Ultrasound for the Anesthesiologists: Present and Future by Abdullah S. Terkawi, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Mahmoud Elbarbary, Michael Blaivas, Marcel E. Durieux

“…We suggest that ultrasound training should be part of any anesthesiology training program curriculum.…”
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Lower-Limb Amputees and Family Caregivers: Challenges, Needs, and Strategies for Empowerment—A Qualitative Study by Diana Rodrigues, Luís Carvalho, Cristina Pinto

“…Data were collected over a 13-month period and analyzed using qualitative content analysis based on Bardin’s methodology, with support from ATLAS.ti 23.3.4 software for coding and data organization. <b>Results</b>: Four categories emerged: (i) difficulties faced, including loss of autonomy, mobility challenges, architectural barriers, and emotional strain; (ii) home discharge, emphasizing functional training for amputees and caregivers and the need for community support; (iii) impact of amputation, highlighting acceptance difficulties, psychological distress, social isolation, and lifestyle changes; and (iv) empowerment strategies, focusing on psychological support, skills training, assistive devices, and coordinated care. …”
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Evaluation of Nurses’ Performance Regarding Personal Protective Equipment at Rania Teaching Hospital by Bayan Omar Sharif, Frishta M. Khdir, Padasht M. Khdir, Sarezh A. Rasul

“…The researchers recommended training course regarding personal protective equipment by the ministry of health/infection control department and participants of symposia. …”
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Perceptions of the parents of deceased children and of healthcare providers about end-of-life communication and breaking bad news at a tertiary care public hospital in India: A qua... by Manoja Kumar Das, Narendra Kumar Arora, Harish Kumar Chellani, Pradeep Kumar Debata, K R Meena, Reeta Rasaily, Gurkirat Kaur, Prikanksha Malik, Shipra Joshi, Manisha Kumari

“…Data were inductively analysed using thematic content analysis method to identify emerging themes and codes.<h4>Results</h4>Doctors were the lead communicators. …”
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Caregivers’ and healthcare professionals’ perspective of barriers and facilitators to health service access for asthmatic children: a qualitative study by Cristina Ardura-Garcia, Philip J Cooper, John D Blakey, Natalia Romero-Sandoval

“…FGDs and interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed, open-coded in QDA Miner, categorised using an interpretative phenomenological approach and analysed thematically. …”
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Identifying facilitators, barriers and areas of opportunity in diabetic retinopathy screening: quality improvement through qualitative methods by Senxi Du, Matthew Freeby, Maria Han, Sylvia Lambrechts

“…These interviews were transcribed and organised into discrete codes to identify initial themes. We interviewed clinic staff involved in diabetic retinopathy examination scheduling, execution or quality assurance. …”
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Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team by Kim Buchholtz, Curt Barnes, Theresa L. Burgess

“…Support staff in professional rugby need to be trained on the standardized Orchard System of Classifications to ensure good quality data that can be compared to other teams within the same or other sporting codes…”
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Healthcare Personnel Opinion and their Implementation Obstacles Regarding the Standard Precautions in Hemodialysis Unit by Salwa ElBadry, Mervat A. Ghaleb, Nesreen A. M. Abou Zeid

“…The majority recap the needle by two hand techniques disagreed with following respiratory hygiene, and color-coding was accepted only from nurses. Also, it was found that there was a positive correlation between years of experience, infection control training programs, and the level of SPs practice score. …”
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How do medical schools influence their students’ career choices? A realist evaluation by Adam Thomas, Ruth Kinston, Sarah Yardley, R. K. McKinley, Janet Lefroy

“…Interview transcripts were coded for context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations to test initial theories of how career decisions are made.Results A total of 26 junior doctors from 12 UK medical schools participated. …”
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Natural Language Processing framework for identifying abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs using unstructured electronic health records by Daniel C. Thompson, Reza Mofidi

“…Abstract Patient identification for national registries often relies upon clinician recognition of cases or retrospective searches using potentially inaccurate clinical codes, leading to incomplete data capture and inefficiencies. …”
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Caregiver perceptions of usual care home programs for persons with acquired brain injury: a qualitative descriptive study by Elena V. Donoso Brown, Kasey Stepansky, Sarah E. Wallace, Isabella Bien, Emma Buttino

