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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T16:01:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo7167_1.pdf: 6784376 bytes, checksum: 7446fb6c6a4a94731525df40a1286747 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Ataque cardíaco é a causa de muitas mortes. Portanto, uma medicina preventiva é necessária para decrescer esse número. Eletrocardiograma pode ajudar os médicos a descobrir antecipadamente as doenças cardíacas. Entretanto, algumas localizações podem não ter um médico por perto todo o tempo para analisar um eletrocardiograma. Assim, fornecer um serviço eficiente de cuidados da saúde para países com dimensões continentais como o Brasil é um desafio. Mecanismos para um atendimento melhor e mais eficiente dos pacientes são necessários devido ao aumento do custo dos sistemas de cuidados da saúde. Esta dissertação propõe o desenvolvimento de um sistema para monitoramento dos sinais vitais (incluindo o eletrocardiograma - ECG) através dos PDAs (Personal Digital Assistent). Portanto, isto tem tornado possível o atendimento local, na residência dos pacientes, por agentes de saúde com o suporte de médicos especialistas através da segunda opinião (diagnóstico adicional). Assim, a análise remota do eletrocardiograma através da Internet permite que médicos diagnostiquem remotamente doenças cardíacas. A abordagem proposta suporta: gravação e visualização das formas de onda do ECG pelo PDA e navegador. Os agentes de saúde usam o PDA para enviar as informações do paciente, juntamente com seu eletrocardiograma, para o servidor do hospital HealthNet. Logo, o médico pode analisar o eletrocardiograma através do sistema e fornecer o retorno para o agente de saúde. Desenvolvemos um sistema capaz de enviar e receber informações médicas armazenadas no PDA do agente de saúde. O médico pode usar um navegador e a Internet para analisar esta informação e fornecer sua opinião, a qual é enviada de volta para o agente de saúde para ajudá-lo no tratamento do paciente. Afim de torná-lo fácil para uso pelos médicos e agentes de saúde, uma interface gráfica amigável foi desenvolvida. Métodos para um acesso eficiente dos dados tem sido também desenvolvido para cobrir as restrições de armazenamento dos PDAs

The last few years has witnessed a fast growth in technological advancement which has led to the development of several consumer electronic devices for different purposes or functionalities. For convenience and efficiency, there is the need to bring together all the different functionalities of these devices into a single multipurpose device such as mobile phone with the help of NFC (near field communication) technology. The need for NFC technology in mobile devices is fast gaining popularity in some countries, especially with the successes recorded in some of the NFC pilot projects. The NFC enabled mobile device is very intuitive; works with already existing infrastructures (i.e. ISO/IEC 14443 smartcards and it readers), allows for multiple applications, has a high level of security and comes with unique and attractive features, such as the ability to serve as both reader and writer modes, etc. NFC standards are specified by NFC Forum and it has a well organised ecosystem. This thesis is focused on the potentials of NFC and how it is used as a multipurpose device.

Many school districts and alternative certification programs use standardized interviews such as the TeacherInsight developed by the Gallup Organization. The TeacherInsight is a Web-based interview consisting of multiple choice and Likert-style items that produces a score between 0 and 100. The Gallup Organization claims that it helps hire the best teachers. The study analyzed the relationships between the TeacherInsight scores and the eight Professional Development Appraisal System (PDAS) domain scores for 527 teachers. The TeacherInsight scores produced a statistically significant correlation with only one of the eight PDAS domain scores. However, even that correlation (r = 0.14) was weak. All eight PDAS domain scores were only able to account for an additional 1.9% of the variance of TeacherInsight scores, above and beyond what was explained by the teachers' age, gender, years of experience, and highest degree earned. Another finding was that 47.4% of the teachers hired had TeacherInsight scores below the district recommended cutoff score of 67. The findings do not support the ability of the TeacherInsight to identify more effective teachers, based on Professional Development Appraisal System scores. The findings also cast doubt on the extent of consideration that principals in this district give the TeacherInsight scores during the selection process. Recommendations for future studies are provided.

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The PDA is an important technology in clinical medicine. Although PDAs are widely utilized by medical students and residents, older teaching faculty have not readily adopted them. The medical library can position itself as a leader in training patrons to use these devices. The East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Quillen College of Medicine Library (QCOML) staff trained older, experienced teaching faculty to use PDAs loaded with ePocrates and InfoRetriever databases. The training was rated highly and several faculty members became PDA users. The library is now considered the place to go on campus for PDA help.

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Yes / As part of a CETL funded project (ALPS 2006) 29 student midwives and their link lecturers were given an electronic version of a clinical portfolio on hand held computers (PDAs). These devices were used during an eight week clinical practice placement to record tripartite assessment interviews and to facilitate grading of the placement. Three focus groups conducted at the end of the placement explored the concept of clinical practice assessment and the impact of the electronic portfolio on the students’ experience of clinical practice and its assessment. Data was analysed from an activity theory perspective in that the electronic assessment tool was viewed as an artefact mediating situated knowing about student assessment in a particular socio-historical context. Findings suggest that students perceive clinical assessment as contested with different assessors having different understandings of it. However the electronic devise facilitated changes to the assessment tool. These changes promoted a shared understanding of the assessment process which was pragmatic and acceptable to students and clinicians. The significance of this study is that it highlights the role of assessment tools in creating a shared understanding of the assessment process rather than simply articulating that understanding.