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Interpersonal Conflicts and Communication among Medical Residents, Nurses and Technologists (전공의와 간호사.의료기사간의 인간관계 갈등과 의사소통에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Yong-Soon;Park, Jin-Hee;Lim, Ki-Young
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.16-31
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    • 2006
  • Through investigating communication contents, extent of conflict, and its causes between medical residents and nurses/technicians, this study will provide the effective communication skills to ease interpersonal conflicts and maintain healthy partner relationships. This is a descriptive study to find out the communication contents, extent of conflicts and its causes between medical residents and nurses/technicians. Data were collected from April $1^{st}$, 2004 to April $8^{th}$, 2004 from 118 medical residents, 288 nurses, 85 radiology technicians and 107 laboratory technicians in 4 university hospitals in Seoul capital region. Data analysis was done with SPSS version 11.0 using descriptive statistics, ANOVA and chi-test. Interpersonal conflict towards medical residents were rated higher by nurses than technicians (Nurses > Technologists = Medical residents). Causes of conflict showed regional differences. In communication contents, all regions showed "Thank you" and "Well done" as most pleasant comments. Medical residents proved other medical residents' negative comments as most unpleasant and nurses and technicians proved residents' commanding phrases, disrespectful speech, and urging comments to be most unpleasant. Communication between the center members of the medical organization is very important in treating patients and understanding each other. For smooth conflict resolutions and maintaining healthy partner relationships, continued education and support for appropriate communication and interpersonal relationship skills is needed.

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Magnetic Wireless Actuator for Medical Applications

  • Kazushi, Ishiyama;Masahiko, Sendoh;Aya, Yanmazaki;Ken, Ichi Arai
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.74-78
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    • 2003
  • The largest advantage of magnetic micromachine is wireless operation. This advantage makes it suitable for medical micromachine working inside the human body. In the medical field, low invasion treatment is very important From this point of view, very small machines working in the body without power supply cables meet the needs of the medical field. In this paper, we report about magnetic wireless actuators for medical applications.

Medical Image Authentication over Public Communication Networks using Secret Watermark

  • Oh Keun-Tak;Kim Young-Ho;Lee Yun-Bae
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.167-171
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    • 2004
  • The evolution of modern imaging modalities, followed by the rapid development of computer technology has introduced many new features in the communication networks used in medical facilities. Since it is very important to keep patient's record accurately, the ability to exchange medical data securely over the communication network is essential for any medical information. In this paper, therefore, we introduce some problems which occur from digitizing medical images such as MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), CT (Computed Tomography), CR(Computed Radiography), etc., and then we propose a authentication mechanism for medical image verification using secret watermark images.

A Study about the Medical Communication Proficiency of Korean Traditional Medical Students Using Standardized Patients of Menopausal Disorder (표준화 갱년기장애환자를 활용한 한의대생의 진료 및 의사소통 수준연구)

  • Park, Kyung-Mi;Cho, Seong-Hee;Yang, Seung-Jung;Shin, Heon-Tae;Choi, Yu-Jin
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.100-118
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    • 2019
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze clinical performance examination (CPX) ability using standardized patient (SP) in Korean traditional medical school. Methods: Standardized middle-aged female patients were used for clinical examination of 53 medical students, grade 6. The SP and professors assessed their communication skills and level of medical interviews. Results: 1. There is no statistically significant difference between SP score, communication skill score, medical skill score and inter-test score at the extracurricular activities level. 2. There is no statistically significant difference between SP score, communication skill score, medical skill score and inter-test score at number of medical service. 3. There is no statistically significant difference between SP score, communication skill score, medical skill score and inter-test score at personality type. 4. There is a statistically significant positive correlation between SP score, communication skill score and medical skill score. Conclusions: A variety of educational programs and practices should be conducted to improve the level of medical care and communication of Korean traditional medicine students.

Needs and perception of medical communication course in the dental hygiene students (일부 치위생(학)과 학생들의 의료커뮤니케이션 교과목에 대한 필요성 및 인식 조사)

  • Ryu, Da-Young;Yang, Hyun-Suk;Choi, Yong-Keum
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.623-630
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    • 2014
  • Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the perception and needs for medical communication course in the dental hygiene students. Methods : A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 700 dental hygiene students after receiving informed consent from October 30 to December 20, 2013. Results : A total of 652 completely answered questionnaires were analyzed. The medical communication course proved to be very important necessary that 46.6% of the students said 'probably needed.' Only 5.1% of the students answered the course is not necessary. Conclusions : The majority of the students want the medical communication course. It is desirable that we need to set up a medical communication training and systemic course.

