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Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2007)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2007). Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Nursing Standard, 22(6), 35-41

A considerable amount of elective surgery can now be undertaken on a day-case, 23 hour or 72 hour stay basis. Such changes to modern surgery are transforming surgical nursing as the copious level of physical care once required by elective surgical pa... Read More about Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project (2007)
Journal Article
Brown, C., Dickson, R., Humpheys, A., McQuillan, V., & Smears, E. (2007). Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00735.x

Future health care professionals will require self-directed learning skills. e-Learning is a tool to assist in this process and therefore there is a need to develop the capacity and readiness to utilise e-learning within educational programmes. The a... Read More about Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project.

Arthritis - questions & answers (2007)
Book
Hammond, A., Scott, D., Bird, H., Pattison, D., Hamer, A., & Green, C. (2007). Arthritis - questions & answers. London: Dorling Kindersley

About Arthritis Your Questions Answered
Suffering from arthritis doesn't mean putting life on hold

From living with osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia to carpal tunnel syndrome and gout, discover how to take back control of your life with this questi... Read More about Arthritis - questions & answers.

What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. (2007)
Journal Article
Thies, S., Ashton-Miller, J., & Richardson, J. (2007). What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. Gait & Posture, 26(1), 156-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.011

We hypothesized that, during gait, the perturbation caused by stepping on a 1.2-cm high protuberance with the medial forefoot would not only alter stance foot kinematics and kinetics, but also alter subsequent step location and timing, even to the po... Read More about What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women..

Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control (2007)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2007). Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32(3), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930600896704

The study sought to establish the level of students' self-assessment skill—particularly inexperienced students—and to examine the relationship between self-assessment skill and learning style, student perceptions of academic locus of control and acad... Read More about Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control.

Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis (2007)
Thesis
Staniland, K. Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

The primary focus for this Thesis is an account of the degree to which nurses and other stakeholders in one National Health Service hospital Trust have responded to the ‘clinical governance’ initiative, the effects on quality improvement and professi... Read More about Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis.

Analysis of MRI in the diagnosis of myositis (2007)
Thesis
Al-Nahedh, Y. Analysis of MRI in the diagnosis of myositis. (Thesis). University of Salford

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy IIM (generally called Myositis) is
a rare but serious condition characterised by the presence of skeletal muscle
inflammation, causing muscle weakness and disability (Targoff 1998,
Karpati and Hilton-Jones 2001, Ha... Read More about Analysis of MRI in the diagnosis of myositis.

Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle (2007)
Journal Article
Ren, L., Jones, R., & Howard, D. (2007). Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(7), 1567-1574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.07.017

An inverse dynamics multi-segment model of the body was combined with optimisation techniques to simulate normal walking in the sagittal plane on level ground. Walking is formulated as an optimal motor task subject to multiple constraints with minimi... Read More about Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle.

The validation of an activity monitor for use with type 1 and 2 gait patterns in cerebral palsy (2007)
Thesis
McAloon, M. The validation of an activity monitor for use with type 1 and 2 gait patterns in cerebral palsy. (Dissertation). University of Salford

methods in which this can be achieved is through evidence based practice. The current climate within the NHS has clear manifestations of such practice, the most visible perhaps being the increase in audit within practice. The facilitation of high qua... Read More about The validation of an activity monitor for use with type 1 and 2 gait patterns in cerebral palsy.

An innovative approach to programme delivery within an allied health degree (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Supyk, J., Martin, R., & Marsden, D. (2007, May). An innovative approach to programme delivery within an allied health degree. Presented at Evidence Based Practice: Inter-Professional Conference, Liverpool, UK

The development of a new inter-professional allied health degree at the University of Salford provided opportunities for partnerships with a number of organisations & individuals. This report will focus on the partnership with the Manchester Mental H... Read More about An innovative approach to programme delivery within an allied health degree.

Being a real nurse : nurses' accounts of learning and working in practice (2007)
Thesis
Ousey, K. Being a real nurse : nurses' accounts of learning and working in practice. (Thesis). University of Salford

There has been much written regarding nurse education and the socialisation of student nurses in clinical areas in the past (Olesen & Whittaker 1968, Orton, 1981, Melia, 1987, 1997, Ogier, 1989, Castledine, 1995, Bradshaw 2001, Spouse, 2003). The ori... Read More about Being a real nurse : nurses' accounts of learning and working in practice.

Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas (2007)
Journal Article
Ousey, K., & Johnson, M. (2007). Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas. Nurse Education in Practice, 7(3), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2006.06.001

In this paper we discuss the issues of caring and culture in practice settings and how they affect student nurses in their endeavours to learn how to be a ‘real nurse’. Drawing upon differing conceptions of ‘caring’ we discuss the notion as a pivotal... Read More about Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas.

Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia (2007)
Journal Article
Hammond, A. (2007). Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia. Rheumatology, 46,

Background: The self-regulatory model proposes cognitive representations of illness influence illness coping strategies and, in turn illness outcomes [1,2]. There is evidence illness representations affect outcomes in RA [3] but not for the mediating... Read More about Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia.

Identifying and measuring patients' preferences and priorities for information in chronic kidney disease (2007)
Other
Ormandy, P., Hulme, C., Caress, A., Macdonald, J., O’Donoghue, D., & Crane, D. (2007). Identifying and measuring patients' preferences and priorities for information in chronic kidney disease. Salford

Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning (2007)
Journal Article
McLoughlin, M., & Darvill, A. (2007). Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning. Nurse Education Today, 27(4), 271-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.04.010

This paper aims to provide an informative discussion with underpinning rationales about the use of a problem-based learning (PBL) classroom model, supported by a structured process for undertaking PBL. PBL was implemented as a main teaching and learn... Read More about Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning.

Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running (2007)
Journal Article
Arndt, A., Stacoff, A., Wolf, P., Nester, C., Liu, A., Jones, R., …Lundberg, A. (2007). Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(12), 2672-2678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.009

An accurate kinematic description of the intrinsic articulations of the foot during running has not previously been presented, primarily due to methodological limitations. An invasive method based upon reflective marker arrays mounted on intracortica... Read More about Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running.

The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease (2007)
Journal Article
Poliakoff, E., Galpin, A., Dick, J., Moore, P., & Tipper, S. (2007). The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease. NeuroReport, 18(5), 483-487. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32805867a1

Viewing action-relevant stimuli such as a graspable object or another person moving can affect the observer's own motor system. Evidence exists that external stimuli may facilitate or hinder movement in Parkinson's disease, so we investigated whether... Read More about The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease.

Examining 'window dressing' : the views of black police associations on recruitment and training (2007)
Journal Article
O'Neill, M., & Holdaway, S. (2007). Examining 'window dressing' : the views of black police associations on recruitment and training. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 33(3), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691830701234780

In a previous issue of this journal, Ellis Cashmore (2002 Cashmore, E. 2002. ‘Behind the window dressing: minority ethnic police perspectives on cultural diversity’. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28(2): 327–41.
[Taylor & Francis Onlin... Read More about Examining 'window dressing' : the views of black police associations on recruitment and training.

The 3D static FE model and it’s validation (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Tao, K., Liu, A., Nester, C., & Wang, C. (2007, March). The 3D static FE model and it’s validation. Presented at Shanghai International Symposium on Virtual Mechanical Human, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital (2007)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2007). Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 52(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.10.016

Our objective was to explore English midwives' views and experiences of supporting mothers with feeding their newborn baby. Grounded theory methodology was used. Data were collected using in-depth interviews from 30 midwives in the North of England.... Read More about Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital.