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The profession
… The Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC) was formed in … Advisory Council (AHMAC) as the principal body to oversee medical workforce planning, and to provide information on … to resist the offer of a trebling of salary, significant educational benefits and the opportunity to spend some years …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (4): 206-208 Free
Communication, culture and health
… capabilities they bring — and better sociocultural education of all medical students will be needed to “close the gap” W hen … strategy. 3 There are two key issues in Indigenous medical workforce development — the relative undersupply of …
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 580-581 Free
Clinical update
… knee and hip). Here, we provide a pragmatic outline of the medical management of OA of these joints. A treatment … is outlined in Box 1 . Non-pharmacological management Education and behavioural intervention Education of patients … pain and progressive limitation of daily activities despite medical management may be referred to an orthopaedic surgeon …
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5): 232-236 Free
Research
… One response to this imbalance is to utilise international medical graduates (IMGs). The Medical Board of Australia is responsible for the … counselling Paediatrics: history; counselling and patient education Obstetrics and gynaecology: investigations and …
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (1): 41-44 Free
Research
… M ore responsive planning for the future medical workforce has become increasingly necessary, as rapid changes are taking place in supply of medical practitioners and the requirement for their … such as management, administration, research, continuing education, and supervision, reduce the effective supply for …
Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 441-446 Free
Training and Workforce
… Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health into medical curricula. 2 - 6 All of these have focused on single events or activities in a single year of the medical course. 6 Despite the presence of Indigenous health … Health Strategy made recommendations on improving the education of health care practitioners in relation to …
Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 522-525 Free
Supplement
… is seen to make substantial contributions to major medical and behavioural disorders, such as heart disease and … awareness of depression 5 and improving the quality of medical interventions provided. 6 Importantly, in the … combine the use of screening instruments with more formal education in relevant diagnostic systems, improved …
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (7): S111 Free
Health care
… as instanced by the recent publication of Australian Medical Association guidelines on the subject. 1 We recently reported on the implementation of medical morning handover report (MMHR) at Launceston General … Formal teaching Yes 7 (24%) No 22 (76%) Focus of meeting Education 5 (17%) Complete handover of cases 20 (67%) …
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 164-165 Free
MJA Centenary -- History of Australian Medicine
… less historical analysis of how this transition has shaped medical practice. Here, we lay out a framework for analysing changes to medical practice with respect to this transition. We … domain in our framework is critical for understanding how medical practice has changed for patients and health …
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (1): S29-S32 Free
Narrative review
… play a major role in reducing high levels of scabies. 45 Education and empowerment of local communities and …
Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 558-563 Free
In Consultation
Breaking away from the medical model: perceptions of health and health care in suburban Sydney youth
… Human Research Ethics Committee and the NSW Department of Education and Training. Setting Berowra is a geographically … youth workers for health information and to consult a medical practitioner only if they were very unwell. They … and asking questions in an environment away from the “medical model”. If needing to see a medical practitioner, …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (8): 418-421 Free
Research
… intensive care-based hospital-wide preventive approach (a medical emergency team [MET]) might decrease the incidence … a MET. Methods Hospital The Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre comprises two major teaching hospital … operating conditions of the hospital. A preparation and education period (1 September 1999 – 31 August 2000) to …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): 283-287 Free
MJA centenary
… watch in the night. Psalm 90: 4 When the first issue of the Medical Journal of Australia was published in Sydney on 4 … — the editorial team with its passions and foibles, the medical profession and its organisations, a host of … information for use in clinical practice; and a belief in education and lifelong learning are all values it has …
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (1): 7 Free
Viewpoint
… medicine, and on the traditional ways of delivering medical education and undertaking medical research. Pressures on academic medicine Growing …
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 169-172 Free
The Research Enterprise
… The Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science Brendon J Kearney Situated in … details - - - © MJA 1997 Introduction The Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS), in Adelaide, South … and training program in pathology and to become involved in education and training in collaboration with clinical …
Med J Aust 1997; 167 (11): 614-617 Free
Viewpoint
Riding the wave: current and emerging trends in graduates from Australian university medical schools
… is currently in the midst of an expansionist phase in medical workforce supply, driven by a range of policies designed to encourage growth in the medical workforce, including significant increases to … about the flow-on effect of these increases through medical education pathways. 1 Here, we place current policies in …
Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 309-312 Free
Supplement
… of these are powerful indicators of poor self-care. Junior medical officers, in particular, are at risk. The New South Wales Medical Board has only incomplete data, but these show an … officers; barriers to the use of general practice services; educational needs of GPs to assist them to provide an …
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (1): S19 Free
Viewpoint
… S ince 2000, the number of medical schools in Queensland has increased from one to … alone will require clinical placements for about 800 medical students. This is an increase of around 570 students … training in the preclinical years. Promote logistical and educational collaboration between health professionals, …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 669-671 Free
Clinical focus
… processes for decision making relating to limitations of medical treatment and documentation of the decisions is an … to one of three treatment categories based on the overall medical treatment goals for that patient at that time. The … initial training in individual hospital units. GOC education was then done jointly with the advance directive …
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 452-455 Free
Editorials
… access for patients. 2 , 4 , 5 That costs are barriers to medical care in Australia has been reported by 8% of people who needed to see a medical specialist and by 19% of those needing to see a … solutions, such as professional colleges offering education about “reasonable” fee-setting (eg, the Royal …
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 162-163 Free
Pagination
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