The Development and Implementation of a Custom-Tailored Suicide Response Training for Muslim Communities
AbstractResearch indicates that the suicide attempt rate among American Muslims is at least twice the rate of the national US average and follows a different trend of suicide behavior compared to other groups. Religious leaders, such as Imams, are commonly sought out for support, but many lack training in mental health crisis management. The Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab created the Muslim Community Suicide Response Manual and its accompanying training modules to address this issue. This paper describes the creation, evolution, and future directions of the Suicide Response Training from an Islami...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The effectiveness of virtual reality training on knowledge, skills and attitudes of health care professionals and students in assessing and treating mental health disorders: a systematic review
Virtual reality (VR) training can enhance health professionals ’ learning. However, there are ambiguous findings on the effectiveness of VR as an educational tool in mental health. We therefore reviewed the ex... (Source: BMC Medical Education)
Source: BMC Medical Education - May 1, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Cathrine W. Steen, Kerstin S öderström, Bjørn Stensrud, Inger Beate Nylund and Johan Siqveland Tags: Research Source Type: research
Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar
The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASE recognizes courses as supplements to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed. To list a course in the Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar, send the date(s), title, location, provider, course director(s), and contact information to ASE, Attn: Education Dept, 2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 450, Durham, NC 27713; Tel: 919-861-5574 x7206; E-mail: Education@ASE...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - May 1, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: American Society of Echocardiography News Source Type: research
Robust Ensemble of Two Different Multimodal Approaches to Segment 3D Ischemic Stroke Segmentation Using Brain Tumor Representation Among Multiple Center Datasets
AbstractIschemic stroke segmentation at an acute stage is vital in assessing the severity of patients ’ impairment and guiding therapeutic decision-making for reperfusion. Although many deep learning studies have shown attractive performance in medical segmentation, it is difficult to use these models trained on public data with private hospitals’ datasets. Here, we demonstrate an ensemble model that employs two different multimodal approaches for generalization, a more effective way to perform on external datasets. First, after we jointly train a segmentation model on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diff...
Source: Journal of Digital Imaging - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Endurance exercise causes a multi-organ full-body molecular reaction
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00585-9A study of male and female rats has examined the biomolecular changes induced in many of their organs by eight weeks of endurance treadmill training. The findings offer insights into the many benefits to our immune, metabolic and stress-response pathways as we adapt to exercise. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 1, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research
Temporal dynamics of the multi-omic response to endurance exercise training
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06877-wTemporal multi-omic analysis of tissues from rats undergoing up to eight weeks of endurance exercise training reveals widespread shared, tissue-specific and sex-specific changes, including immune, metabolic, stress response and mitochondrial pathways. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 1, 2024 Category: Research Authors: David Amar Nicole R. Gay Pierre M. Jean-Beltran Dam Bae Surendra Dasari Courtney Dennis Charles R. Evans David A. Gaul Olga Ilkayeva Anna A. Ivanova Maureen T. Kachman Hasmik Keshishian Ian R. Lanza Ana C. Lira Michael J. Muehlbauer Venugopalan D. Nair Pa Source Type: research
Laparoscopic vs robotic inguinal hernia repair: a comparison of learning curves and skill transference in general surgery residents
ConclusionThe robotic platform may be a more effective teaching tool with a higher degree of entrustability indicated by the higher mean resident participation. We observed a greater degree of skill transference from laparoscopy to the robot, indicated by a higher degree of correlation between the resident ’s prior laparoscopic experience and the percent console time in robotic cases. There was minimal correlation between residents’ prior robotic experience and their participation in laparoscopic cases. Our findings suggest that the learning curve for the robot may be shorter as prior robotic expe rience had a much str...
