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Editorials
… For many years, Australia has relied on supplementing its medical workforce with doctors who have qualified outside Australia. Each year, about 2500 of these medical practitioners, known as international medical … (is it an efficient use of resources?), acceptability, and educational impact. 5 WBAs are generally recognised as …
Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 209-210 Free
Research
… cancer care is ensuring that information, communication and education provided to patients meets their needs, … expectancy information. Methods Patient sample Eligible medical oncology treatment centres were those providing care … approved the study (ref. H-2010-1324). Results Of 51 medical oncology treatment centres that were approached, 14 …
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 405 Free
Letters
… To the Editor: I spent my fifth-year medical student elective at Alice Springs Hospital and a … explores some of the issues in this area as they affect medical student training. 1 I think it is good that they … all need to move on. … Letters … Safeguard or mollycoddle? Medical student placements in Aboriginal communities …
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (2): 102-104 Free
Research
… T here is a growing body of evidence that medical students experience disproportionate levels of stress-related impairment. Before commencing medical school, their mental wellbeing is similar to that of … highlight the need for greater promotion, awareness, and education about the services available, with a particular …
Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 188-190 Free
Snapshot
… of monetary individuality, we lost an unusual "document" of medical history: the Greek 10 000-drachma note. The front of … the nymph Koronis (Coronis, Cronis). Apollo entrusted the education of Asklepios to the centaur Chiron, who taught him … the right shoulder of a sleeping patient. … Snapshot … Medical history and the European Union: Papanicolaou and …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (8): 380 Free
Health care
… approach had certain limitations: we did not know patients’ medical histories; some patients may have used AHT … 16 What can be done to improve persistence? Better patient education, as well as the availability of drugs with fewer …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 224-227 Free
Narrative review
… they provide access to a breadth of research across the medical and social sciences. The final keywords used for the … Greenhealth, have produced guidelines to support large medical systems to implement EPP practices. 17 , 21 , 24 … of reprocessed SUD. 31 Ineffective or insufficient waste education A significant barrier to waste management appears …
Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 279-284 Free
Viewpoint
… and now exceeds 1200. 1 More recently, several leading medical journals in the United States have published … welcome doctors enquiring about spirituality; 1 , 2 many US medical schools and some residency training programs include … religious beliefs. 12 Spiritual issues in US medical education and research Seventy-two US medical schools have …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 86-88 Free
Research
… heavy reliance on the immigration of doctors whose primary medical qualification is from another country. 3 - 5 Numbers of international medical graduates (IMGs) have grown to nearly 25% of doctors … English is not the primary language, and all have medical education and health systems that are quite different to …
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (8): 448-452 Free
Research
… medication errors. 7 A study from a UK hospital interviewed medical practitioners whose actions had led to an ADE and … department, with the full range of general and specialist medical and surgical units. The hospital has participated in … has important implications for staff training and student education. Staff and students need to understand that human …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 276-279 Free
Research
… V accination of medical students is important to protect them from acquiring … of health care workers, but vary in how they manage medical students. Education of students about their vaccination needs, and …
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 484-486 Free
Clinical ethics
… with the process of healthcare delivery and the success of medical care. Ethical issues and dilemmas can also erode the … untidy pluralist culture by formulating a "universal" medical ethics. 3 But it is questionable whether a universal … would need to critically examine the nature of medical education, the process of socialisation of medical …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 174-175 Free
Careers
… Australia’s medical students are smart, educated about mental health, … bad at seeking help for their own problems. The Australian Medical Students’ Association is out to change that. Medical … and relevant wellbeing advice to students”. AMSA’s education platform, AMSA Academy, has also launched a short …
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): C4 Free
Research
… circumcisions, 8 the rate of circumcisions performed for medically indicated reasons declined, most notably in boys … and to compare these with circumcision rates for other medical conditions. Methods Our study was conducted as part … phimosis. 4 , 20 Our findings suggest that improved education for physicians, and perhaps parents, with regard …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (4): 155-158 Free
Research
… than others. 1 , 2 This is particularly so for female medical graduates who favour general practice, public health … and psychiatry, but not surgery. 3 - 6 About one in two medical graduates now entering the workforce are women. 7 - … these factors across disciplines. Implications for medical education and workforce policy Our findings suggest that, …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 295-300 Free
Supplement
… benign and most decrease in frequency in later childhood. Education and reassurance of parents may be all that is … concern about accuracy of diagnosis, or need for additional medical therapy including use of medications such as … is primary, or secondary to OSA. Children with underlying medical disorders Underlying medical disorders work to both …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (8): S31-S35 Free
Research
… T o encourage the development of a sustainable rural medical workforce, the Australian Government provides incentives for Australian medical schools to recruit students with a rural background … students who choose to take an ERP; appreciation of the educational opportunities that are more likely to be …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (11): 779-782 Free
The Research Enterprise
… Mapping Australia's basic research in the medical and health sciences Paul F Bourke and Linda Butler … Science Citation Index (SCI). Australia's presence in the medical and health sciences journals in the SCI and the … (Monograph Series No. 4.) National Board of Employment Education and Training (NBEET). Quantitative indicators of …
Med J Aust 1997; 167 (11): 610-613 Free
Research
“They liked it if you said you cried”: how medical students perceive the teaching of professionalism
… P rofessionalism is an important component of medical training, 1 yet there is scant research that captures the perspective on professionalism held by medical students 2 or on the development of professional … lacking on teaching methods and how the process of medical education moulds professional identity through the …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 406-409 Free
Supplement
… I n Australia, the mismatch between university-based medical education and preparation for the practicalities of lifelong … or general practice. Internship was when wild-horse medical graduates’ spirits were broken and discipline was …
Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): S6 Free
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