Grain Size Control of Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals Using the Space Charge Concept

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The role of dimensionality in neuronal network dynamics

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement FP7 ICT 2011 – 284553 (Acronym: Si-CODE), the NEUROSCAFFOLDS Project n. 604263, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number: 51361130033) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (973 Grant number: 2014CB965003)

INTERACT-CANCER. The development and evaluation of a computer-assisted course on communication skills for medical specialists in oncology

One of the main problems in training medical specialists in communication skills is the fact that very few specialists participate in such courses. Most courses on communication skills are hard to combine with a busy medical practice because of the course attendance requirement on working days. Interact-Cancer has been developed to facilitate training in communication skills for medical specialists. It is an interactive, computer-assisted course, which fits relatively easily into the busy schedule of medical specialists in oncology because of its flexible character. The course can be followed individually by the participant in his/her own department at suitable periods of time. Interact-Cancer has introduced a new training method. In this study, the appeal of the method to the target group has been tested. Thirty-three medical specialists participated in Interact-Cancer. They evaluated the course as worthwhile, relevant to daily oncological practice, attractive and pleasant. They stated that the course brought inadequacies in their own behaviour to their attention and encouraged them to change their communicative behaviou

Teaching clinically experienced physicians communication skills. A review of evaluation studies

CONTEXT: Interest in the teaching of communication skills in medical schools has increased since the early seventies but, despite this growing interest, relatively limited curricular time is spent on the teaching of communication skills. The limited attention to the teaching of these skills applies even more to the physicians' clinical years, when attention becomes highly focused on biomedical and technical competence. Continuing training after medical school is necessary to refresh knowledge and skills, to prohibit decline of performance and to establish further improvements. OBJECTIVE: This review provides an overview of evaluation studies of communication skills training programmes for clinically experienced physicians who have finished their undergraduate medical education. The review focuses on the training objectives, the applied educational methods, the evaluation methodology and instruments, and training results. METHODS: CD-ROM searches were performed on MedLine and Psychlit, with a focus on effect-studies dating from 1985. RESULTS: Fifteen papers on 14 evaluation studies were located. There appears to be some consistency in the aims and methods of the training programmes. Course effect measurements include physician self-ratings, independent behavioural observations and patient outcomes. Most of the studies used inadequate research designs. Overall, positive training effects on the physicians' communication behaviour are found on half or less of the observed behaviours. Studies with the most adequate designs report the fewest positive training effects. CONCLUSION: Several reasons are discussed to explain the limited findings. Future research may benefit from research methods which focus on factors that inhibit and facilitate the physicians' implementation of skills into actual behaviours in daily practic

Handbook of work and health psychology/ Edit. : Marc J. Schabracq

xv, 496 hal.; 23 cm