. Our intent is to share our experience in successful design to inspire others in surgical residency programs to build such boxes for training in laparoscopic techniques and also to encourage the use of simulators in educational centers. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Construct Validity of the Pig Intestine Model in the Simulation of Laparoscopic Urethrovesical Anastomosis

John R. Boon MD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:56:42 PST

Introduction: Laparoscopic training models are increasingly important in urology to allow trainees to improve their laparoscopic skills prior to going to the operating room. For a training model to be valid, it must correlate with performance in a real case. The model must also discriminate between experienced and inexperienced subjects. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Waking Up to Sleep Medicine Education

Bhuvana Muthuswamy MD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:52:51 PST

Background: Sleep disorders are an important cause of morbidity among our population with billions of dollars spent on direct and indirect costs attributed to sleep disorders. In spite of raising prevalence and morbidity, surveys have shown inadequate education in sleep medicine at all levels at medical school. According to national sleep disorders research plan data, in 1990 about 37 % of medical schools did not offer any sleep education and of the schools which offered it, the average time devoted to sleep medicine was about 2 hours. Sleep disorders have found to be uniformly under diagnosed in primary care settings. [See PDF for complete abstract]

From Caregiver to Computer Geek: The Design of a Web Resource for Novice Clinical Informaticians

Stephanie K. Wheeler RN, BSN et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:49:02 PST

Introduction: Throughout the United States, there are massive initiatives in place to reform healthcare through the implementation of electronic health records. The goals are to improve patient care through improved access to records, the improvement of business and reimbursement processes, streamlining of clinician workflows for increased efficiency, and reducing the variability in the delivery of patient care. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Assessment of anastomotic leakage: A Novel System for the Training of Surgeons to Perform a Tubular Anastomosis and Objectively Evaluate Anastomotic Leak

Nilson A. Salas MD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:45:19 PST

Introduction: Dehiscence of the suture line of an anastomosis can lead to reoperation, temporary or permanent stoma, and even sepsis or death. Few techniques for the laboratory training of tubular anastomosis use ex-vivo animal tissues. We describe a novel model that can be used in the laboratory for the training of anastomosis in tubular tissues and objectively assess any anastomotic leak. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Communication Across Cultures - Use of Video to Promote Culturally Competent Patient Management

Deborah R. Franklin DDS, MA et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:38:18 PST

Diverse belief systems exist among dental and medical patients related to health, healing and wellness. Culturally competent health care may be defined as the ability to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviors, including modifying delivery of care to meet patients’ social and cultural needs. [See PDF for complete abstract]

The Personal Background and Preparation Survey Early Identifies Nursing Students at Risk for Attrition

Craig W. Johnson PhD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:28:14 PST

Introduction Nursing student attrition continues to negatively impact the supply of nurses and nursing workforce diversity. Little research has addressed student attributes affecting nursing student attrition today. Research with college undergraduates has indicated that noncognitive attributes influence academic achievement and retention as much as academic attributes. Early identification of such attributes can help students to timely access appropriate services, providing improved opportunities for success. However, convenient, valid, quantitative, reliable assessment instruments appropriate for nursing students have been lacking. The Personal Background and Preparation Survey (PBPS) addresses the need for such a tool. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Streaming Video: Student Performance and Relative Use in the Preclinical Curriculum

Elizabeth Nelson MD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:24:25 PST

Purpose: To assess the relationship between student utilization of learning resources, including streaming video (SV), and their performance in the pre-clinical curriculum. [See PDF for complete abstract]

The Critical Friends Group: An Innovative Way to Build Intercultural Competence Among Student and Faculty Groups

Carol H. Parker EdD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:20:34 PST

Introduction Few physicians involved in medical education are likely to have had formal training in teaching. One pedagogical method that can enhance relationships, thus improve teaching and learning is the Critical Friends Group (CFG). The CFG is a collegial support team that offers improved understanding of others. Unconditional high regard for team members frames the interactions in the CFG. These teams could be used to reduce bias and enhance intercultural competence among student CFGs and faculty CFGs. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Self-Assessment in a Competency-Based Curriculum: Preliminary Findings

Marney Gundlach MD, MPH et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:48:49 PST

Introduction: The introduction of the ACGME core competency framework brought challenges of developing appropriate evaluation tools (i.e. self assessment) to provide evidence of competency. Baylor College of Medicine has 43 competency goals organized within the 6 ACGME domains, each domain having 4-10 goals. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Educational Technology-Benefits and Barriers

Elizabeth A. Nelson MD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:44:34 PST

Statement of Problem: The second background paper for the Medical School Objective Project (MSOP), defined Educational Technology (ET) as the use of information technology to facilitate student’s learning.1 Medical schools as a group have made limited progress in accomplishing the recommended educational technology goals and there had been much greater use of such technology in basic sciences courses than in clinical clerkships. We will explore the positive and negative implications of incorporating ET into the educational experience of TMC schools. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Tailored instructional methods for students with diverse levels of computer knowledge and skills

Yuh-Fong Hong PhD — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:39:47 PST

The purpose of this online course is to ensure new nursing graduate students know how to use computer technologies required to complete academic and research activities. Powerful computers, high speed internet, digitalized resources and databases are widely available in educational institutes. New renovation and updates are being released at faster pace than ever. All these developments are necessary for a student to utilize computer programs and synthesize large amount of data in a limited time for any given academic research project. [See PDF for complete abstract]

The Pre-entry Program at UTMSH: Effect on Academic Performance of First-Year Medical Students

William E. Seifert MS, PhD et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:37:03 PST

Introduction: The Pre-Entry Program at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston is presented to assist entering students who are judged to be at risk for academic difficulty. It requires a significant commitment of time on the part of faculty, staff and students. The effectiveness of this program needs to be evaluated. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Evaluating Learner Perceptions of Use of Simulations for New nurses – A Collaboration Between the UT SON and the Methodist Hospital

Erica T. Yu Phd, RN et al. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:32:20 PST

The purpose of this evaluation project was to describe the integration of simulation into a nursing internship program and to help prepare new graduate nurses for patient care. Additionally, learning styles and perceptions of active learning, collaboration among peers, ways of learning, expectation of simulation, satisfaction, self-confidence, and design of simulation were examined. [See PDF for complete abstract]