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… Professor Keryn Williams tops the list of medical professionals named in this year’s Australia Day … Division of the Order of Australia, topping a long list of medical professionals given honours on Australia Day. … of traumatic brain injury as a clinician, and to medical education as an academic, researcher and author. Professor …
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): Free
… can take you. My special guest is Dr Anna Samecki, the medical education and publications lead for Boehringer Ingelheim. …
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 …
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Perspectives
… 7 Palliative medicine in Australia is a relatively new medical specialty, formally recognised in 2005. 8 Globally, … broad needs, may require a significant commitment to self‐education for the profession. To date, cardiology has … professionals who pay attention to concerns beyond strictly medical issues. Means of facilitating engagement with …
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Models Of Care
… the largely positive rhetoric about practice nurses in the medical and mainstream media, 9 , 10 there has been little … was spent in clinical activities: vaccinations; patient education; wound management; chronic disease monitoring and … experience. This can be compounded by differences in medical and nursing professional cultures and by the …
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 92-97 Free
Careers
… health care to rural communities, he has been teaching medical students about it, and when he hasn’t been doing … that he has been designing, implementing and running rural medical schools. His list of achievements and awards is long … doctors who completed both undergraduate and postgraduate education with NOSM practice in Northern Ontario, 33% of …
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Expanding the evidence base in digital health
… information is poorly used”. 1 Secondary use of electronic medical records (EMRs) for research purposes occurs … public health gains by informing evidence‐based health care education, policy, practice and service delivery. 2 , 3 , 4 … it and only 7% opposed, and strong public trust in medical researchers (67% high or very high trust, 29% …
Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S12-S16 Free
Ethics and law
… 2 Recent developments in paediatric neurology alone include Medical Benefits Schedule, industry and research sponsored … individual clinical implications when consenting for medical investigations. They may inadvertently minimise or … starts with comprehensive pre‐test counselling including education. This promotes autonomy and trust between patients …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 403-406 Free
Editorial
… training, technical and data requirements, and community education and involvement. 2 The findings by Carter and … 9 including using synthetic data in appropriate cases; 10 education and empowerment: educate people about the … 2 are consistent with opinions expressed by the Australian Medical Association 13 and NSW Health; 14 in the United …
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Task Transfer
… growth; feminisation of the workforce; increasing medical technology sometimes, perversely, requiring more … new professions. 4 There is some blurring at the margins of medical and nursing roles, but disciplinary “silos” remain … skills of intensive care. But requiring a complete nursing education as a prerequisite seems hopelessly inefficient if …
Med J Aust 2006; 185 (1): 32-34 Free
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… this article focuses on governance of general practice education and training at the macro level. It outlines how … perspective and incorporating vertical integration of medical training. Due to the limitations relating to … in accredited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services has increased from 65 in 2003 to 141 in …
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Ethics and law
… Does pregnancy change a person's medical values and preferences? The concept of autonomy, … with decision‐making capacity to consent to, or refuse, medical treatment. This includes respecting advanced consent … For information about advance care planning including education for health practitioners and a free national …
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 161-164 Free
Editor's choice
… reflected in a significant decrease in training numbers of medical graduates choosing primary care as a career. In … problem. They provide four recommendations: increasing medical student and junior doctor placements in general …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 442-442 Free
Modern challenges in acute coronary syndrome
… 1 , 2 surveys locally and overseas indicate poor uptake of medical treatments and lifestyle recommendations after an … non-adherence ( Box 2 ). 2 5 , 2 6 Interventions to improve medical adherence Several interventions that target the … Side effects Socioeconomic Income Low levels of patient education and/or literacy Poor social support (single …
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): S106-S109 Free
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… data mean that occasions of service are only reported for medical primary care and some private allied health, and not … is also an important factor. A striking feature of medical workforce training has been the piecemeal, reactive … of primary health care providers and how their education will be best provided. Telemedicine may be able to …
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): S88 Free
Mind the Gap
… governments are seeking to remedy the deficiencies in education, employment opportunities, nutrition, and … that, within 21 years, preventive strategies, social or medical, will extinguish all excess expression and risk of … It is self-evident that sustained change requires better education, nutrition, employment opportunities and …
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 542-544 Free
Letters
… referral directories, compiled the best available patient education materials, and provided information technology … general practices (four in each division and one Aboriginal Medical Service) participated in in-depth qualitative … patient presented for different reasons. In the Aboriginal Medical Service, there was a more proactive approach that …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): S54-S58 Free
Careers
… to World Health Organization directors, Australian medical professionals led the way in the Australia Day … Professor Robert Ouvrier leads a pack of impressive medical professionals named in the Australia Day Honours … Melbourne — “For distinguished service to tertiary education administration, to medicine in the field of …
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): Free
Ethics and law
… (KB). We reflected on our shared experience in an online medical forum where there was a heated debate in the lead‐up … “Why did the framework of the ‘four principles of medical ethics’ seem so inadequate for dealing with this … generic others to meet our basic needs (eg, the government, education and health care systems, corporate supply chains), …
Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 25-28 Free
Perspectives
… research institutions such as universities and independent medical research institutes that help provide innovation and … nature of their mission, health services, universities and medical research institutes are funded separately, overseen … in Australia involved in health care, health research and education, and their governing bodies. 5 In Australia, we …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (5): 320-321 Free
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