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Int J Educ Technol High Educ 2022 16;19(1):30. Epub 2022 May 16.

SMILE Lab & Information Systems IPPS, University of Macedonia, Thessaloníki, Greece.

Towards the transition to blended and remote education, evaluating the levels of students' digital competence and designing educational programs to advance them is of paramount importance. Existing validated digital competence scales usually ignore either important digital skills needed or new socio-technological innovations. This study proposes and validates a comprehensive digital competence scale for students in higher education. Read More

Front Med (Lausanne) 2022 6;9:844899. Epub 2022 May 6.

School of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Decision-making in clinical assessment, such as exit-level medical school Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), is complex. This study utilized an empirical phenomenological qualitative approach with thematic analysis to explore OSCE assessors' perceptions of the concept of a "prototypical intern" expressed during focus group discussions. Topics discussed included the concept of a prototypical intern, qualities to be assessed, and approaches to clinical assessment decision-making. Read More

Enferm Clin (Engl Ed) 2022 May 18. Epub 2022 May 18.

Doctorado en enfermería, Máster en Cuidados Paliativos, Enfermera, Profesora Adjunta, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.

Objective: Emotional intelligence is often described as the ability to know own emotions and to be aware of other emotions. The emotional intelligence of critical care nurses is a necessary competence for work performance. The aim of this review is to map the evidence on emotional intelligence of nurses working in this specific context. Read More

Natl Med J India 2022 Sep-Oct;34(5):266-270

Department of Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.

Background Improving patient safety (PS) is critical to optimizing healthcare delivery. There is a need to develop curricula or incorporate PS concepts in health professionals' (HPs) education, in both theoretical and practical training. Consequently, there is a need to measure the perception of HPs regarding various PS competencies imparted to them during their training. Read More

ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2022 May 20;5(5):299-305. Epub 2022 Apr 20.

Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, United States.

The competence regulon of (pneumococcus) is a quorum-sensing circuitry that regulates the ability of this pathogen to acquire antibiotic resistance or perform serotype switching, leading to vaccine-escape serotypes, via horizontal gene transfer, as well as initiate virulence. Induction of the competence regulon is centered on binding of the competence-stimulating peptide (CSP) to its cognate receptor, ComD. We have recently synthesized multiple dominant-negative peptide analogs capable of inhibiting competence induction and virulence in . Read More