Biomedical subjects

N L Griffin

Publications and source records attributed to N L Griffin.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Instructing occupational therapy students in information retrieval.

The effectiveness of a brief program designed to teach occupational therapy students enrolled in a graduate research methods class to conduct searches of four electronic databases was investigated. Students in the experimental class read an instructional booklet and received approximately 1 hour of supervised practice time using compact disk--read-only memory (CD-ROM) equipment. Questionnaire data revealed that compared with the students in the control class, the students completing the training program reported being significantly more familiar with six of seven key concepts and indicated significantly higher levels of usage of the four databases studied in the program.

CD-ROM↗

PubMed1986

Central nervous system toxicity with fludarabine.

A serious delayed neurotoxicity marked by encephalopathy and cortical blindness has occurred in patients treated with fludarabine. This toxicity had only been reported in patients receiving high doses (ie, aplasia-inducing). We describe a similar subacute neurological deterioration occurring in two patients, including one who received only low doses of this agent. Neurologic vulnerability to low doses of fludarabine may be multifactorial and at present cannot be predicted. Continued caution in the use of this new antineoplastic agent is appropriate.

Adult↗

PubMed1981

Comparison of the effectiveness of two types of teaching aids in an occupational therapy research class.

Students who have mastered statistical calculation problems often experience difficulty in choosing an appropriate procedure to apply to a given research problem. To assist them in the process, two teaching aids were assigned at random to a group of 29 beginning research students. Their performance in selecting appropriate statistical procedures for analyzing data indicated that, while both aids were helpful, the algorithm format was more effective than the prose form.

Female↗

PubMed1975

Four models in imparting decision-making information.

Twenty-four students in a basic professional master's program were asked to assign muscle test grades after being given a description of the performance of a hypothetical patient. Each student used one of four experimental formats for presenting the decision-making information necessary to assign the muscle grades. None of the students had been previously exposed to the information and the speed and accuracy of their performance was measured. No differences were noted in accuracy regradless of the format used but the flow chart and the logic tree formats were significantly more efficient in terms of time. The algorithm format was significantly less effective on the time dimension. The prose format was intermediate with regard to time.

Decision Making↗