Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2000
[Assessment of teaching at the faculties of medicine in Germany].
The aim of this study was to gather, against the background of a long-discussed deficit in academic teaching, data on the current activities of medical faculties with regard to teaching, and to analyse these findings. Another aim was to obtain suggestions for establishing a consensus on indicators that could be used to assess the quality of teaching. ⋯ The assessment of teaching quality can be considered as well established at medical faculties in Germany. However, the methods and models used are highly heterogeneous. Furthermore, numerous activities exist in the various faculties to increase the importance attached to academic teaching. However, despite using diverse indicators of quality, the central problems for assessing teaching ability remain unsolved.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2000
Comparative Study[Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by transthoracic sonography. Sono-morphologic characterization of pulmonary lesions and comparison with spiral computed tomography].
Pulmonary embolism often extends to pleural surfaces, resulting in pleural-based parenchymal lesions. This study was carried out in order to evaluate the clinical value of transthoracic sonography (TS) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. ⋯ A substantial number of pulmonary emboli involve the peripheral lung areas. Transthoracic sonography is a non-invasive technique for diagnosing such parenchymal alterations and may serve as an alternative method in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.