Browsing by Subject "Assessment"

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    Assessing Library Subject Guides using Google Analytics
    (2013-01-28) Durrant, Summer
    Each year librarians invest considerable time and energy in creating and maintaining web-based subject guides. But how can these guides be assessed? This poster discusses how Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library is using Google Analytics to collect and analyze website usage statistics to assess subject guides hosted on Springshare’s LibGuides platform.
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    Assessment in Space Designed for Experimentation: The University of Washington Libraries Research Commons
    (2014-08) Ray, Lauren; Macy, Katharine V.
    Since opening in 2010, the University of Washington Libraries Research Commons has used a number of quantitative and qualitative assessment methods to evaluate its space, services and programs. Because it was designed for constant experimentation and change, Research Commons assessment has been driven by the desire to stay true to user needs, make the case for growth, and test new models of space design, programming, and services. This paper will describe assessment activities and projects kept in spirit with the experimental, agile nature of the space, and how the focus shifted from space assessment to programmatic assessment. In order to respond to changing user needs and push for innovation, the Research Commons has evolved to examine space, services, and programs in an integrated holistic manner. This has allowed the staff to not only understand what users do within the space and their preferences, but also how effective are programming and services offered at meeting those user needs.
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    Assessment of Biomedical Science Content Acquisition Performance through PBL Group Interaction
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2010-04-09) Romito, L.
    Objective: To assess the relationship between biomedical science content acquisition performance and PBL group interaction. PBL process activities should enable students to learn and apply biomedical science content to clinical situations and enhance understanding. However, learning and exam preparation may be largely driven by post-case individual study and the publicized Learning Objectives. Methods: To determine whether students were actually learning SABS content during PBL process activities, just prior to the Learning Objectives dissemination, we administered a quiz assessing content recall and application as well as a student and facilitator survey to determine students’ role in group regarding the assessed topic. Results: Year 1 mean score: content=84%; application=61%. Year 2 mean score: content=68%; application=20%. Survey response categories were: C1-those whose group did not research the topic, C2-those who did not personally research the topic, but who were in a group where the topic was researched and presented by others, and C3-those who researched the topic and contributed to/were the primary discussants. Year 2. Students scoring 100% were in: C1 (12.3%), C2 (15.5%), and C3 (15.5%). Students scoring 0% were in: C1 (30%), C2 (33%), and C3 (22%). Year 1. Students scoring 100% were in: C1 (50%), C2 (48%), and C3 (55.3%). Students scoring 0% were in: C1 (11%), C2 (9%), and C3 (2.3%). For Year 2, self-reported role in group correlated with scores of 50% (r=0.68) and 0 % (r=-0.78). For Year 1, self-reported role in group correlated with scores of 100% (r=0.78) and 0% (r=0.97). Conclusion: Year 1 and 2 students performed better on test items assessing content recall rather than application. Students who reported being more active in the PBL group process activities tended to have better assessment performance.
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    Assessment of Diabetes Clinical Trial Candidates Using Systems Pharmacology
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2016-04-08) Ali, Mohammed; Essex, Adam; Pham, Trang; Redmond, Rachael; Valdez, Sinai
    Curating molecular interactions is crucial to understanding how drugs work on molecular systems implicated in a disease and could provide future prospects for applications such as drug repositioning. For this project, we curated disease-specific drugs and protein interactions to help us understand Type II Diabetes in light of systems pharmacology. The pharmacological efficacy of drugs can be assessed based on their ability to regulate gene expressions in diabetic patients to resemble those of a healthy individual at a pathway level. Two drugs with a high level of similarity should share similar pharmacological effects, including drug target, side effects, mechanism of action, structure, and up or down-regulation of genes associated with diabetes. We focused on the relationships between drugs, proteins, and the disease, utilizing drug-drug similarity networks, a disease-specific protein-protein interaction network model, and the standardized curation of protein interactions by mining primary databases to visualize these relationships as they relate to Type II Diabetes. First, drugs were gathered from primary databases using proteins associated with the disease. From there, a drug-drug similarity network was constructed by examining similar targets, structures, side effects, and mechanism of action between drugs. To construct a disease-specific pathway model, proteins associated with Type II Diabetes were gathered from databases, PAG Electronic Repository and Connectivity-Maps, and analyzed from protein studies from the Diabetes Genome Anatomy Project and microarray datasets from Gene Expression Omnibus, generating a validated list of disease-specific proteins. Then, interactions and regulations within the proteins were determined to generate a diseasespecific protein-protein interaction model to provide insights to the disease itself and mechanisms of action of drugs related to Type II Diabetes. In the future, the drug-drug similarity network, the protein-protein interaction network model, and the protein and drug interactions could possibly aid in the repurposing of drugs for Type II Diabetes.
