María José Sánchez Ledesma

Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Clinical Practice Related to the Treatment of Pain. Influence on the Professional Activity and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

The increasing relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in medical care is indisputable. This evidence makes it necessary to start studies that analyse the scope these new forms of access to information and understanding of medicine have on the professional activity of the physician, on the attitude and on the knowledge of patients or, on the doctor-patient relationship. The purpose of this study is to explore some of these aspects in a group of physicians whose clinical activity is related to one of the greatest social impact health problems which is the treatment of chronic pain. Starting with the completion of a questionnaire, in the study group it is observed that the interaction between social structure, increase of information flows and ICTs generate transformations in social practices and behaviour of the actors of the health system. Internet is confirmed as an information space on the subject, but is shown as an underutilized space of interaction between the doctor and his patient.

Active Multimodal Stimulation in Rehabilitation of paretic upper limb after stroke: technical procedure

The development of non-invasive transcranial stimulation techniques and their influence in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) rehabilitation is increasing since nineties. There are several treatments for sensitive and motor upper limb recovery after a neurological injury, whose individual scientific evidence is remarkable. The purpose of this project is to describe the instruments performance for an active multimodal stimulation in paretic upper limb rehabilitation after stroke.

Study of the uses of Information and Communication Technologies by Pain Treatment Unit Physicians

Adequate use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in health has been shown to save the patient and caregiver time, improve access to the health system, improve diagnosis and control of disease or treatment. All this results in cost savings, and more importantly, they help improve the quality of service and the lives of patients. The purpose of this study is to analyse the differences in the uses of this ICTs between those physicians that belong to Pain Treatment Units (PU) and other physicians that work in pain not linked to these PUs. An online survey, generated by Netquest online survey tool, was sent to both groups of professionals and the data collected was statistical analysed through a logistic regression methodology which is the Logit binomial model. Our results show that those physicians that belong to PUs use ICTs more frequently and consider it more relevant to their clinical practice.Adequate use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in health has been shown to save the patient and caregiver time, improve access to the health system, improve diagnosis and control of disease or treatment. All this results in cost savings, and more importantly, they help improve the quality of service and the lives of patients. The purpose of this study is to analyse the differences in the uses of this ICTs between those physicians that belong to Pain Treatment Units (PU) and other physicians that work in pain not linked to these PUs. An online survey, generated by Netquest online survey tool, was sent to both groups of professionals and the data collected was statistical analysed through a logistic regression methodology which is the Logit binomial model. Our results show that those physicians that belong to PUs use ICTs more frequently and consider it more relevant to their clinical practice.

4d visual environment on mobile devices for learning in the human anatomy field

The use of mobile devices as educational and working tools in Higher Education is becoming a reality. However, the employment of mobile applications, also known as Apps, is very low, mainly due to the unawareness about them. This paper tries to highlight some of the apps that could be very interested and useful for medical teachers in the Human Anatomy subject. This new instruments cold motivate Health Sciences students and enrich the learning process.