Publications by authors named "Susan Deering"
Background: With their charismatic nighttime flashes, fireflies are a classic organismal system for studying the evolution of visual mating signals. However, across their diversity, fireflies employ a variety of mating strategies that include both chemical and visual signals. While phylogenetic evidence points to a common ancestor that relied on long-range pheromones, behavioral evidence suggests that light-dependent flashing fireflies do not use smell for mating.
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- The text outlines the growing issue of heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, which are becoming more common due to climate change and extreme heat events.
- It emphasizes that certain patients are more vulnerable to these illnesses due to existing health conditions, heat sensitivity, or limited access to resources.
- Family physicians play a crucial role in prevention by identifying at-risk patients and promoting interventions to mitigate heat-related illnesses.
Structured academic teaching on wound care was developed, based on the long-term care (LTC) setting, with the goal of ensuring that postgraduate family medicine residents attain competency in assessment and treatment of wounds and pressure ulcers (PUs). The curriculum for the 1-month learning module was based on clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, assessment, and treatment of PUs and wounds. The learning techniques used include a learners' needs assessment, a small-group didactic session, interdisciplinary bedside case discussions and a toolkit.
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