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    Assessment of Discordance Between Surrogate Care Goals and Medical Treatment Provided to Older Adults With Serious Illness
    (JAMA Network, 2020-05) Comer, Amber R.; Hickman, Susan E.; Slaven, James E.; Monahan, Patrick O.; Sachs, Greg A.; Wocial, Lucia D.; Burke, Emily S.; Torke, Alexia M.; Health Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences
    Importance: An important aspect of high-quality care is ensuring that treatments are in alignment with patient or surrogate decision-maker goals. Treatment discordant with patient goals has been shown to increase medical costs and prolong end-of-life difficulties. Objectives: To evaluate discordance between surrogate decision-maker goals of care and medical orders and treatments provided to hospitalized, incapacitated older patients. Design, setting, and participants: This prospective cohort study included 363 patient-surrogate dyads. Patients were 65 years or older and faced at least 1 major medical decision in the medical and medical intensive care unit services in 3 tertiary care hospitals in an urban Midwestern area. Data were collected from April 27, 2012, through July 10, 2015, and analyzed from October 5, 2018, to December 5, 2019. Main outcomes and measures: Each surrogate's preferred goal of care was determined via interview during initial hospitalization and 6 to 8 weeks after discharge. Surrogates were asked to select the goal of care for the patient from 3 options: comfort-focused care, life-sustaining treatment, or an intermediate option. To assess discordance, the preferred goal of care as determined by the surrogate was compared with data from medical record review outlining the medical treatment received during the target hospitalization. Results: A total of 363 dyads consisting of patients (223 women [61.4%]; mean [SD] age, 81.8 [8.3] years) and their surrogates (257 women [70.8%]; mean [SD] age, 58.3 [11.2] years) were included in the analysis. One hundred sixty-nine patients (46.6%) received at least 1 medical treatment discordant from their surrogate's identified goals of care. The most common type of discordance involved full-code orders for patients with a goal of comfort (n = 41) or an intermediate option (n = 93). More frequent in-person contact between surrogate and patient (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.43; 95% CI, 0.23-0.82), patient residence in an institution (AOR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.23-0.82), and surrogate-rated quality of communication (AOR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.96-0.99) were associated with lower discordance. Surrogate marital status (AOR for single vs married, 1.92; 95% CI, 1.01-3.66), number of family members involved in decisions (AOR for ≥2 vs 0-1, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.05-3.21), and religious affiliation (AOR for none vs any, 4.87; 95% CI, 1.12-21.09) were associated with higher discordance. Conclusions and relevance: This study found that discordance between surrogate goals of care and medical treatments for hospitalized, incapacitated patients was common. Communication quality is a modifiable factor associated with discordance that may be an avenue for future interventions.
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    The Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine: Assessment of Impact at 15 Years
    (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017-09-07) Carman, Aubri S.; John, Chandy C.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Abstract. The Benjamin H. Kean Fellowship in Tropical Medicine is an American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene initiative that provides medical students with funding for international clinical or research experiences lasting at least 1 month. Of the 175 Kean fellows from 1998 to 2013, 140 had current available e-mails, and 70 of the 140 (50%) responded to a survey about their fellowship experience. Alumni indicated that the Kean Fellowship had a high impact on their career plans with regard to preparation for (N = 65, 94.2%) and inspiration to pursue (N = 59, 88.1%) a career in tropical medicine and global health. Continued involvement in tropical medicine and global health was common: 52 alumni (74.3%) were currently working in tropical medicine or global health, 49 (71.0%) had done so in the interim between the Kean fellowship and their current position; and 17 of 19 Kean fellows (89.4%) who had completed all medical training and were now in professional practice continued to work in tropical medicine and global health. Alumni had been highly productive academically, publishing a total of 831 PubMed-indexed manuscripts, almost all on tropical medicine or global health topics, in the period between their fellowship year and 2013. Alumni reported strengths of the fellowship including funding, networking, and flexibility, and suggested that more networking and career mentoring would enhance the program. The Benjamin H. Kean fellowship program has been highly successful at inspiring and fostering ongoing work by trainees in tropical medicine and global health.
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    Beyond Anecdote: Challenges in Bringing Rigor to Service-Learning Research
    (11/13/2005) Gelmon, Sherril; Furco, Andrew; Holland, Barbara; Bringle, Robert G.
    This conference presentation discusses the challenges of bringing rigor to service and learning research.
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    Bridge 2018 Information Literacy Curriculum Report
    (IUPUI University Library, 2018-08) Lowe, M. Sara; Orme, William A.
    A uniform curriculum has been in place in Bridge Information Literacy (IL) sessions since Fall 2015. To assess the curriculum and student learning, multiple evaluations are implemented: a student end-of-class evaluation; a faculty end-of-Bridge evaluation; and an in-class worksheet. This report summarizes student performance in Bridge as well as student and faculty evaluation responses.
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    Critical Assessment of Single-Use Ureteroscopes in an In Vivo Porcine Model
    (Hindawi, 2020-04-27) Ceballos, Brian; Nottingham, Charles U.; Bechis, Seth K.; Sur, Roger L.; Matlaga, Brian R.; Krambeck, Amy E.; Urology, School of Medicine
    Methods A female pig was placed under general anesthesia and positioned supine, and retrograde access to the renal collecting system was obtained. The LithoVue (Boston Scientific) and Uscope (Pusen Medical) were evaluated by three experienced surgeons, and each surgeon started with a new scope. The following parameters were compared between each ureteroscope: time for navigation to upper and lower pole calyces with and without implements (1.9 F basket, 200 μm laser fiber, and 365 μm laser fiber for upper only) in the working channel and subjective evaluations of maneuverability, irrigant flow through the scope, lever force, ergonomics, and scope optics. Results Navigation to the lower pole calyx was significantly faster with LithoVue compared to Uscope when the working channel was empty (24.3 vs. 49.4 seconds, p < 0.01) and with a 200 μm fiber (63.6 vs. 94.4 seconds, p=0.04), but not with the 1.9 F basket. Navigation to the upper pole calyx was similar for all categories except faster with LithoVue containing the 365 μm fiber (67.1 vs. 99.7 seconds, p=0.02). Subjective assessments of scope maneuverability to upper and lower pole calyces when the scope was empty and with implements favored LithoVue in all categories, as did assessments of irrigant flow, illumination, image quality, and field of view. Both scopes had similar scores of lever force and ergonomics. Conclusions In an in vivo porcine model, the type of single-use ureteroscope employed affected the navigation times and subjective assessments of maneuverability and visualization. In all cases, LithoVue provided either equivalent or superior metrics than Uscope. Further clinical studies are necessary to determine the implications of these findings.