There has been an increasing use of Unconventional Therapies in the past decade. These refer to healthcare interventions representing either a compliment or alternative to traditional medicine to which many people have turned in hope of attaining a...
Medicine--Research--Social aspects; Health and race--Research
Using content analysis, this study examines the use of race in health related journal articles from 2000 to 2005. Each of the articles pertained to African Americans and either access to health or quality of health. Selected articles for review...
Experiential learning; College students--Medical care; Interns (Medicine)
This exploratory study was conducted using a descriptive design and examined the use of college health centers for academic internships and clinical rotations. In addition, the study examined the relationship among health center director and school...
This study investigates the placebo effect in randomized controlled trials of low back pain. This effect has not been analyzed over time or in respect to low back pain. A meta-analysis was performed using the Pubmed/Medline database for low back...
Sick--Personal narratives; Sick--Psychology; Sick--Biography--History and criticism; Narrative medicine
This dissertation uses a phenomenological and sociological lens to explore how non-fiction illness narratives help us understand how perception of the self is disrupted because of serious illness or injury. Specifically, I use the French...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Medicine; Research facilities;
Medical School Research Tower rises above the courtyard of the Health Sciences Center, University of Louisville. The sculpture "Ad Astra" can be see in the shadows of the Library and Commons building, and part of the Instructional...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Medicine; Courtyards; Research facilities;
Research Tower, rising up from the courtyard. This building is part of the Health Sciences Center and houses faculty and departmental offices and laboratories. Location: Health Sciences Campus: 500 Preston Street. Current uses: The University of...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Medicine; Research facilities;
Medical School Research Tower rises above the courtyard of the Health Sciences Center, with trees and lamp posts in the foreground. White letters reading "UofL" and "Health Sciences Center" are affixed to the tower. This...
This study examined the effect on physician/nurse collaboration and
communication of the implementation of the SBAR protocol, used as nurses reported
patient changes to physicians, in a Midwestern community hospital ICU. The design was
a two-phased...
Three-dimensional imaging in medicine; Diagnostic imaging; Dental care
CBCT in endodontics demonstrates anatomic features in 3D that intraoral, panoramic, and cephalometric images cannot. CBCT units reconstruct the projection data to provide interrelational images in three orthogonal planes (axial, sagittal, and...
The Kosair Children's Hospital, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is the only children's hospital in the state. Recently, the hospital's emergency department has developed concerns with patient satisfaction. Patients have experienced excessive...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1903 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students for the medical school class of 1903. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of men in suits...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1906 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students for the medical school class of 1906. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of men in suits...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for Kentucky School of Medicine for 1899. Includes list of board of regents, faculty, and hospital staff; dental program announcement, program and hospital information, and a list of graduates. Printed on cover: Kentucky School of Medicine...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Central University, 1876-1877. Includes information for College of Medicine and other colleges and departments. Includes list of faculty at College of Medicine in Louisville (Louisville Hospital College of Medicine) list of enrolled...
“This building, some 17 metres [meters] (56 feet) wide and 40 metres [meters] (131 feet) long, is divided along its length by a corridor with five square cells on the right and three on the left. The corridor leads through to a walled courtyard...
Trachea--Intubation; Optical fibers in medicine; Clinical medicine--Study and teaching--Simulation methods; Medicine--Study and teaching--Simulation methods
Fiberoptic intubation skills (FOI) are critical in reducing the anesthesia related morbidity and mortality in clinical settings. The purpose of the study was to prove that the simulator can train a novice to achieve the expert level in a relatively...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Medical Campus, Louisville, Kentucky, 1933. Three-story stone building with small turrets and small pointed roofs and a large corner turret with a pointed top, located at the corner of First and...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1882 - 1883 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students in the medical school class of 1882 and 1883. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1890 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students in the medical school class of 1890. Oval-shaped cluster of individual oval-shaped portraits...
