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… the generalist, with over 400 000 articles added to the biomedical literature each year. Adding further pressure to the … more patients with acute and complex conditions. 2 Canadian medical practitioners feel that they are on a “medical … is good evidence that what we do in continuing medical education (CME) (produce courses, give didactic lectures, …
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… in the United States in the relationship between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry. There is … Times and the Wall Street Journal , major scientific and medical journals, and in the US House of Congress. It is a … own prescribing practice. 5 Attending industry-sponsored educational events and accepting funding for travel or …
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Research enterprise
… F ollowing the 1998 Health and Medical Research Strategic Review, 1 the Australian … decided to almost double the annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding — at the beginning … Most Australian Government funding is directed to higher education facilities. 15 Our analysis showed that increased …
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Task Transfer
… I n the United States, medical care has evolved to be a role shared between doctors … PAs and NPs in the US, comprising about one sixth of the US medical workforce. Numbers are equally divided between the … providing care previously covered by junior doctors. 8 , 9 Education Historically, PA and NP tracks started as …
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… predominantly with substantial government support of education and health. It is essential to ensure that the … very expensive technology, and practitioners without full medical training (eg, psychologists, practice nurses, nurse … hospitals had an important role to play in training the medical workforce of the future. With increasing trends …
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… that 77% of Australians have at least one long-term medical condition, defined as a condition that has lasted, … including a focus on chronic disease self-management education programs. Although there are formal and informal … in their health care, and extends to knowing when to seek medical help, being able to effectively communicate with …
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Medicine and the law
… (RANZCOG) was reported to be considering the sanctioning of medically performed “ritual nicks” to satisfy the desire of … here indicate that FGM is a relevant issue for Australian medical practitioners. The medical profession has an … agencies. In addition, the Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program, based in Victoria, has a nationwide remit …
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… P revocational medical education is a critical phase in the continuum from medical undergraduate to vocational training, and the lack …
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… T he release of Australia’s Health and Medical Research Strategic Review chaired by Peter Wills … by the Australian Government to increase investment in medical research significantly. Over the next 6 years, … increase in infrastructure support. Recent Department of Education, Science and Training reviews similarly attest to …
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… T he large increase in medical graduate numbers between 2005 and 2012 is currently the greatest challenge for postgraduate medical education and training in Australia. Australian domestic …
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… vertical integration often relates to undergraduate medical curricula. 6 However, an accepted definition in … system of linkages and activities in the delivery of education and training throughout the continuum of the learner’s stages of medical education”. 1 Although vertical integration is not …
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… deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team Peter J Bristow, Ken M Hillman, Tien … Abstract Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a medical emergency team (MET) in reducing the rates of … vital signs exceeded certain levels ( Box 1 ). 10 An education program explained the MET's role to all new staff. …
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Health care
… a mutual learning experience for both after-hours and day medical staff, and give physicians the opportunity to assess … of after-hours work. Morning report has been an important educational tool in most internal medicine training programs … hospital, classiified level 3 for physician training. Medical patients are directly admitted to the hospital via …
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… burden of illness in children. 1 In addition to specific medical treatments, parents and carers need information and … with this, written asthma action plans (WAAPs), patient education and regular review are central components of … the impact of the Practitioner Asthma Communication and Education (PACE) Australia program — an innovative …
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For debate
… The relationship between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry has … 2 On the other hand, pharmaceutical company-sponsored medical education for doctors and students risks the presentation of …
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… I n November 2003, the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC), a 500-bed teaching general hospital in … to leave, the “blame game” was pervasive, and surgical and medical programs were proving hard to sustain. An aggregated … them in a variety of ways, including lean thinking education days for large numbers of staff, open staff …
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… establishment of a National Council for General Practice Education and Training. It proposed four options for the … Committee. 5 The concept of “social accountability” of medical education programs, initially defined in 1994 by the … GP registrars comprise about 11% of the rural and remote medical workforce, 9 and these doctors are a significant …
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… doctors are reluctant to seek help and, as a consequence, medical boards see such doctors quite late in the course of illness. The Australian Medical Council code of conduct for Australian doctors, 5 … support for rehabilitation and re-entry, and roles in education and research. VDHP participants are expected and …
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The Healthcare System
… health-related activities, including patient and provider education, and health services administration, as well as … of ICT. It is heavily dependent on ready access to medical knowledge databases, as well as sophisticated search … access to EDU-CATE (a comprehensive library of health education leaflets) 31 and easy-to-use links to other …
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