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The mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for assessing clinical performance of international medical graduates
No full textAbstract Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, reliability and acceptability of the mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for performance assessment among international medical graduates (IMGs). Design, setting and participants: Observational study of 209 patient encounters involving 28 IMGs and 35 examiners at three metropolitan teaching hospitals in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, September-December 2006. Main outcome measures: The reliability of the mini-CEX was estimated using generalisability (G) analysis, and its acceptability was evaluated by a written survey of the examiners and IMGs. Results: The G coefficient for eight encounters was 0.88, suggesting that the reliability of the mini-CEX was 0.90 for 10 encounters. Almost half of the IMGs (7/16) and most examiners (14/18) were satisfied with the mini-CEX as a learning tool. Most of the IMGs and examiners enjoyed the immediate feedback, which is a strong component of the tool. Conclusion: The mini-CEX is a reliable tool for performance assessment of IMGs, and is acceptable to and well received by both learners and supervisors.Full Tex
PSYNDEX Tests Review für Mini-SCL - Mini-Symptom-Checklist
No full textThis is a PSYNDEX Tests Review of Mini-SCL - Mini-Symptom-Checklist. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews are written in German and describe and evaluate psychological and educational tests used in the German-speaking countries. PSYNDEX Tests is offered by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology as open access documentation.Das ist ein PSYNDEX Tests Review zu Mini-SCL - Mini-Symptom-Checklist. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews beschreiben und bewerten zentrale psychologische und pädagogische Testverfahren, die in den deutschsprachigen Ländern eingesetzt werden, nach einem standardisierten Raster. PSYNDEX Tests wird durch das Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie als Open Access Dokumentation angeboten.Diagnostische Zielsetzung: Die Mini-SCL ist ein Screeninginstrument zur Erfassung der subjektiven Belastung durch körperliche und psychische Symptome und kann als Einzel- oder Gruppentest im Rahmen der klinischen Praxis und Forschung eingesetzt werden. Aufbau: Mit dem Fragebogen werden die drei Skalen "Depressivität", "Ängstlichkeit" und "Somatisierung" erfasst. Er besteht aus insgesamt 18 Items, die hinsichtlich der letzten sieben Tage auf einer fünfstufigen Antwortskala von 0 = "überhaupt nicht" bis 4 = "sehr stark" beantwortet werden. Grundlagen und Konstruktion: Das Verfahren setzt sich aus den drei Skalen "Depressivität", "Ängstlichkeit" und "Somatisierung" des Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis, 1993; Franke, 2000) zusammen. Lediglich der Original-Skala "Somatisierung" wurde ein Item entnommen, sodass alle Skalen sechs Items umfassen. Die postulierte dreifaktorielle Struktur ließ sich mit einer Varianzaufklärung von 51.8% für die klinische Stichprobe (N = 3 200) perfekt und für die Normstichprobe (N = 2 025) überwiegend replizieren. Darüber hinaus liegen Befunde vor, die einen übergeordneten Faktor nahelegen. Empirische Prüfung und Gütekriterien: Reliabilität: Die interne Konsistenz der Skala "Somatisierung" lag bei Alpha = .77. Für die Skala " Ängstlichkeit" wurde ein Wert von Alpha = .80 ermittelt. Die interne Konsistenz der Skala "Depressivität" lag bei Alpha = .88 (Normstichprobe) bzw. Alpha = .85 (klinischen Stichprobe). Der Globale Kennwert erreichte eine interne Konsistenz von Alpha = .92 (Normstichprobe) bzw. Alpha = .89 (klinische Stichprobe). Die Profilreliabilität wurde nicht berechnet. Validität: Es liegen Zusammenhänge der Mini-SCL zu anderen konstruktnahen und -fernen Skalen vor. In der klinischen Stichprobe (N = 3 200) wurden Korrelationen von r = .38 (Somatisierung), r = .50 (Ängstlichkeit) sowie r = .73 (Depressivität) zum Beck-Depressions-Inventar ermittelt. Zur Depressionsskala der Allgemeinen Depressions- und Manie-Skala (ADMS) zeigten sich Korrelationen von r = .62 bis r = .83 (N = 2 025). Darüber hinaus wurden Korrelationen von r = .53 bis r = .68 zwischen der Allgemeinen Manie-Skala und den Skalen der Mini-SCL (N = 2 025) ermittelt. Normen: Das Verfahren wurde an einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Stichprobe von N = 2 025 Personen (50% Frauen) im Alter von 16 bis 75 Jahre normiert. Die Stichprobe wurde von November 2011 bis Januar 2012 im Rahmen einer Repräsentativbefragung der deutschen Bevölkerung erhoben. Es liegen alters- und geschlechtsspezifische Normen in Form von T-Werten vor.publishedVersio
Association of the HLA-G 3′UTR polymorphisms with colorectal cancer in Italy: A first insight
No full textThis study aimed to explore functional and regulatory polymorphisms and haplotypes at the HLA-G 3′UTR region in colorectal cancer development. The presence of nonpolymorphic variants was also evaluated. Three-hundred and eight patients with colorectal cancer and 294 healthy controls were analysed at the germinal level. We found an association with increased risk of colorectal cancer for +2960 14-bp INDEL, +3196 C>G SNPs and UTR-2 haplotype, and a 'protective' role for +3003 T>C, +3010 C>G polymorphisms and UTR-4 haplotype. We detected in 3 distinct patients, a novel nucleotide change (+3037 C>A) and 2 already described rare variants, +3032 G/C (EUR MAF=0.1%) and +3092G/T (EUR MAF=0%). This is the first study showing associations between different polymorphisms in the HLA-G 3′UTR and colorectal cancer susceptibility
A potential novel drug combination for adjuvant therapy in lung cancer: reflections on an early phase of clinical development
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O uso de mini-implantes como ancoragem ortodôntica
