GENERAL SURGERY

Surgical Research

Oct 6, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Surgical Research

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Rebecca A. Fisher, Kamran Ahmed and Prokar Dasgupta (eds.)Introduction to Surgery for Studentshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_27 27. Surgical Research Angela E. Fanshawe1   and Michael E. Ibrahim2, 3   (1) General Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ,…

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I Want to Be a Surgeon: What Next?

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Rebecca A. Fisher, Kamran Ahmed and Prokar Dasgupta (eds.)Introduction to Surgery for Studentshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_26 26. I Want to Be a Surgeon: What Next? Angela E. Fanshawe1   and Michael E. Ibrahim2, 3   (1) General Surgery, Northwick Park…

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Vascular Surgery

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Rebecca A. Fisher, Kamran Ahmed and Prokar Dasgupta (eds.)Introduction to Surgery for Studentshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_18 18. Vascular Surgery Aminah N. Ahmad1   and Rachel Bell2   (1) GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, Great Maze Pond,…

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Patient Safety

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Rebecca A. Fisher, Kamran Ahmed and Prokar Dasgupta (eds.)Introduction to Surgery for Studentshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_8 8. Patient Safety Anam Parand1   (1) Department of Surgery and Cancer, NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Imperial…

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Radiology for Surgeons

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Diagnostic procedure Equivalent number of chest X-rays Approximate equivalent period of natural background radiation Chest X-ray 1 3 days Hip X-ray 20 2 months Abdominal X-ray 35 4 months CT…

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Collaborative Quality Improvement

Aug 19, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Collaborative Quality Improvement

Fig. 12.1 Catheter related bloodstream infection as a function of time following a collaborative intervention in 103 intensive care units in Michigan. Circles represent mean infection per quarter; thick blue…

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Understanding Variations in the Use of Surgery

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Fig. 3.1 Map of Vermont demonstrating hospital services areas. Dark lines represent boundaries of hospital service areas; areas without dots are served principally by New Hampshire hospitals (Reproduced with permission…

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Implementation Science and Quality Improvement

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Model Dissemination and/ or implementation Description Diffusion of Innovations D-only Explains the factors and processes contributing to how, why, and how quickly new advances are spread and adopted in societies…

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Medical Decision-Making Research in Surgery

Aug 19, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Medical Decision-Making Research in Surgery

Fig. 16.1 Example of questions from the Decision Quality Instrument © for breast cancer surgery 16.3 Interventions to Improve Decisions 16.3.1 Why Intervene? Reports of large geographic practice variations in…

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