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Complementary medicine
… the respondents were resurveyed. Age, sex, marital status, education, employment status, area of residence, country of … ). Excluded were calcium, iron or vitamins prescribed by a medical practitioner. The respondents were asked to … ; other ; and don’t know . Respondents were asked if their medical practitioner knew about the complementary medicines …
Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 27-31 Free
Health care reform
… departments 7 and delays in access to planned surgical and medical admissions and specialist assessment. 8 We recommend … think and act about health, including through better education, evidence and research. The Agency would also … problems that can be resolved quickly through one-off medical interventions. However, the needs of people with …
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 383-387 Free
Research
… hospital coordinated local data collection, feedback and education programs. Hospital coordinators attended a … where recognised local experts and opinion leaders provided educational sessions on pain management, DUE methods, social … were based on published literature, 9 and included use of educational materials, audit and feedback, facilitated …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 129-133 Free
Research
… States. 7 Incident-reporting behaviour differs between medical and nursing professional groups, 5 with nurses … the discipline of anaesthesiology, nurses initiated 88% and medical staff only 2% of reports submitted through the … not require additional input from doctors. They advocated education at orientation for both nurses and doctors. While …
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (1): 36-39 Free
Research
… problems among junior doctors. The transition from medical student to intern can be daunting and have a … wellbeing of junior doctors. The 2009 Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors in Training … interns without mentors, and members of the medical education team. During the final analysis, all data were …
Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 401-405 Free
Perspectives
… 2 In coming years, climate change will affect every medical specialty, and the practice of every doctor will … are required. The role of colleges generally The role of a medical college is outlined in legislation and regulation: … are less involved in training and more oriented to education and advocacy. Colleges set professional standards, …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): 474-476 Free
Research
… variable (0–100%). We also collected demographic and educational factors, including age, sex, practice profile, … but the physicians were able to claim continuing medical education points from their College. All clinicians … of patients’ risk of heart disease found poor accuracy. 14 Medical students’ estimates of pre-test probabilities were …
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 449-454 Free
For debate
… enforcement. It also requires communications and marketing, education, and immediate access to intervention programs in … attitudes must include long-term, scaled-up and repeated education programs about violence against women targeted to … of the positive effect of such practices, Monash University medical students are learning how to practise mindfulness …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 477-480 Free
Perspectives
… outcomes. 1 For example, a 2022 study compared an education and exercise program for people with knee … effects that may compare to those of exercise and education” and that “investigators had no treatment … intervention. Indeed, prescribing placebos is common among medical professionals, 13 , 14 , 15 despite knowing that the …
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (6): 244-246 Free
Rural health
… of the research published about the maldistribution of the medical workforce in Australia has concentrated on shortages in rural general practice. 1 , 2 Government medical workforce policies have generally focused on: … able to support consultant physician practice perform well educationally. The negative metropolitan view of rural …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 477-481 Free
Letters
… In reply: We are grateful for the interest in our article on medical photography. We plan to publish a more comprehensive … of the issue in one Australian tertiary hospital. Medical photographs aid diagnosis by becoming part of the … cases, tracking transient symptoms, tracking wounds, education, publication, telehealth, personal record, and at …
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 22 Free
The World Today
… because of employment opportunities. Other reasons include education, social and cultural opportunities, and access to … people and the young, who may not have access to a car. Medical practitioners have a role in certifying whether … population, this has the potential to become a problem in medical practice. Actions necessary for transition to …
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 658-661 Free
Careers
… that even as science is providing more and more answers to medical mysteries, patients increasingly go in search of … in 2005, an excellence award from the National Health and Medical Research Council in 2010, and a medal from the … level, and as an ambassador for Australian medical science education”. In 1995, Professor Berkovic discovered the first …
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): C1 Free
Research
… people. 5 In addition to the usual challenges of optimising medical regimens for older people, older Indigenous people … diagnoses of consenting participants from their electronic medical records, routinely used by all primary care services … medical history, and whether they had received any formal education. We assessed cognition and depression with the …
Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 119-125 Free
News / Media release
… change are in the spotlight, with the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia highlighting the urgent need … article explores a recent change by the Australian Medical Council to update the standards for both … Catherine Pendrey and her colleagues wrote . “All medical education institutions should now integrate planetary health …
Med J Aust 2023; 219 (): 1 Free
Research
… reduce wood heater pollution are needed, including public education about the damage to health caused by wood smoke, … to domestic wood heaters. 19 In 2020, the Australian Medical Association Victoria supported calls for a buyback … are sold, not permitting the installation of new heaters, education programs, assistance for residents affected by …
Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 269-272 Free
History
… in the 1930s, Ken Starr, a surgeon of high repute, became Medical Superintendent (although he preferred to be called … (Chris) McCaffrey came to Newcastle Hospital as a resident medical officer. He taught himself radiology and became the … reading, particularly of the 1910 Flexner Report on medical education in the United States and Canada, 2 and the …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 642-645 Free
Research
… supplements and improved, culturally appropriate community education about their risks are needed in Australia. Among … All cases of DILI were independently confirmed in patient medical records by two investigators. Clinical data Patient … values on admission, were extracted from electronic medical records. Acute liver failure was defined as the …
Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 261-268 Free
Medicine and the community
… reduce the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics. “Educational marketing” techniques directed towards health … antibiotic prescribing in primary health care. Parent education has been considered the single most important … from CMAJ 13 Jan 1998 8 by permission of the Canadian Medical Association. 2 Population demographic …
Med J Aust 2005; 182 (12): 617-620 Free
Research
… sources were dealers (86%), friends and relatives (54%) and medical prescriptions (28%). 6 In contrast, the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health found most non-medical users sourced analgesics from a friend or relative … questions on demographics (sex, age, ethnicity, employment, education level attained, current living arrangements), …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (10): 696-699 Free
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