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… Our finding that some patients felt that their doctor was a medical technician whose role was to physically treat their … during consultations for skin diseases. We recommend education for GPs about the potential psychological effects … deficiencies. Some participants perceived their doctors as medical technicians and sought treatment for their physical …
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 62-64 Free
Reflections
/ Global Health Writing Competition (Nossal Global Health Prize Runner Up, Student Category)
… This is the runner-up of the Medical student category of the MJA , MDA National, Nossal … family with hard labour, and was unlikely to ever know an education. Today, he is a medical doctor, and he reminisces about the day missionaries …
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (8): 468-469 Free
Perspective
… network (or equivalent) should identify state and hospital medical and stroke nursing leads to champion local … services, emergency and radiology departments, and the medical and nursing staff administering acute stroke … and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Acute Stroke Nurses Education Network Australasian Stroke Academy Australian …
Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 402-406 Free
Research letter
… fruit and vegetables — are major risk factors for chronic medical conditions. 1 The importance of clinicians … for socio‐demographic factors (age, sex, marital status, education level, income level, state/territory, residential remoteness); clinical factors (self‐reported medical conditions: arthritis, asthma, back pain, cancer, …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 480-481 Free
Supplement
… activities. TASC pathway forms replace the handwritten medical record, improve documentation of clinical findings, … leadership roles to initiate practice improvement. The educational program included: a clinical pathways workshop; … minimise complications (eg, early swallowing assessment by medical or nursing staff and interventions for fever and …
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (10): S92 Free
Research
… specialists, eight registrars (or equivalent), eight junior medical officers (postgraduate years 1 to 3), and several casual medical staff. Intervention A qualitative approach based on … PRECEDE model and comprised three integrated components: an education program for medical staff (addressing predisposing …
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (3): 131-134 Free
Research
… indirectly from an accident or injury, or are related to a medical procedure. Despite this legal obligation, there is … significant underreporting of deaths to the coroner, 1 and medical practitioners have difficulty recognising reportable … Regulation Agency has responded 6 by preparing an educational article for all registered medical practitioners …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 402-405 Free
Reflections
… Part 1: Medical school and prevocational training For this two-part … MJA interviewed various stakeholders about the length of medical education. This first part focuses on the pathway before …
Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 528-530 Free
Perspective
… Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), supported by medical and community stakeholders. To sustain community … effective First Nations co‐designed, culturally safe health education resources in First Nations languages and health … for Indigenous health Increase travel allowances for medical services Include chronic liver disease and HCC key …
Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 230-235 Free
Clinical update
… make a biopsychosocial diagnosis. After confirming the biomedical or organic components, an assessment of the relative … should be instituted early. These include reassurance, education, lifestyle modification, exercise, and reducing … the new care planning item numbers from the Commonwealth Medical Benefits System and the focus on developing …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 444-447 Free
Indigenous health
Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and healthcare workers
… treatment-related decisions, is fundamental to optimal medical care. 1 Effective communication correlates with … issues of poverty, dispossession, marginalisation, low educational achievement and racial discrimination, 7 we … the use of interpreters. The interactions included two medical reviews (one with a patient on regular haemodialysis …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 466-470 Free
Perspective
… Cultural competency is a well established concept taught in medical schools, incorporated into hospital and professional … 10 Poor health literacy and limited exposure to health education during the pandemic has been associated with … models for illness. Better still, we need to ensure our medical workforce reflects the cultural diversity of the …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 12-13 Free
Workforce and Education
… T he shortage of medical practitioners in rural and remote Australia has … has resulted from government decisions to curb numbers in medical schools during the early 1990s, inadequate long-term … Differences in opportunities for continuing medical education (CME) and difficulty in arranging locums at short …
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 94-98 Free
Study protocols
… (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy pilot study in six Aboriginal Medical Services in New South Wales, South Australia, and … Phase III‐SISTAQUIT RCT study by the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (1140/15) and the University … webinars delivered by an Indigenous team member, an educational resource package (including PowerPoint slides …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 36-42 Free
Rural health
… of rural doctors, despite implementation at all levels of medical education, training and practice of specific regulatory and … incentive-based programs and initiatives to enhance rural medical workforce recruitment and retention. 1 - 3 While …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 472-476 Free
Research
… hazardous/chronic, unknown), and most advanced level of education. A negative binomial regression model was used, … log length of follow-up as an offset, and step counts, education level, sex, number of comorbidities, number of … Hazardous drinker/chronic 96 (4.6%) Unknown 170 (8.1%) Education level Primary schooling only 47 (2.2%) Secondary …
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): 126-130 Free
Supplement
… on childhood hearing, speech and language development, and education. Before the antibiotic era, widespread morbidity … and adjacent to the mastoid bone. Management involves medical and surgical techniques, with more cases now … Indigenous than non-Indigenous children. Reduced access to medical care, lower socioeconomic status and remote living …
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S60 Free
Supplement
… high-level skills training and increased incorporation into medical curricula. Current limitations and potential uses of … training companies, such as CAE Inc, have ventured into the medical simulation field. Clearly, there are some … Furthermore, aviation companies bring into the field of medical simulation extensive technological experience and …
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): S38 Free
Health care delivery
… as key barriers to good management. 4 Most primary medical care in Australia is provided on a fee-for-service … the universal health insurance scheme, according to the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) of payments, sometimes with … variables of interest were sex, age, area of residence, education and household income, and the health variables of …
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (4): 198-202 Free
Research
… patient’s surroundings). The program included standardised educational materials and a regular audit system of HH … nursing staff (73.6%; 116 851/158 732). Compliance among medical staff improved only slightly from a baseline of … — a rate that was significantly lower than that for all non-medical HCWs (70.9%, 149 919/211 469; P < 0.001). Among …
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 615-619 Free
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