A cross-sectional analysis of undergraduate medical student attitudes towards interprofessional education

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Accident and Strange Calamity in ‘This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison’

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Analysis of Prehistoric Burials at the Snidow Site (46mc1), Mercer County, West Virginia

The Snidow Site (46-MC-1) is a Late Prehistoric village site containing evidence of palisade lines, house structures and numerous prehistoric burials. Most of the burials at the site consisted of infants and subadults, with only a couple of burials being of mature adults. The analysis of the grave goods and the human skeletal remains helps archaeologists identify such things as burials rites, social organization, and status of the individuals. Archaeological excavations and technical laboratory methods were used in analyzing the artifacts associated with the Snidow site. The main objective in this analysis is to date the material, analyze the artifacts and bones associated with the burials, and to see if there is evidence of egalitarian society and organization within the village. The documented results of this analysis included the descriptions of the burials, all methodology used, skeletal analysis, artifact analysis and curation

The Effect of Music Therapy versus General Classroom Instruction on the Social Skills of a Preschooler on the Autism Spectrum in an Inclusive Setting

The purpose of this case study was to examine the effects of music therapy on the development of the social skills of a preschooler on the autism spectrum in an inclusive setting. The study was performed in an inclusive preschool classroom at the Ben Samuels Children’s Center on the campus of Montclair State University. A literature review related to this topic included information on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the etiology of the disorder and the use of music therapy in the inclusive school setting with students on the autism spectrum. The review also covered the effect music therapy has on the social communicative goals with students on the autism spectrum, comparing music and non-music conditions. The participant observed in the case study is diagnosed on the autism spectrum and was observed in an inclusive music therapy group and an inclusive non-music classroom group at the Ben Samuels Children’s Center on the Montclair State University campus. Qualitative session notes based on the developmental milestones established by Greenspan & Wieder (1997) were written after observation of both the music therapy and classroom groups in order to study the student’s social and communicative skills in his inclusive setting with and without the direct influence of music therapy. Further, relationship and expressive language (constituting social and communication) goals were observed in each group and quantified by reviewing videotapes of the sessions. These social communication goals were tracked by counting the number of times certain goals were achieved on an “Evidence of Progress Towards Goals” form, developed by the Ben Samuels Children’s Center, Montclair State University. Comparative data at the conclusion of the study indicated that a higher number of social and communicative goals were achieved during the music therapy sessions than in the classroom sessions. Session notes also describe behaviors and musical elements that were influential to create positive results towards attaining social goals. Results indicate that music therapy is a positive factor that helps the student on the autism spectrum attain his relationship and expressive language goals within the inclusive school setting. Discussion sections follow that describe the musical and classroom behaviors that counted toward achievement of the social goals. Conclusion and Consideration for future study are recommended

DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE ONLINE ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER GARDEN FOR LEARNING IN HEALTH SCIENCES

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) heritage trails are becoming increasingly important in Australia as they can translate intergenerational knowledge, culture and experiential learning for everyone (Muecke & Eadie, 2020). There is a need for virtual tours of gardens and online maps such as those utilised by the national botanical gardens in Victoria so access to natural resources is easier for both education purposes and public enjoyment (Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria, n.d.). At Australian Catholic University (ACU) we plan to digitise the ATSI Brisbane campus garden and create a sustainable and accessible learning environment for everyone by co-creating an online video and interactive ATSI heritage garden map at ACU with students. The project will involve recruitment of students to assist in creation of photos and videos, consultation with local community and Weemala Indigenous Higher Education Unit at ACU. The project celebrates collaborative ATSI knowings in science and sustainability that can be shared nationally and globally for community engagement, and in teaching of health sciences disciplines such as biomedical science, nutrition and nursing. REFERENCES Muecke, S. & Eadie, J. (2020). Ways of life: Knowledge transfer and Aboriginal heritage trails. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52(11), 1201-1213. Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria (n.d.). https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/#mai

Systematic review of topical treatments for fungal infections of the skin and nails of the feet

OBJECTIVE: To identify and synthesise the evidence for efficacy and cost effectiveness of topical treatments for superficial fungal infections of the skin and nails of the feet. DESIGN: Systematic review. INTERVENTIONS: Topical treatments for superficial fungal infections. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cure confirmed by culture and microscopy for skin and by culture for nails in patients with clinically diagnosed fungal infections. RESULTS: Of 126 trials identified in 121 papers, 72 (57.1%) met the inclusion criteria. Placebo controlled trials yielded pooled relative risks of failure to cure skin infections: allylamines (0.30, 95% confidence interval 0.24 to 0.38); azoles (0.54, 0.42 to 0.68); undecenoic acid (0.28, 0.11 to 0.74); and tolnaftate (0.46, 0.17 to 1.22). Although meta-analysis of 11 trials comparing allylamines and azoles showed a relative risk of failure to cure of 0.88 (0.78 to 0.99) in favour of allylamines, there was evidence of language bias. Seven reports in English favoured allylamines (0.79, 0.69 to 0.91), but four reports in foreign languages showed no difference between the two drugs (1.01, 0.90 to 1.13). Neither trial of nail infections showed significant differences between alternative topical treatments. CONCLUSIONS: Allylamines, azoles, and undecenoic acid were efficacious in placebo controlled trials. There are sufficient comparative trials to judge relative efficacy only between allylamines and azoles. Allylamines cure slightly more infections than azoles but are much more expensive than azoles. The most cost effective strategy is first to treat with azoles or undecenoic acid and to use allylamines only if that fails

A Survey of Preference Estimation with Unobserved Choice Set Heterogeneity

We provide an introduction to the estimation of discrete choice models when choice sets are heterogeneous and unobserved to the econometrician. We survey the two most popular approaches: “integrating over” and “differencing out” unobserved choice sets. Inspired by Chamberlain (1980)’s original idea of constructing sufficient statistics from observed choices, we introduce the term “sufficient set” to refer to any combination of observed choices that lies within the true but unobserved choice set. The concept of sufficient set helps to unify notation and organize our thinking, to map econometric assumptions onto economic models, and to implement both methods in practice