This assignment gives your first experience of reading and reacting to journal literature in Allied Health Research.  Many students never realize there's a world beyond the textbooks and so it's all new to them.  You learn that in your specialty there are things printed every day that are new.  You will have to keep up to maintain your professional competency.  Journals are a resource that you can use, both here in school and when you get out in a professional situation.  The assignment is carefully sequenced with clear due dates and instructions. 

I believe that all of you, as future health care professionals, should be aware of how you can keep up on new developments in allied health and the issues that surround them.  Therefore, the objectives of this assignment are to familiarize you with the available literature in medicine and allied health.  

To meet the objectives of the assignment, you will:

·         Read and study, in detail, one current article on a topic covered in class from any of the three journals mentioned above. 

·         You will submit two assigned journal articles as Discussion Forums, and you may submit 2 or more of your own for credit in ALHE4060.  Ask the instructor if you wish to submit more than 2.

Details of What You Need To Do: 

1.        Go to the library and check out the issues of the journal.  You can also use the Internet for a resource.

2.        TIP: Most Journals publish a subject index in their December issue.  This is extremely useful and convenient when performing searches on subjects. 

3.        Look through the selected article ass well as the rest of that issue of the journal and several other recent issues to get a clear understanding of:

4.        what kinds of information is published,

5.        what audience it is intended to serve

6.        Whether references for further information are given. 

7.        Complete the Journal Article Review Form and submit by the due date. 

To receive full credit for this assignment, you must answer all questions on the review form and submit it by the due date.  Here is the information you should submit to your Research website:

Title of Journal

Article____Fantastic Growth with Web-based PACS_____

Title of Journal  ___Health Imaging & IT______

Volume______Vol.3 No.7____ Date __07__/___/__05____ Page Number(s) __34-37

·          What organization is responsible for publishing the journal you chose?

        Tri-Med Media Group, Inc.

·          What is your overall evaluation of this article?

__Poor          ___Fair       ______Good        _______Very Good       ___X__Excellent

·          Why did you choose to review this particular article?

                I chose this article because it pertains to what I am doing my research project.  I find what it is about to be very interesting.

·          How would you rate this article as a tool for teaching a student about cardiopulmonary physiology, radiography, or another allied health specialty? 

Students: ____Poor  ____Fair   _____Good ___Very Good  __X__Excellent

Teachers: ____Poor____Fair _____Good__Very Good      __X__Excellent

Patients: ____Poor ____Fair  _____Good __Very Good      __X__Excellent

·          Comment on the readability of this article. 

                It is very easy to read.  I have some knowledge of the subject so it is a little easier for me to understand, but if some that didn’t know anything about were to read it, I believe they would understand it.

·          Course Topics covered:

        The benefits of web-based PACS

·          Brief Summary:

        The article basically talks about different hospitals implementing a web-based PACS system, and how it has benefited that hospital.

·          Identify and attempt to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar to you when reviewing this article.

1.        A physician can log in anywhere and look at images on-line.

2.        Physicians can also listen to a recording of the radiologist’s conclusion.

3.        Doctors will eventually be able to take a hand held device into a patient’s room and be able to read all the results for every test to the patient.

·          Detail the strengths/weaknesses of this article.

        I think that its biggest strength is having the results of implementing the PACS system from different hospitals.  If the article were only about one hospital, it would not have been as strong.

·          How might this article be useful to you in your further studies and career?

        It has been very useful to me for my research project, and since it is about radiology it will be helpful to me in the future when most hospitals in the country will have PACS.

·          Does the article include a list of references/citations that can be used to find more information on the topics they cover? 

        No

Your Name: _____Justin Hildenbrand_____ Date: __12____/___01___/__05___