Not Joshing Around

Joshua Finch
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Josh Finch, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Oklahoma with a sultry voice, talks about scientific topics in digestible episodes for your listening convenience. Stay a while, learn a lot. Trust me, he's definitely "Not Joshing Around."

Episodes

  1. 05/10/2021

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: Trickle-Down Prosthetics

    In the third and final installment in the series about addressing struggles that amputees might face while receiving their care and investigating potential solutions to improve the lives of people with limb loss, Josh discusses how costs of treatment can be an insurmountable obstacle for some amputees as well as ideas for remedies that could begin to tackle it. Citations for the sources used in this episode: Pasquina PF, Carvahlo AJ, Sheehan TP. 2015. Ethics in rehabilitation: access to prosthetics and quality care following amputation. AMA J Ethics [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021]; 17(6):535-546. Available from https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ethics-rehabilitation-access-prosthetics-and-quality-care-following-amputation/2015-06 doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.stas1-1506 BBC News. 2015. Quadruple amputee ‘unable to get best prosthetic’ – BBC News [Internet]. YouTube.com; [cited 25 April 2021]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFjCcjOvj9Y Herbst Y, Polinsky S, Fischer A, Medan Y, Schneor R, Kahn J, Wolf A. 2021. Scan-Driven Fully-Automated Pipeline for a Personalized, 3D Printed Low-Cost Prosthetic Hand. [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021] Available from https://engrxiv.org/tuq8k/  doi:10.31224/osf.io/tuq8k.

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: Trickle-Down Prosthetics

  2. 05/10/2021

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: The Mental Health Obstacle Course

    In this second episode of the multipart series about addressing common problems that amputees face when receiving their care and exploring what can be done to improve their quality of live, Josh dives deep into mental health struggles that can arise as a result from losing a limb and provides a few resources at the end for anyone that might need them. Citations for sources used in the episode: Herbst Y, Polinsky S, Fischer A, Medan Y, Schneor R, Kahn J, Wolf A. 2021. Scan-Driven Fully-Automated Pipeline for a Personalized, 3D Printed Low-Cost Prosthetic Hand. [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021] Available from https://engrxiv.org/tuq8k/  doi:10.31224/osf.io/tuq8k. Holzer LA, Sevelda F, Fraberger G, Bluder O, Kickinger W, Holzer G. 2014. Body image and self-esteem in lower-limb amputees. PLoS ONE [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021]; 9(3):e92943. Available from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0092943 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092943 Sanni S, Chile N. 2020. [Internet]. Uyo (NG): Reuters; [cited 18 April 2021] Available from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-disability/nigerian-artist-makes-dark-skin-prosthetics-to-boost-patients-confidence-idUSKBN1ZJ15T AmputeeCoalition.org. 2021. [Internet]. Washington D.C. (USA); [cited 18 April 2021] Available from https://www.amputee-coalition.org/ Inspiration Porn [Internet]. Wikipedia.org; [cited 25 April 2021]. Available from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration_porn

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: The Mental Health Obstacle Course

  3. 05/10/2021

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: The Prosthesis of the Future

    In this premiere episode of Not Joshing Around, Josh talks about the incredible technological advancements that have been made in the field of prosthetics and how these advancements could potentially improve the lives of amputees. Citations for sources discussed in the episode: Bensmaia SJ. 2015. Biological and bionic hands: natural neural coding and artificial perception. Phil Trans R Soc B. 370(1677):1-10. WIRED. 2015. Can Prosthetics Outperform Real Limbs? | Cyborg Nation [Internet]. YouTube.com; [cited 25 April 2021]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2z8CE2vomY Herbst Y, Polinsky S, Fischer A, Medan Y, Schneor R, Kahn J, Wolf A. 2021. Scan-Driven Fully-Automated Pipeline for a Personalized, 3D Printed Low-Cost Prosthetic Hand. [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021] Available from https://engrxiv.org/tuq8k/  doi:10.31224/osf.io/tuq8k. Pasquina PF, Carvahlo AJ, Sheehan TP. 2015. Ethics in rehabilitation: access to prosthetics and quality care following amputation. AMA J Ethics [Internet]. [cited 18 April 2021]; 17(6):535-546. Available from https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ethics-rehabilitation-access-prosthetics-and-quality-care-following-amputation/2015-06 doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.6.stas1-1506

    Giving a Hand to the Handless: The Prosthesis of the Future
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Josh Finch, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Oklahoma with a sultry voice, talks about scientific topics in digestible episodes for your listening convenience. Stay a while, learn a lot. Trust me, he's definitely "Not Joshing Around."

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  • Creator
    Joshua Finch
  • Episodes
    3
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    Clean
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    © Joshua Finch
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