A Pilot Study Assessing Simulation Using Two Simulation Methods for Teaching Intravenous Cannulation

Educators often wonder which of competing strategies should be used for knowledge and skill acquisition. This pilot study explored learning outcomes as well as educational practices and design features using a traditional mannequin IV arm and a computer-based haptic task trainer (CathSim). Those using CathSim had a significant increase in post-test scores. Students identified feedback and diverse ways of learning as the most important educational practices. Feedback and provision of cues were design features identified as most important by students. © 2005

Characterizing the accelerating mode of a dielectric-lined waveguide designed for terahertz-driven manipulation of relativistic electron beams

We report on the generation of a terahertz (THz) beam with a quasi-TEM 01 mode by exploiting the interferometric recombination of two linearly polarized emitters in a combined spintronic source. The generated THz beam was used to characterize the accelerating mode of a dielectric-lined waveguide (DLW) to inform on the recent demonstration of relativistic electron beam manipulation achieved with this THz-driven DLW at the CLARA research facility at Daresbury Laboratory

Terahertz-driven acceleration of a relativistic 35 MeV electron beam

We will present the first results from the CLARA research facility at Daresbury Laboratory demonstrating terahertz-driven acceleration of a relativistic 35 MeV electron beam. A polarization-tailored, frequency-tunable, narrowband terahertz source was used to directly excite the longitudinal accelerating mode of a dielectric-lined waveguide structure for collinear phase-velocity-matched THz-electron interaction