Developing observational skills is an essential part of medical training; yet there can be little... more Developing observational skills is an essential part of medical training; yet there can be little formal teaching in the curriculum.(1) (2) (3) Visual exercises have long been a means of improving observational skills among medical practitioners and students. (4 5) (6) Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a method of fine arts observation based on research by psychologist Abigail Housen and museum educator Philip Yenawine. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
The objective of this study was to determine the subjectively reported quality of life (QOL) of p... more The objective of this study was to determine the subjectively reported quality of life (QOL) of patients with meningiomas surgically treated. Demographic, medical and outcomes data on 164 patients were retrospectively analyzed with the use of the Brain Tumor Center database at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. The patients were contacted via a telephone survey and were asked 26 standardized QOL questions based on a modification of the validated Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-BR) Study, which used only questions adjuvant to brain tumor patients. The patients' ages ranged from 23 to 87 years. The mean follow-up time after intracranial surgery was 33 months and median follow-up time was 28 months, with a range of 0 to 165 months. Of those 164 patients still living, 95% (155) participated in the telephone survey. 80% reported being satisfied with their post-treatment quality of life; 86% reported that they could write, read, drive and return to w...
Developing observational skills is an essential part of medical training; yet there can be little... more Developing observational skills is an essential part of medical training; yet there can be little formal teaching in the curriculum.(1) (2) (3) Visual exercises have long been a means of improving observational skills among medical practitioners and students. (4 5) (6) Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a method of fine arts observation based on research by psychologist Abigail Housen and museum educator Philip Yenawine. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
The objective of this study was to determine the subjectively reported quality of life (QOL) of p... more The objective of this study was to determine the subjectively reported quality of life (QOL) of patients with meningiomas surgically treated. Demographic, medical and outcomes data on 164 patients were retrospectively analyzed with the use of the Brain Tumor Center database at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. The patients were contacted via a telephone survey and were asked 26 standardized QOL questions based on a modification of the validated Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-BR) Study, which used only questions adjuvant to brain tumor patients. The patients' ages ranged from 23 to 87 years. The mean follow-up time after intracranial surgery was 33 months and median follow-up time was 28 months, with a range of 0 to 165 months. Of those 164 patients still living, 95% (155) participated in the telephone survey. 80% reported being satisfied with their post-treatment quality of life; 86% reported that they could write, read, drive and return to w...
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