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Clinical focus

Holly Seale and C Raina MacIntyre

… of Public Health , Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing , Medical Journal of Australia and Vaccine — and hand-searched … provider, healthcare practitioner, health employee, medical staff, doctor, nurse, hospital personnel, hospital … Governments and institutions need to now look beyond educational or promotional programs for increasing coverage …

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 336-338 Free

Reflections

Georgina A Phillips

… change in thinking about health systems Runner-up — Medical practitioner category No one had thought to …

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 414-415 Free

Notable cases

Heather M Low and Paull Botterill

… fluid intake only and to emphasise the need to seek prompt medical attention for non-resolving symptoms. MJA 1997; 166: … of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write … advised by health authorities (e.g., United Kingdom Health Education Authority, and National Poisons Unit), to …

Med J Aust 1997; 166 (3): 136 Free

For debate

Stuart Harris

… aid agency (AusAID) commonly bundled health with education in its reporting. The existing relationship In … concerned with environmental, behavioural and other non-medical influences on health. For example, foreign policy … — water supply, sewerage, hospitals and other medical services — as post-war Iraq demonstrates. Much …

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (4): 171-173 Free

Health care

Harvey A Whiteford and William J Buckingham

… and programs of government agencies such as housing, education and training, employment, justice, police, … in the public sector, in which there was a 37% growth in medical staff between 1993 and 2002. Workforce reforms … grew, but there was a shift in the staffing mix, with medical and allied health staffing showing the greatest …

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (8): 396-400 Free

Research

Jeyamani Ramachandran, Monowar Hossain, Chris Hrycek, Edmund Tse, Kate R Muller, Richard J Woodman, Billingsley Kaambwa and Alan J Wigg

… self-management support with enhanced patient and carer education, patient action plans for dealing with … are managed in a general gastroenterology or general medical ward. Patients attend follow-up clinics as advised … Classification of admission types We assessed electronic medical records of eligible patients for hospital …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 301-305 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Ayesha Akram, Robert P Stevens and Pamela Konecny

… days earlier, but did not recall any hand trauma. His past medical history was significant only for hypertension … up from 0.15 in 1996 to 0.42 in 2010, despite public education and other interventional measures. 10 Warming of …

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 224-225 Free

Supplement

David P Thomas, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Kathryn S Panaretto, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

… HRECs with Aboriginal subcommittees: Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council Ethics Committee, Sydney; … the past year, most had last got it from an Aboriginal medical service (46%; 99/216), pharmacy (31%; 66/216) or … remoteness and area-level disadvantage, increased with education, and was lower among those who reported being …

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S78-S84 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

…      Paediatric Society of Queensland Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting , Brisbane, QLD 20-21      Australasian … WA 10-17      2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Sydney, NSW 11-14      11th … Innovation in Health , Melbourne, VIC   MARCH TBA         Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference, …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (6): C3 Free

Building a culture of co-creation in research

Amr Abou Elnour, Andrea L Hernan, Dale Ford, Stephen Clark, Jeffrey Fuller, Julie K Johnson and James A Dunbar

… improved a lot. ( Participant 6 ) It's clinical staff, not medical staff, that adhere to it and embrace it more … into general practice without anywhere near enough education for practices to understand. So most practices I … in general practice. Their responses included further education and training, and novel ways of thinking, …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): S56-S59 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

…      Paediatric Society of Queensland Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting , Brisbane, QLD 20-21      Australasian … WA 10-17      2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Sydney, NSW 11-14      11th … Innovation in Health , Melbourne, VIC   MARCH   TBA         Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference, …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): C1 Free

Research

Amy L Crowe, Pam Smith, Linda Ward, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

… linked to NT Government electronic databases by means of medical record numbers to obtain data on age, sex, … of T. trichiura infections, 18 and level of maternal education, access to latrines, household wealth indexes and … our study supports increasing the focus on health education, healthy living practices and essential housing …

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 286-289 Free

Clinical update

Anna J Waterreus and Jonathan D E Laugharne

… record linkage study, funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, had linked records for all users … illness. A copy of the algorithm can be placed in the medical file along with the monitoring form for easy … of patients, their families and carers 6. Provide tertiary education and postgraduate training for health …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 185-189 Free

Research

Lin Perry, Katharine S Steinbeck, Janet S Dunbabin and Julia M Lowe

… Data collection Data were extracted during 2008 from medical files of each individual up to the study end date of … case management approach to service coordination and social educational networking, have shown this is achievable for …

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 444-449 Free

Health care

Catherine M Speechly, Charles Bridges-Webb and Erin Passmore

… 6 , 7 with symptoms recorded in general practitioners’ medical records as early as 5 years before diagnosis. 8 … (eg, support, respite and chronic illness services; medical services; advocacy organisations; and advisory … agendas and social issues to consider. 9 Community education about early symptoms and how and when to act on …

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 487-489 Free

Perspectives

Lidia Morawska, Guy B Marks and Jason Monty

… travelling, enjoying entertainment, resting or undergoing medical care as part of their daily lives, allow virus‐laden … different organisations. For example, the Department of Education is responsible for IAQ in schools, and the … experts, including scientists, engineers, architects, and medical and public health professionals tasked with …

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (11): 578-581 Free

Research

Kelly A Cairns, Adam W J Jenney, Iain J Abbott, Matthew J Skinner, Joseph S Doyle, Michael Dooley and Allen C Cheng

… recommendations, including dissemination of guidelines, education, restricting antimicrobial availability and … managed by surgical/trauma units and 37% (289/779) were medical patients. The median duration of antimicrobial … were more likely to be successful than those based only on education or persuasion. 9 The interventions that we have …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (5): 262-266 Free

Perspectives

Paul J Secombe, Alex Brown, Michael J Bailey and David Pilcher

… on improvements in public health, including housing, education, health literacy and amelioration of poverty. … in navigating what is an increasingly complex and siloed medical system. These observations further highlight … ICU readmission are higher than for tertiary units. 3 Other medical colleges have been outspoken in their calls for …

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 297-299.e1 Free

Research

Graham Martin, Sarah V Swannell, Philip L Hazell, James E Harrison and Anne W Taylor

… been lacking.” 12 Self-injury does not necessarily lead to medical intervention; much is hidden, and reliable … financial burden on the health system through emergency medical care and admission to hospital. Planning for … in the 4 weeks before the survey, based on Index of Education and Occupation scores ( t  =  − 0.30, P  = 0.77) …

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 506-510 Free

Health care

John G Serginson, Ian A Yang, John G Armstrong, David M Cooper, Anthony M Matthiesson, Stephen C Morrison, Judy M Gair, Barbara Cooper and Paul V Zimmerman

… discharge); or the indirect clinical costs of assessment, education and support for patients receiving DOT. As cost … (Mr John Vasil, Manager, Oxygen and Specialised Services, Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme, Qld Health, personal … with less urbanised populations and arguably less access to medical services may be expected to show lower rates of DOT, …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 549-553 Free

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