To nurses who are doing the actual hands-on work on shifts, the daily conference is indispensable for sharing information among them, working as a united body and addressing the problems of patients accurately. Up until some years ago, however, the conference in our ward had been somehow devoid of continuity and substance. So, by the use of a crosswise chart (a radar chart?), analyses were made to find out what was wrong and what the staff thought about the conference, and an effective approach to making the conference fruitful was sough. A new set of rules were laid down, which resulted in helping the conference become animated. A check of nurses' logs showed a great deal of improvement in terms of the inspector's scores.
Conferences ; chart ; Care given by nurses ; workforce ; seconds

The world has now rediscovered the value of traditional medicine. Much traditional medicine in South-East Asian countries originated from the medicines of ancient China, and developed independently within those individual countries. As a measure toward information exchange and communication among these countries, the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO-WPRO) has published its International Standard Terminologies (IST) for use globally. While domestically in Japan, Kampo is now taught as a regular subject in all medical schools. In this light, there is significant meaning to holding conference with the purpose of understanding the current status of Japanese Kampo around the world, and considering the best ways to disseminate Kampo information globally. The International Conference of Kampo Medicine (provisional title) has been held thus far a total of three times, to address the current status of Japanese Kampo, Japanese Kampo issues from global point of view, as well as the current status of traditional medicine in China and Korea also originating from the ancient Chinese medicine. The conference was entitled &lsquoWhy Kampo? Why Now? Why Me?—The reason why foreign medical doctors worldwide choose Japanese Kampo, and the situation or development of Kampo medicine in their own countries”, in which foreign doctors in Japan, medical students, and leading Kampo medical practitioners were invited to give lectures, which were followed by free discussions by all participants.
Medicine, Kampo ; Medicine ; seconds ; Japanese language ; Conferences

Objective: To reduce the length of hospital stay for patients undergoing pacemaker surgery. Patient and Methods: We prevented the leads from dislodging by anchoring a screw-in type pacing lead in the right atrium/ventricle through a cephalic vein that was cut down. We retrospectively compared the cost and duration of the hospital stay for the subpectoral technique (35 cases; January 2005-March 2006) and conventional technique (subcutaneous pocket and subclavian vein puncture) (18 cases; October 2003-December 2004) groups. Results: The mean (± SD) duration of hospital stay was 5.1 ± 2.1 days for the subpectoral technique group and 22.2 ± 15.2 days for the conventional technique group (P < 0.001), and the cost was 2,167,883 ± 147,549 yen in the subpectoral technique group and 2,528,053 ± 217,810 yen in the conventional technique group (P < 0.001). We noted no major complications such as bleeding, lead dislodgement, or wound infection. Conclusion: Our novel subpectoral technique helped reduce the length and cost of the hospital stay associated with pacemaker surgery.
Hospitals ; Length ; Artificial cardiac pacemaker ; Cost aspects ; Conferences

Cardio- ; Pulmonary evaluation ; Preventive monitoring ; Conferences ; physiological aspects

PURPOSE: The promotion of educators is challenged by the lack of accepted standards to evaluate the quality and impact of educational activities. Traditionally, promotion is related to research productivity. This study developed an evaluation tool for educational performance of medical school faculty using educator portfolios (EPs). METHODS: Design principles and quantitative items for EPs were developed in a consensus workshop. These principles were tested in a simulation and revised based on feedback. The changes of total educational activities following introduction of the system were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 71% faculty members answered the simulation of the system and the score distributed widely (mean±standard deviation, 65.43±68.64). The introduction of new system significantly increased the total educational activities, especially in assistant professors. CONCLUSION: The authors offer comprehensive and practical tool for enhancing educational participation of faculty members. Further research for development of qualitative evaluation systems is needed.
Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Education ; Education, Medical ; Efficiency ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Schools, Medical*

Any kind of clinical study can supply clinical decision-making with useful information when they are designed and reported properly. However, results with bias or mistake can misguide doctors' decisions, if trials with poor design quality were reported wrongly. Therefore, researchers should report trials accurately and critically, so that the quality of trials could reach a high level and get trustworthy results. This article made an overview of many kinds of reporting standards about systematic reviews and all kinds of trials. We hope these international published standards could be helpful for Chinese medicine researchers in their practice.
Biomedical Research ; standards ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Humans ; Review Literature as Topic

Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Endoscopy ; Europe ; Humans ; Nose Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Skull Base Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery

An international symposium on the standard surgical treatment of morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus was held in Florida, USA in March 2011. An expert panel from all over the world attended the meeting. The expert panelists discussed and established International Sleeve Gastroectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement : best practice guidelines based on experience of more than 12,000 cases, which made a very commendable attempt in standardized surgical pathway of sleeve gastroectomy. Based on clinical experience over 10 years and the understanding of the consensus , this paper discusses the learning curve, preoperative preparation, indications/contraindications, surgical technique, management and prevention of complications, and post operative management.
Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Gastrectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Obesity, Morbid ; surgery ; Practice Guidelines as Topic

Catheter Ablation ; Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Humans ; Microsurgery ; Neoplasms ; therapy ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated

At the end of 2012, Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) amended and revised the expert consensus of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) 2011. This article is respectively review hot topics regarding surgical intervention during the revision, including principles and indications of biopsy and surgery.
Biopsy ; Consensus Development Conferences as Topic ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans