© 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,…
Fig. 12.1 Schematic representation of features of dysplasia as would be seen under the microscope Neoplasms, Tumour and Cancer Neoplasm (new growth): an abnormal mass of tissue, formed due to…
© 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fig. 15.1 Forest plot depicting pooled random effects meta-analysis and subgroup estimates according to dual versus single ring structure of wound protector For RCTs, absolute measures, such as the risk…
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…
Fig. 19.1 The four domains of a successful student research program The best mentors for students are actually other students and trainees. Every senior medical student working on research with…
