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Simulation of the postoperative trunk appearance in scoliosis surgery
(IEEE, 2012-05-01)
Persistence of external trunk asymmetry after scoliosis surgical treatment is frequent and difficult to predict by clinicians. This is a significant problem considering that correction of the apparent deformity is a major ...
« Moi aussi, je serai docteur » : promouvoir les professions de la santé auprès des jeunes Atikamekw à travers une collection de livres
(2015-11-20)
Introduction : Les autochtones sont actuellement fortement sous-représentés au sein des professions de la santé et le recrutement d’étudiants autochtones est une priorité pour les facultés de médecine canadiennes. Le Dr ...
Articulated Model Registration of MRI/X-Ray Spine Data
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010-06)
This paper presents a method based on articulated models for the registration of spine data extracted from multimodal medical images of patients with scoliosis. With the ultimate aim being the development of a complete ...
Reaching Innu and Atikamekw Youths in their communities: Future Healthcare Professionals Working Together
(2017-10-03)
Background
Mini-Schools of Health are held since 2011 in indigenous communities by the Université de Montréal's
Faculty of Medicine and the student's Groupe d’intérêt en santé autochtone (GISA). These events take
place ...
Health and literacy: the Mini-Med School and the Literacy Foundation working together to reach native children
(2016-05-18)
The Mini-Med School (MMS) aims to motivate Native children to stay in school, introduce them to the health professions and encourage them to have healthy living practices. As reading skills play a major role in student ...
Are second language learners just as good at verb morphology as first language learners?
(Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2015)
We addressed whether children learning French as a first (L1) and multilingual children (MUL, for whom French is a second or third language) are sensitive to sub-regular verb conjugation patterns (i.e., neither default, ...
“When I Grow Up I Want to be a Doctor”: Promoting Atikamekw children’s interest for health professions through a book collection
(2015-06-20)
Introduction: Aboriginal peoples are underrepresented within the healthcare professions, and recruitment of Aboriginal students has become a priority for medical schools in Canada. Because of very low high-school completion ...
L’évolution d’une coopération bibliothéconomique dans le secteur de la santé: le consortium des ressources électroniques du RUIS de l’UdeM
(AIFBD, 2009)
Sous l’impulsion de la Loi 83, loi modifiant la Loi sur les services de santé et les services sociaux et d’autres dispositions législatives, sanctionnée en 2005, et fort d’une expérience issue d’une coopération de plus de ...
Les mini-écoles de la santé : pour encourager la persévérance scolaire
(2017-10-11)
Depuis 2011, des centaines d’élèves autochtones et d’étudiants universitaires se sont rencontrés grâce aux Mini-écoles de la santé initiées par le Dr Stanley Vollant en collaboration avec l’Université de Montréal. Les ...