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Curso de Odontologia.A ancoragem ortodôntica é decisiva para o sucesso do tratamento ortodôntico, onde dispositivos intra e extra bucais servem como recursos a serem utilizados pelo profissional. Os dispositivos extra bucais dependem muito da colaboração do paciente quanto ao seu uso, podendo atrasar ou comprometer o sucesso do tratamento. Dispositivos intra bucais apresentam sucesso superior aos extras bucais, pois são de maior conforto para o paciente e não dependem da colaboração quanto ao seu uso, porém o paciente deve ter cuidados especiais quanto a higienização da região do mini implante instalado. Quanto à instalação dos mini implantes, é um procedimento cirúrgico simples, podendo ser instalado em diversas áreas do osso alveolar, sendo a cicatrização fácil e sua remoção não apresenta grandes dificuldades. Este trabalho apresentará através de revisão de literatura uma abordagem sobre aparelhos extra e intra bucais como ancoragem ortodôntica convencional e relata principalmente sobre a ancoragem ortodôntica com o uso de mini implantes, apresentando o que são os mini implantes, design e características, seleção e instalação, como é sua aplicação e suas diversas aplicações clínicas
The mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for assessing clinical performance of international medical graduates
No full textAbstract Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, reliability and acceptability of the mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for performance assessment among international medical graduates (IMGs). Design, setting and participants: Observational study of 209 patient encounters involving 28 IMGs and 35 examiners at three metropolitan teaching hospitals in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, September-December 2006. Main outcome measures: The reliability of the mini-CEX was estimated using generalisability (G) analysis, and its acceptability was evaluated by a written survey of the examiners and IMGs. Results: The G coefficient for eight encounters was 0.88, suggesting that the reliability of the mini-CEX was 0.90 for 10 encounters. Almost half of the IMGs (7/16) and most examiners (14/18) were satisfied with the mini-CEX as a learning tool. Most of the IMGs and examiners enjoyed the immediate feedback, which is a strong component of the tool. Conclusion: The mini-CEX is a reliable tool for performance assessment of IMGs, and is acceptable to and well received by both learners and supervisors.Full Tex
Corporate social responsibility: A psychosocial multidimensional construct
No full textPurpose – Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is conceptualized as the construct describing the relationship between companies and society. Although scholars reached an agreement about the linkages between CSR in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and psychosocial issues – social identity, organizational culture and commitment – it is still a problematic issue how CSR should be defined and how companies could behave as socially responsible. The authors hypothesize that
psychosocial processes impact the activation of CSR. Within a psychological perspective, the purpose of this paper is to explore CSR definitions and CSR psychosocial dimensions.
Design/methodology/approach – According to an emic perspective oriented at in-depth comprehension of phenomena, the authors adopted the grounded theory methodology to collect, analyze and discuss the data. In total, 14 entrepreneurs and 12 employees of Italian-Apulian SMEs
were interviewed on three thematic areas: organizational culture; sense of community; and CSR. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed through qualitative content analysis.
Findings – Results showed that: CSR definitions were continuously mediated by participants’ organizational culture; and perspective taking, care taking and sustainable practices emerged as the salient CSR psychosocial components, correspondent to its cognitive, affective and behavioral
dimensions.
Practical implications – The paper argues that CSR sychosocial components could be the strategic variables to develop and to manage CSR in organizations.
Originality/value – CSR is re-conceptualized as a psychosocial multidimensional construct, explaining its dynamic activation in organizations. The authors suggest that the cognitive and affective dimensions are antecedent to the behavioral dimension. Thus, the authors are developing a
CSR psychosocial scale to study the linkages among these dimensions and other variables through quantitative analysis method
L'impatto dei mini-bond sulla gestione finanziaria delle imprese
No full textQuali finalità intende perseguire l’impresa che vuole giocare la carta mini-bond? Quale
impatto genererà questa scelta sulla gestione della sua liquidità e sui suoi equilibri
finanziari? Quali vantaggi e quali punti di debolezza presenta tale nuova forma di
finanziamento per le PMI italiane?
Il principale obiettivo che un’impresa si propone quando decide di ricorrere ai mini-bond
è quello di raccogliere nuove risorse finanziarie, realizzando una diversificazione delle
proprie fonti di finanziamento a titolo di debito.
Attualmente la struttura finanziaria delle imprese italiane soffre di alcuni squilibri strutturali,
tra cui principalmente l’eccessiva dipendenza dai prestiti bancari. Tale condizione rende
la diversificazione dei debiti un obiettivo particolarmente strategico per le PMI nazionali
Análise histomorfológica e histomorfométrica de mini-implantes para ancoragem ortodôntica imediata e precose
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde . Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia.O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a taxa de sobrevivência e a resposta óssea de mini-implantes submetidos a forças estáticas após diferentes períodos de osseointegração. Os resultados mostraram taxas de sobrevivência de 100% e 77,78% para os grupos controle e experimento, respectivamente. Inflamação do tecido mole perimplantar foi observada em todas as perdas de mini-implantes, que ocorreram após a aplicação da força (instalação da mola). Não houve, entre todos os grupos, diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os valores de contato do osso à superfície do mini-implante. Esses resultados indicam a possibilidade de aplicação clínica de forças ortodônticas, imediatamente ou precocemente, após a implantação de mini-implante
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