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - May 1, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Unlocking the power of synergy: High-intensity functional training and early time-restricted eating for transformative changes in body composition and cardiometabolic health in inactive women with obesity
by Ranya Ameur, Rami Maaloul, S émah Tagougui, Fadoua Neffati, Faten Hadj Kacem, Mohamed Fadhel Najjar, Achraf Ammar, Omar Hammouda
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effects of time-restricted eating (TRE), with or without high intensity functional training (HIFT), on body composition and cardiometabolic biomarkers among inactive women with obesity. MethodsSixty-four women (BMI = 35.03 ± 3.8 kg/m2; age = 32.1 ± 10 years) were randomly allocated to either: (1) TRE (≤8-h daily eating window, with ad libitum energy intake) group; (2) HIFT (3 sessions/week) group; or (3) TRE combined with HIF...
Source: PLoS One - May 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Ranya Ameur Source Type: research
Machine learning in epidemiology: Neural networks forecasting of monkeypox cases
This study integrates advanced machine learning techniques, namely Artificial Neural Networks, Long Short-Term Memory, and Gated Recurrent Unit models, to forecast monkeypox outbreaks in Canada, Spain, the USA, and Portugal. The research focuses on the effectiveness of these models in predicting t he spread and severity of cases using data from June 3 to December 31, 2022, and evaluates them against test data from January 1 to February 7, 2023. The study highlights the potential of neural networks in epidemiology, especially concerning recent monkeypox outbreaks. It provides a comparative ana lysis of the models, emphasizi...
Source: PLoS One - May 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Lulah Alnaji Source Type: research
Effects of physiotherapy and home-based training in parkinsonian syndromes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (MobilityAPP)
This study, registered as ‘Mobility in Atypical Parkinsonism: a Trial of Physiotherapy (Mobility_APP)’ at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04608604), received ethics approval by local committees of the involved centres. The patient’s recruitment takes place at the Movement Disorders Units of Innsbruck (Austria), Erlangen (Germany), Lausanne (Switzerland), Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Bolzano (Italy). The data resulting from this project will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals, presented at international congresses and made publicly available at the end of the trial.
Trial registration number
NCT04608604. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - May 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Raccagni, C., Sidoroff, V., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Roth, N., Schönherr, G., Eskofier, B., Gassner, H., Kluge, F., Teatini, F., Seppi, K., Goebel, G., Benninger, D. H., Aminian, K., Klucken, J., Wenning, G. Tags: Open access, Neurology Source Type: research
A Roadmap for Training in Urogynecology: IUGA International Initiative
ConclusionThe fellowship development committee studied the main hurdles to developing an official training program in urogynecology. The roadmap document should form the basis of the IUGA international initiative to assist countries around the world to develop an official training program in urogynecology recognized by the local authority. (Source: International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction)
Source: International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction - May 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: research
Dual-step pharmacological intervention for traumatic-like memories: implications from D-cycloserine and cannabidiol or clonidine in male and female rats
ConclusionsThese findings highlight the importance of NMDA receptor signaling in memory destabilization and underscore the efficacy of a dual-step pharmacological intervention in attenuating traumatic-like memories, even in a context different from the original learning environment.Graphical Abstract (Source: Psychopharmacology)
Source: Psychopharmacology - May 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Clozapine Proficiency as a Milestone in Psychiatric Training
This Viewpoint advocates for the addition of clozapine prescribing as a milestone in psychiatric education. (Source: JAMA Psychiatry)
Source: JAMA Psychiatry - May 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Systematic training of LI-RADS CT v2018 improves interobserver agreements and performances in LR categorization for focal liver lesions
ConclusionSystematic training in the use of the LI-RADS can improve the interobserver agreements and performances in LR categorization for FLLs among radiologists with different levels of experience. (Source: Japanese Journal of Radiology)
Source: Japanese Journal of Radiology - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Diagnosis of skull-base invasion by nasopharyngeal tumors on CT with a deep-learning approach
ConclusionsThis CNN technique would be useful for CT-based diagnosis of skull-base invasion by nasopharyngeal malignancies. (Source: Japanese Journal of Radiology)
Source: Japanese Journal of Radiology - May 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
