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- Almeland, Stian K., et al.
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Plastic surgery in the Norwegian undergraduate medical curriculum : students’ knowledge and attitudes. A nationwide case-control study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. - 2000-656X. ; 51:2, s. 136-142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: Changes in medical education have resulted in less available time for plastic surgery, which might jeopardise the availability of plastic surgery for patients. The aims of this study were to investigate the level of knowledge within and attitudes towards plastic surgery among medical students, and find predictors for a wish to pursue a career in plastic surgery. Methods: A previously used questionnaire was sent to all clinical medical students. Law students were used as a control group. Results: Thirty per cent of all clinical medical students in the country responded. The majority of students considered education in plastic surgery valuable/very valuable and 23% were considering it as a career. Nonetheless, about half of the students were unaware of the plastic surgical education at their faculty and reported non-academic sources of learning. Only 44% of medical students were able to name five common plastic surgical procedures and 8% were unable to name any. Law students were superior to medical students in the task (p = 0.005). Forty-two per cent of medical students were successful in indicating on which body parts plastic surgeons operate, whereas law students were less successful (p = 0.001). Male gender and positive valuing of clinical attachment could predict a wish for a career in plastic surgery. Conclusion: In some aspects, medical students are only as knowledgeable as their non-medical peers. These results call for higher quality plastic surgery teaching, to secure referral of the correct patients and successful specialist recruitment to plastic surgery.
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- Kadane, Joseph B., et al.
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Using Bayes factors to limit forensic testimony to forensics: composite hypotheses
- 2024
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Ingår i: Australian journal of forensic sciences. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 0045-0618 .- 1834-562X.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In most western legal systems, only the fact-finder (judge or jury) is entrusted to make the ultimate decision in a criminal case. A forensic expert can help the fact-finder by opining on the weight of the forensic evidence given the hypotheses relevant to the case, but is not qualified to give an opinion about the ultimate question(s). When the question is reduced to two simple hypotheses, a Bayes Factor can express the expert's opinion about the extent to which the forensic evidence favours each hypothesis. This paper addresses the situation in which one or both of the hypotheses are composite, that is, embrace more than one possibility. It offers an interval of Bayes Factors, and shows that the proposed interval includes those values, and only those values, of the Bayes Factor supported by possible beliefs of the fact-finder. Shoe prints, tool marks and DNA are discussed in this light if the hypotheses used in the Bayes Factor are composite.
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- Nordgaard, Håvard B., et al.
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Pulsatility index variations using two different transit-time flowmeters in coronary artery bypass surgery
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1010-7940 .- 1873-734X. ; 37:5, s. 1063-1067
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The MediStim flowmeter displayed a lower PI than the Transonic, due to a lower filter setting. In the Transonic, flow signals are filtered at a lower level, rendering a 'smoother' pattern of flow curves. Because different filter settings determine different PIs, caution must be taken when flow values and flowmeters are compared. The type of flowmeter should be indicated whenever graft flow measurements and derived indexes are provided.
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