An Impact of Patient-physician Communication Curriculum on Students of Korean Medical School (환자-의사 의사소통 수업의 한의학전문대학원 학생에 대한 효과)

  • Lee, Hye-Yoon;Im, Sunju;Yune, So Jung;Lee, Sang Yeoup
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.86-98
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the impact of patient-physician communication curriculum on students of Korean medical school in terms of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor level of communication skills. Methods: A communication curriculum was developed considering COVID-19 pandemic situation. Lectures, peer role-play, open interview with standardized patient (SP), discussion and feedback were conducted by online, and face-to-face 1:1 SP-interview was performed. Scores of written test, peer role-play of medical communication, SP-interview, self-evaluation on one's interview with real patients in clinical clerkship, and questionnaire of importance were collected and analyzed. Results: Converted to 100 point scale, the mean score of written test (cognitive level) was 91.2 while that of importance questionnaire (affective level) was 77.5. The mean scores of psychomotor level were 72.5, 77.5, and 62.5 for peer role-play, SP-interview, and real patient interview in clerkship, respectively. Conclusions: Students' performance is lower in higher level of competence. Curriculums should provide more opportunities of practices to students, and include evaluation focusing on performance skills.

A Distributed Coexistence Mitigation Scheme for IoT-Based Smart Medical Systems

  • Kim, BeomSeok
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.1602-1612
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    • 2017
  • Since rapidly disseminating of Internet of Things (IoT) as the new communication paradigm, a number of studies for various applications is being carried out. Especially, interest in the smart medical system is rising. In the smart medical system, a number of medical devices are distributed in popular area such as station and medical center, and this high density of medical device distribution can cause serious performance degradation of communication, referred to as the coexistence problem. When coexistence problem occurs in smart medical system, reliable transmitting of patient's biological information may not be guaranteed and patient's life can be jeopardized. Therefore, coexistence problem in smart medical system should be resolved. In this paper, we propose a distributed coexistence mitigation scheme for IoT-based smart medical system which can dynamically avoid interference in coexistence situation and can guarantee reliable communication. To evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme, we perform extensive simulations by comparing with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol which is a traditional low-power communication technology.

Patient Safety Education: Team Communication and Interprofessional Collaboration (환자안전 교육에서 팀 의사소통과 전문직 간 협업)

  • Park, Kwi Hwa;Park, Kyung Hye
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.22-30
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    • 2019
  • Team communication, teamwork, and interprofessional collaboration are critical and the basis for patient safety in a more diverse and complex clinical environment. This study explored the current status of teamwork, team communication, and interprofessionalism in the context of patient safety within undergraduate medical education. A scoping review of the literature published since 2010 was undertaken. Fifteen papers were included for final review. The most commonly used educational methods were off-line lectures and simulations. Standard team communication tools suggested in TeamSTEPPS (team strategies and tools to enhance performance patient safety) were covered in some of the research. Knowledge, skills, and teamwork attitudes, interprofessional collaboration, and/or patient safety were improved in most of the papers. In the previous studies of team communication, the content and method of education, and the change in knowledge and attitudes of the individuals have been widely reported, but more research is needed regarding the method of evaluating the teamwork itself. In addition, education on team communication as well as patient safety and interprofessionalism is lacking. As the importance of team communication in patient safety increases, more attention is needed on this topic in undergraduate medical education.

Human Normalization Approach based on Disease Comparative Prediction Model between Covid-19 and Influenza

  • Janghwan Kim;Min-Yong Jung;Da-Yun Lee;Na-Hyeon Cho;Jo-A Jin;R. Young-Chul Kim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.32-42
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    • 2023
  • There are serious problems worldwide, such as a pandemic due to an unprecedented infection caused by COVID-19. On previous approaches, they invented medical vaccines and preemptive testing tools for medical engineering. However, it is difficult to access poor medical systems and medical institutions due to disparities between countries and regions. In advanced nations, the damage was even greater due to high medical and examination costs because they did not go to the hospital. Therefore, from a software engineering-based perspective, we propose a learning model for determining coronavirus infection through symptom data-based software prediction models and tools. After a comparative analysis of various models (decision tree, Naive Bayes, KNN, multi-perceptron neural network), we decide to choose an appropriate decision tree model. Due to a lack of data, additional survey data and overseas symptom data are applied and built into the judgment model. To protect from thiswe also adapt human normalization approach with traditional Korean medicin approach. We expect to be possible to determine coronavirus, flu, allergy, and cold without medical examination and diagnosis tools through data collection and analysis by applying decision trees.