“…The home program experience of the caregivers was reported to involve limited but satisfactory training. Caregivers saw the value in home programs and advised others to engage in them. …”
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Characterizing the neighborhood risk environment in multisite clinic-based cohort studies: A practical geocoding and data linkages protocol for protected health information. by Ariann Nassel, Marta G Wilson-Barthes, Chanelle J Howe, Sonia Napravnik, Michael J Mugavero, Deana Agil, Akilah J Dulin

“…Challenges may arise when study staff have limited training in geocoding and linking data, or when non-study staff with appropriate expertise have limited availability, are unfamiliar with a study's population or objectives, or are not affordable for the study team. …”
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Auto Evaluation for Essay Assessment Using a 1D Convolutional Neural Network by Novalanza Grecea Pasaribu, Gelar Budiman, Indrarini Dyah Irawati

“…The dataset used consists of answer sheets from 30 students in a coding class, each provided with a pre-annotated template. …”
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Community participation and maternal health service utilization: lessons from the health extension programme in rural southern Ethiopia by Daniel G Datiko, Elias M Bunte, Gemeda B Birrie, Aschenak Z Kea, Rosie Steege, M Taegtmeyer, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Maryse C Kok

“…As part of a quality improvement intervention, HEWs received training, guidance and supervision focused on facilitation of HDA meetings and PWFs. …”
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Examining the Challenges Faced by Women Employees in Tourism Industry in Kabale District. by Kamugisha, Serestine

“…Data collected was edited, coded, entered into the computer, and analyzed with Excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables. …”
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Do neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) health workers know about retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)? A qualitative study at a Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda by Henry Muwonge, Innocent Ayesiga, Primrose Magala, Tom Didimus Ediamu, Hana El Diwany, Ian LY Yeung, Alex Wasomoka, Phillip Musoke, Elias Musiime, Abraham Tumwesigye, Pius Atwau, Noreen Atwijukire, Iddi Ndyabawe, Anne Mpaire Musika, Himanshu I Patel, Aeesha NJ Malik, Ibrahim Bwaga, Sheba Gitta Nakacubo

“…We recommend developing a formal training structure and syllabus for ROP screening. …”
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Information and cognitive technologies in the life quality management through investments in the agricultural sector: synthesis and verification of system-cognitive models by T. P. Baranovskaya, E. V. Lutsenko

“…In previous studies the authors solved the problem of cognitive structurization and formalization of the subject area, which consisted in developing classification and descriptive scales and gradations and coding the source data with their help, as a result of which the training sample was formed. …”
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Examine frameworks policies and strategies for effective information governance in healthcare organizations. by Richard Okyere Boadu, Victor Wireko Adu, Kwame Adu Okyere Boadu, Baishatu Ibrahim, Prince Akey, Amponsah Amishadas Mensah, Godwin Adzakpah, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah

“…Open-ended questions were coded and analyzed with Qualitative Data Analysis Miner 6.0, deploying inductive thematic analysis.…”
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Quality of intrapartum and newborn care in public healthcare facilities of Wolkite town, Central Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study by Berhanu Semra Mulat, Amare Zewdie, Abebaw Wasie Kasahun, Molla Gashu, Adiam Nega, Tamirat Melis

“…Input quality, the experience of healthcare providers, friendly care, and continuous training were factors associated with the quality of intrapartum care. …”
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Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally sensed laser scanning data: Introducing the FOR‐species20K dataset by Stefano Puliti, Emily R. Lines, Jana Müllerová, Julian Frey, Zoe Schindler, Adrian Straker, Matthew J. Allen, Lukas Winiwarter, Nataliia Rehush, Hristina Hristova, Brent Murray, Kim Calders, Nicholas Coops, Bernhard Höfle, Liam Irwin, Samuli Junttila, Martin Krůček, Grzegorz Krok, Kamil Král, Shaun R. Levick, Linda Luck, Azim Missarov, Martin Mokroš, Harry J. F. Owen, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Timo P. Pitkänen, Nicola Puletti, Ninni Saarinen, Chris Hopkinson, Louise Terryn, Chiara Torresan, Enrico Tomelleri, Hannah Weiser, Rasmus Astrup

“…The top‐scoring model, DetailView, demonstrated robustness to training data imbalances and effectively generalized across tree sizes. …”
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