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Marlien Varnfield, Mohanraj K Karunanithi, Antti Särelä, Elsa Garcia, Anita Fairfull, Brian F Oldenburg and Darren L Walters

… to poor cardiovascular health 3 through individualised medical evaluation, “prescribed” exercise, cardiac risk factor modification, education, counselling and psychological support. Cardiac … information about CVD and are evaluated for planned biomedical, pharmacological and lifestyle management …

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): S15 Free

Preprint

Jane Desborough, Sally L Hall, Lucas de Toca, Stephanie Davis, Leslee Roberts, Catherine Kelaher and Michael Kidd

… Primary Care Preparedness Forum, led by Australia’s Chief Medical Officer and held on 6 March, 2020 with representatives from general practice and other medical specialties, nursing, allied health, pathology, … Government has funded the creation of a series of online education modules to provide consistent, evidence-based …

Med J Aust 2020; (): 1 Free

Careers

Sophie McNamara

… in Randwick, Sydney. A graduate of the University of Sydney medical school, Dr McCarthy is also medical director of the Emergency Care Institute New South … great emergency services, and workforce, training and education are fundamental to that. Another highlight has …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (10): C5 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… learning resource suitable for everyone from first-year medical students to interns, residents and fellows. It’s all … when Professor Silberberg was invited to put together an educational program for local medicos, but things progressed when fate tipped him off the medical track. “I was riding a red Vespa, like Gregory Peck …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): C4 Free

Information Technology

D Keith McInnes, Deborah C Saltman and Michael R Kidd

… (HIT) has been proposed as an important strategy to combat medical errors and quality-of-care deficits. 3 The … Divisions of General Practice newsletter, the Australian Medical Association newsletter, and the Royal Australian … General Practitioners (RACGP) newsletter. No financial or educational incentives were provided to participants. We …

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 88-91 Free

Perspectives

Michael A Bonning, Rick J Fielke and Rob D Mitchell

… C ompletion of a structured internship is a requirement for medical graduates seeking to progress from provisional to … prevocational training 2 and interstate collaborations in education and assessment. 3 Further, the Medical Board of Australia has recently moved to develop a …

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 206-207 Free

Editor's choice

Astika Kappagoda

… in their chosen field. Fewer students now start their medical studies fresh from school, and the time spent in … reforms that lengthened training programs were introduced. Medical education is expensive and surely society has a right to …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): 489 Free

Position statement

Santosh Valvi, Neevika Manoharan, Marion K Mateos, Timothy EG Hassall, David S Ziegler, Geoffrey B McCowage, Matthew D Dun, David D Eisenstat, Nicholas G Gottardo and Jordan R Hansford

… course experienced by all patients and their families, as a medical and scientific community, we are dedicated to … for excellence in clinical care, research, professional education and purposeful stakeholder advocacy. The group … for DIPG often results in a loss of hope from both the medical community and family members. With frequent input …

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 533-538 Free

Supplement

Diana M Quin, Annie L Moulden, Simon H Fraser, Olive K E Lee and Patricia McGarrity

… most problematic for health service staff, particularly for medical and nursing staff. 9 The final initiative before the … areas within the organisation to trial the tools at night medical handover. The setting for the pilot project was CH … of governance; leadership and culture; competence and education; and information management and reporting. The …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S141 Free

Careers

Amanda Bryan

… Dr Jennie Connaughton says she was a disillusioned medical student when she took a year off to travel. Armed … as health workers. “I saw these young people with little education become teachers and heath workers for their … … Dr Jennie Connaughton says she was a disillusioned medical student when she took a year off to travel. Armed …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C8 Free

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

Ian A Scott, Carmel Crock and Matthew Twining

… clinical tasks is paramount. 9 Re‐engineering electronic medical records and laboratory reporting systems to enable … improve over four to 12 weeks, usually regardless of medical intervention. 10 Patients with “medically … that guide clinicians towards more appropriate requests, education on test indications and costs, audit and feedback …

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 67-70 Free

Perspectives

Christine R Jenkins, Philip G Bardin, John Blakey, Kerry L Hancock, Peter Gibson and Vanessa M McDonald

… aged 5–14 years, especially boys. 40 Preventive health education is necessary, through personal and national … children with respiratory viral symptoms, self‐management education to help reduce exposure, and provision of action … and control requirements Patients receive self‐management education and device use training by GPs, nurses or …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 49-52 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

Editorials

Virginia Barbour

… opportunities to translate health policies, practices and medical research into improvements for Aboriginal and Torres … has strengthened the design and the implementability of medical research. The importance of listening to Aboriginal … ask the Voice to consider four main priority areas: health, education, jobs and housing”. 7 Of the four priorities noted …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 257-258 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

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

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

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