scholarly journals Centro 3R: Organ and tissue sharing project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Marcoli
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Experimental Purpose ◽  
Effective Reduction ◽  
Organ Tissue ◽  
Animal Use ◽  
The University

To optimize sharing of organs/tissues from animals humanely sacrificed for (scientific or research) projects approved by the Ministry of Health, by considering that functional - but not only functional - experiments often require using fresh tissues, the 3R Centre is establishing a pilot project involving the University of Genoa and the University of Pisa and their OPBA, enabling sharing fresh tissues through platforms on territorial basis (that might be connected on platform networks) allowing the researcher to use at best valuable biological resource. Implementation of the project would allow establishing protocols for organ/tissue sharing including fresh preparations, therefore meeting more requests than the frozen/fixed tissues. The project by allowing strict collaboration and exchange between researchers would complement the Ministry of Health platform for tissue sharing and would contribute to step forward on the effective reduction of animal use for experimental purpose.

Supervision: Supervision and Clinical Practicum in Telepractice

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Crutchley
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Support Personnel ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

This article describes how a telepractice pilot project was used as a vehicle to train first-year graduate clinicians in speech-language pathology. To date, six graduate clinicians have been trained in the delivery of telepractice at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Components of telepractice training are described and the benefits and limitations of telepractice as part of clinical practicum are discussed. In addition, aspects of training support personnel involved in telepractice are outlined.

Clinical quality improvement project: finding a repeatable approach for improving STAT lab testing

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Lynette Lutes ◽  
Sarvesh Logsetty ◽  
Jan McGuinness ◽  
Joan M. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Clinical Quality ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The University ◽  
Culture Of Quality ◽  
Quality Process ◽  
Clinical Quality Improvement

Explores the development of a clinical quality improvement pilot project at the University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children’s Hospital which aimed to establish a team of individuals that could disseminate a culture of quality improvement and develop a framework for a quality process that could be replicated and repeated. Outcomes of the clinical pilot project included improved performance as well as opportunities to learn some key lessons around team membership and involvement.

Guidelines for teleradiology practice: Results of the Tyrolean teleradiology pilot project

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 48-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Soegner ◽  
Th Rettenbacher ◽  
A Smekal ◽  
D Zur Nedden
Keyword(s):  
Data Security ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
Global View ◽  
Continuous Quality Assurance ◽  
The University

summary The Tyrolean telemedicine pilot project linked the University Clinic of Innsbruck and the district hospital in Reutte. Five medical specialties were investigated: teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, tele-ophthalmology and tele-oncology. A Tyrolean ‘four-column model of quality management in telemedicine’ was introduced to ensure a global view of the project and to avoid mistakes. In teleradiology, a 12-step workflow was developed, which described the medical responsibilities at each stage. We found that the defined teleradiology workflow and the technical equipment for data security and data exchange worked without problems in over 79% of a total of 424 cases. To ensure continuous quality assurance, the whole teleradiology workflow was ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Arctic Science and Technology Information System

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Jane C. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
North America ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University

ASTIS offers over 83,000 records that provide freely available access to publications, including research and research projects, about Canada's north. This database is a product of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada which also maintains subsidiary regional, subject, and initiative-based databases. The subsidiary databases are all housed within and accessible through the main ASTIS database. Examples of the smaller databases include: ArcticNet Publications Database, the Nunavik Bibliography, and the Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database. ASTIS offers the ability to browse through its access points, including its own thesauri, thus permitting users to select and use a variety of free-text and controlled search terms.

scholarly journals Implementing and Sustaining a Rural Interprofessional Clinical Education Program

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Cragg ◽  
Wilma Jelley ◽  
Mona Burrows ◽  
Kim Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Education ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Process Factors ◽  
Rural Institutions ◽  
The University

Background: After a successful pilot project introducing interprofessional (IP) clinical education in a rural hospital, expansion to other rural hospitals was attempted. Despite enthusiasm for the pilot project and funding, the university-based project team had difficulty persuading administrators and staff to become involved or to maintain the project. Of 9 institutions, 2 implemented and sustained the project for more than 2 years, 2 initiated but dropped it, and 5 declined.Methods and Findings: A qualitative, interpretive description study was conducted to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing an IP clinical education program in rural settings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives of organizations that sustained the project, dropped out, or never participated.Using the National Health Service Sustainability Model we identified the staff, organization, and process factors that affected the program implementation. Three staff roles were required for success: sponsor, champion, and gatekeeper. Organizational factors included infrastructure to identify participants and perceived project enhancement of organizational values. Process factors included organizational benefits, compatible priorities, and adaptability.Conclusions: Introduction of IP education to rural institutions requires complex combined factors. However, continuation of the project at two sites demonstrates that when IP education is valued and sustainability factors are present, staff will maintain it. 

The Pharmacist as Prescriber of Drug Therapy: The USC Pilot Project

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 665-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen L. Stimmel ◽  
William F. McGhan
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Patient Acceptance ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Extended Care ◽  
Southern California School ◽  
Certifying Examination ◽  
The University

Recent legislation in California allows pilot projects to investigate prescribing by pharmacists. The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy project was approved in October, 1978. To be certified as prescribers, pharmacists must successfully complete a physical assessment course and a certifying examination. From an original group of 30 interested pharmacists, 25 were certified; five different pharmacists were added later. Prescribing pharmacists must meet with their supervising physician once every two weeks, and are restricted to the project formulary. A variety of health care settings are represented in the project, with pharmacists prescribing for ambulatory patients with chronic diseases, geriatric patients in extended care facilities, psychiatric patients, and selected inpatients. Project evaluation will continue through 1982 and will focus on safety and quality of care, patient acceptance, and cost of care.

The Cost of Merit in University Research1

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Macdonald ◽  
Tom Mandeville ◽  
Don Lamberton
Keyword(s):  
Research Funding ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Staff Time ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Australian Universities ◽  
Increase Efficiency

This paper is based on a research report published at the University of Queensland in November 1980, which emanated from research commissioned by the University's Research Committee and carried out by the authors. The study was concerned with the problem of distributing resources available for research and concluded that there was not an efficient use of such resources in the University of Queensland. Part of the study considered attempts to increase efficiency by funding those research projects which seemed to possess most merit. Such policy is becoming more common in Australian universities and this is understandable during a period of financial stringency. However, the policy seems to ignore the substantial costs associated with applying for merit grants, and to assume that any scheme funding the most deserving research automatically improves the efficiency of research funding. That is not necessarily so. Most research funding in Australian universities is provided in the form of staff salaries. When staff time is occupied by the merit application and assessment process, it is not available for research. Consequently there is a cost to research, a cost that is not widely appreciated and one which may well exceed the benefits of ill-considered merit schemes.

scholarly journals Repurposing virtual reality assets: from health sciences to Italian language learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Alessia Plutino ◽  
Tiziana Cervi-Wilson ◽  
Billy Brick
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The University

This paper reports on the rationale for the implementation of a pilot project using a scenario-based Virtual Reality (VR) resource, originally developed by Health Sciences at Coventry University and now being repurposed for Italian language learning as a collaborative project with Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton. The original aim of the resource was to prepare health care students for home visits by allowing them to experience a semi-linear conversation with a virtual Non-player Character (NPC). The authors will discuss how they are planning to repurpose the resource for Italian language learning and teaching and will analyse the potential pedagogical uses within the modern language curriculum, including emotional language, employability skills, and the year abroad.

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