脊柱疾患临床诊断的辩证思维

脊柱外科是骨科学的一个亚专科,也是外科学领域中发展最为迅速的一个分支学科。脊柱外科疾患的正确诊断有赖于诊断过程中的正确辩证思维。在临床诊断思维中,从疾病学角度和症状学角度,需要正确处理几个辨证关系,同时要避免临床思维常见误区,才能提高诊断正确性。     

A Pilot Randomized Trial of an Online Parenting Skills Program for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Improvements in Parenting and Child Behavior

This pilot study examined changes in parenting skills and child behavior following participation in an online positive parenting skills program designed for young children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thirty-seven families with a child between 3 and 9 years of age who sustained a moderate to severe TBI were randomly assigned to one of two interventions: online parenting skills training (n = 20) or access to Internet resources on managing brain injury (n = 17). Parent–child interaction observations and parent ratings of child behavior were collected pre- and post-treatment. Generalized estimating equations and mixed models were used to examine changes in parenting skills and child behavior problems as well as the moderating role of family income on treatment response. Participants in the parenting skills group displayed significant improvements in observed positive parenting skills relative to participants in the Internet resource group. Income moderated improvements in parent ratings of child behavior, with participants in the low-income parenting skills group and high-income Internet resource group reporting the greatest improvements in behavior. This is the first randomized controlled trial examining online parenting skills training for families of young children with TBI. Improvements in positive parenting skills and child behavior support the utility of this intervention, particularly for families from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.     

Competency‐based Models of Supervision: Principles and Applications,Promises and Challenges

Major changes initiated by the Psychology Board of Australia (the Board) and by professional bodies both nationally and internationally have placed professional supervision in the spotlight for the practising psychologist and supervisor. Further, within the context of a growing impetus towards competency‐based pedagogies for professional training across disciplines, a recent Board document has indicated that supervisor training must adhere to a competency‐based model within a best‐practice supervision framework (Psychology Board of Australia). For the practising psychologist, the recent recommendation closely follows other initiatives including the introduction of mandatory peer consultation and supervisor accreditation. The current article seeks to clarify for the Australian psychologist the characteristics of competency‐based supervision models for training and supervision, and to unpack the many implications for professional practice. The article outlines the features that distinguish competency models from other supervision models, explains the rationale for and the merits that competency‐driven pedagogies promise, and discusses the challenges these changes will bring to supervision theory and practice.     

“精选、精讲、精练”教学法在临床教学中的应用

临床医学是集多学科知识为一体的专业学科,具有基础知识与临床实践紧密结合的显著特性。为适应新世纪医学教育的系统性转型,配合器官系统为中心课程模式的有效运行,我院采用“精选、精讲、精练”的教学方法,通过系统性整合各专业学科课程,加强学科间的知识联系,实现基础向临床的转化、从而开辟专业课程综合化发展的道路,给学生提供最优化的教学内容,在掌握专业技术的同时,拓宽临床思维,履践医学人文精神,为培养医学生未来临床岗位胜任能力奠定坚实基础。     

降低医疗的二次伤害是医学人性化发展方向

医学是一种人性化的表达,然而,医学手段的伤害性特征也是现代医学本身无法回避的一个缺陷,忽视对医学技术本身的伤害性因素的认识,是当下医学人文衰退的一个重要原因,也是构建人性化医疗的一道障碍,面对越来越多的对医学伤害性的质疑,医学应该进行自我剖析,撕开医学手段的非人性化面纱,务必直面问题和解决问题,用医学的人性化关怀弥补医学手段的伤害性缺陷,并以医学技术本身的发展,促进医学向无伤害的人性化方向发展,这是现代医学发展的终极目标。     

内科实习医生医患沟通经历的调查分析

实习医生在医院里扮演着特殊角色,既要作为学生在临床实践中学习医学知识,又要作为医生在患者面前从事医疗工作。因此,培养医学生医患沟通能力,引导其建立和谐的医患关系,成为临床带教老师面临的一项严峻而又刻不容缓的任务。本研究针对内科实习医生在医院沟通中的典型案例进行了调查,从而了解实习医生在医患沟通中的经历,以及他们对原因的分析、处理方法及对自身的影响,进而了解实习医生对沟通技能培训的需求。     

应培养年轻医师的“逐本溯源”临床思维方式

近年来,疾病谱及其特点在悄然改变,伴随着无规可循、错综复杂的临床表现,甚至呈现为多系统综合征。这些变化对临床医师尤其是年轻医师而言,难以理清思路、把握重点,医生往往容易被直接呈现的各种表象所迷惑或满足于表象诊断,从而错过主要矛盾,在诊治过程中出现漏诊误诊情况,并可能增加患者就诊次数和成本,带来经济与精神上的压力。我们在临床实践中总结发现,“逐本溯源”临床思维方式对疾病诊治、避免漏诊误诊尤其是在病因诊断中具有较好的指导作用。     

Depression

Abstract— The theory of clinical depression presented here integrates etiological factors, changes in specific structural and cellular substrates, ensuing symptomatology, and treatment and prevention. According to this theory, important etiological factors, such as stress, can suppress the production of new neurons in the adult human brain, thereby precipitating or maintaining a depressive episode. Most current treatments for depression are known to elevate brain serotonin neurotransmission, and such increases in serotonin have been shown to significantly augment the ongoing rate of neurogenesis, providing the neural substrate for new cognitions to be formed, and thereby facilitating recovery from the depressive episode. This theory also points to treatments that augment neurogenesis as new therapeutic opportunities.     

Using empirical data to inform the ethical evaluation of placebo controlled trials

There has been considerable debate about the ethical acceptability of using placebo-controls in clinical research. Although this debate has been rich in rhetoric, considering that much of this research is predicated upon the assumption that data from this research is vital to clinical decision-making, it is ironic that researchers have introduced little data into these discussions. Using some published research concerning the use of placebo-controls in clinical research in hypertension and psychiatric drug trials, I suggest some ways that such data might be incorporated into the ethical analysis concerning placebo use in clinical trials. This approach promises to be important for enhancing conceptual and scientific understanding as well as public policy decision-making. An earlier version of this paper was presented at an international conference, “Placebo: Its Action and Place in Health Research Today,” held in Warsaw, Poland on 12–13 April, 2003.     

Both Sides of the Coin: Randomization from the Perspectives of Physician-Investigators and Patient-Subjects

Randomization is the “gold standard” design for clinical research trials and is accepted as the best way to reduce bias. Although some controversy remains over this matter, we believe equipoise is the fundamental ethical requirement for conducting a randomized clinical trial. Despite much attention to the ethics of randomization, the moral psychology of this study design has not been explored. This article analyzes the ethical tensions that arise from conducting these studies and examines the moral psychology of this design from the perspectives of physician-investigators and patient-subjects. We conclude with a discussion of the practical implications of this analysis.