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General Practice In Action

Timothy D Shortus, Suzanne H McKenzie, Lynn A Kemp, Judith G Proudfoot and Mark F Harris

… included personalised information except for a list of medical problems and other providers involved in the … personalise care, and that GPs were more accustomed to the “medical model” while they had more expertise in … Many GPs used care plans to provide patients with general education about the clinical goals and tasks of diabetes …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 78-81 Free

Perspectives

Shuichi Suetani, Neeraj Gill and Luis Salvador‐Carulla

… psychiatrists. 2 In a perspective article published in the Medical Journal of Australia , McGorry and colleagues 3 … and psychologists) to the private sector. 6 The traditional medical model of care — much as the process typically seen … many sectors other than health, such as social welfare, education, employment, housing, justice and environment, is …

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 443-444 Free

Perspectives

Susan R Davis and Karen Magraith

… of menopause from most undergraduate and post‐graduate medical and allied health training. Thus, state‐of‐the‐art … without new evidence. 23 Improving health at menopause Education is key to improving the lives of women at … menopause Ensure menopause is included in all undergraduate medical, nursing and allied health degrees Include menopause …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 500-502 Free

Medicine and the media

Danika V Hall, Sandra C Jones and Donald C Iverson

… Code of Conduct (15th edition) allows for “patient education”, including advertising or provision of information on medical conditions and the broad range of treatments that … had qualifications and experience in marketing, and one had medical qualifications and experience as a GP. One of us (D …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 625-629 Free

… the GP Episode 3: 25 July 2022. Dr Lilon Bandler is a GP, medical educator and researcher, with a long history of working with and developing education programs for Indigenous medical students and practitioners. Her new enterprise is …
Careers

Amanda Bryan

… holiday overseas and found himself venturing into new medical territory R efugee health services didn’t exist in Australia when Dr Mitchell Smith began his medical career, but a working holiday in Europe in the 1980s … is often able to employ refugees, such as in community education roles. “It’s satisfying to give them employment …

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (11): C6 Free

Supplement

Rene G Pols and Malcolm W Battersby

… “problems and goals approach” 15 integrated with medical and community care. Patients’ services and … guidelines, a 3 × 2-hour workshop was run twice by the GP education group (which was established during the trial to … with unexplained physical symptoms is relevant to all medical practitioners. It is important that patients who …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S133 Free

Research

Siaw-Teng Liaw, Christopher M Pearce, Patty Chondros, Leone Piggford, Kay Jones and Barry P McGrath

… medications. 5 QUM has a regulatory, managerial and an educational dimension. A 1992 parliamentary inquiry into … the study, which comprised a questionnaire survey of medical practitioners seeking demographic information and … changes of address, and deaths, a random sample of 1200 medical practitioners, stratified by specialist and general …

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 203-206 Free

Research

Amanda J Hordern and Annette F Street

… and documented feedback from participants attending 15 educational forums for cancer patients or health … and colleagues. Fears of over-involvement in the non-medical aspects of patients’ lives, as well as the threat of … litigation, were concerns that highlighted the dominant medicalised form of communication in this clinical culture. …

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 224-227 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… Nick Talley, editor-in-chief of the MJA, is one of six medical practitioners to win the country’s highest honour, … University of Newcastle, NSW, and editor-in-chief of the Medical Journal of Australia , has been named a Companion … reads: “For eminent service to medical research, and to education in the field of gastroenterology and epidemiology, …
Careers

Cate Swannell

… and I are delighted, and are so immensely proud that his medical and research achievements have been recognised in … signalling pathways in mammalian systems, and through medical research”. Professor Burnstock, 88, is with the … a clinician, researcher and administrator, and to medical education. Professor Mark Harris: For distinguished service …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): C1-C3 Free

Research

Gabriela A Willis, Kate Chappell, Stephanie Williams, Shannon M Melody, Amanda Wheeler, Marita Dalton, Shyamali C Dharmage, Graeme R Zosky and Fay H Johnston

… covariates We collected data on socio‐demographic, medical, household, and environmental tobacco smoke exposure … were age, sex, tobacco smoke exposure, mother's level of education, unflued gas heating or a gas stovetop in the … approval Our study was approved by the Tasmanian Health and Medical Research Ethics Committee (reference, H14875). …

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 269-275 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

Medical and health professionals featured prominently on the … Professor Jeffrey Dunn is quick to point out that he is not medically qualified but as an employee of the Cancer Council … Queen’s Birthday Honours for “distinguished service to medical administration through leadership roles with cancer …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (1): C4 Free

Research

Alexa N Seal, Denese Playford, Matthew R McGrail, Lara Fuller, Penny L Allen, Julie M Burrows, Julian R Wright, Suzanne Bain‐Donohue, David Garne, Laura G Major and Georgina M Luscombe

… Clinical Schools program. The new : The proportions of 2011 medical graduates working in regional and rural communities … : Retention is the key feature of a sustainable rural medical workforce. Increasing the opportunities for extended … The findings of our national study suggest that early educational interventions — selection of students with rural …

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 572-577 Free

Viewpoint

Christopher Roberts and John M Togno

… I nternationally, medical postgraduate training programs aim to admit junior … settings that measures of professional behaviour in early medical school may predict which students will have, when … One such pilot is that being run by General Practice Education and Training Limited (GPET), which manages the …

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (2): 93-95 Free

Research

Kathryn S Panaretto, Melvina R Mitchell, Lynette Anderson, Sarah L Larkins, Vivienne Manessis, Petra G Buettner and David Watson

… Torres Strait Islander descent). 6 TAIHS is an Aboriginal medical service with a 10-member elected board and over … to Townsville Hospital at the discretion of the attending medical staff. Ethics approval The program and evaluation … smoking cessation advice ( P < 0.001), and antenatal education activities ( P < 0.001). Pregnancy ultrasound …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 18-22 Free

Reflections

Rebecca A Szabo

… of Medicine at Bond University) invited me to speak at the Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand annual conference … In these episodes, we had discussed a “dangerous idea” in medical education: that medical schools must change their current …

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 506-507.e1 Free

Complementary and alternative medicine

Stephen P Myers and Phillip A Cheras

… a chamomile enema for constipation by his wife, a trained medical practitioner. 17 Within minutes he developed … of risks of commission include: removal of appropriate medical therapy (which can lead to loss of the benefit of … in rates of adverse events, a potential causative factor is educational standards relating to the practice of CAM. A …

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (4): 222-225 Free

Supplement

Nicole J Highet, Bernard G McNair, Marie Thompson, Tracey A Davenport and Ian B Hickie

… and can be attributed to a lack of awareness of and education about the illness in the general community and … and confident that their relatives will receive competent medical care. Earlier clinical presentation offers the hope … there is also a need to emphasise the range of effective medical and psychological therapies available, with …

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): S47 Free

News / Media release

Cate Swannell

… regulatory oversight and culturally appropriate community education. Research published by the Medical Journal of Australia found that patients who had … (RPA) in Sydney, and colleagues analysed electronic medical record data from 184 adults admitted with DILI to …

Med J Aust 2021; (): 1 Free

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