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… The holy grail of medical education is to discover the formula that will predict, with … caring and compassionate doctors. In pursuit of this ideal, medical courses have embraced the humanities in an attempt …
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 1 Free
Viewpoint
… suffered quadriplegia. During the 1970s and early 1980s, medical researchers identified a significant increase in the … Success factors in the UK and Australia Research by medical professionals In both countries, medical researchers … quadriplegia after a rugby league scrum in 1982. The state education department was found to have failed to warn the …
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (1): 48-50 Free
Careers
… 2016 – Session 2, Perth, WA 7 RACP Victorian Further Education & Training for Paediatricians & Advanced Trainees … Emergency Care Conference, Melbourne, VIC 8-9 RACGP Medical Receptionist Course, Sydney, NSW 8-10 Australasian … 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ 12-14 Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, …
Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): Free
Narrative review
… and CVD needs improvement among both women and clinicians. Education of patients and their health care providers is … or using digital health technology to promote activity and education ( Box 2 and Box 3 ). Interventions targeting women … calculators, as well as to guide clinicians on appropriate medical therapy to lower CVD risk. Conclusion Pregnancy can …
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 484-491 Free
Narrative review
… Territory. 6 Use of local cardiac nurse coordinators for education, care coordination and case management of patients … Patient support should therefore continue through optimal medical therapy and subsequent close monitoring and … auscultation. Any of these findings should be considered a medical emergency and requires prompt administration of …
Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 40-45 Free
Marketing — Research
… more than 90% in 2004. 1 One prescribing software package (Medical Director) achieved market dominance; it is the only … for prescription pharmaceuticals appearing in Medical Director, and their compliance with the relevant … other places without such a statement (eg, in the patient educational leaflet browser, the MIMS pharmaceutical …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (2): 75-79 Free
Research letter
… of 16 703 ASPREE participants returned ALSOP Baseline Medical Questionnaires 3 with at least partial responses to … P < 0.001), and of people with more than 12 years of education (4418 of 5838, 75.7%) than of people with less … who generally have a greater burden of disease, higher medical expenses, and low or fixed incomes, raises questions …
Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 140-141 Free
Lifestyle
… Overweight or obese children are more likely to experience medical problems, such as hyperlipidaemia and glucose … on returned, signed, consent forms. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National statement on … data that are of limited use or even misleading. Health and education ethics committees must act decisively to allow …
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 140-142 Free
The profession
… and asthma remains a challenge. The traditional, didactic “medical model” approach to the doctor–patient interaction, … will not reduce total morbidity from these diseases. When medical management comprises more than a single pill, more … ago. 3 A related development was that of the “patient education approach” to chronic disease, which grew out of …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 253-256 Free
Careers
… Prize winners for 2015 have been announced and health and medical academics have featured strongly. Professor Dayong … Melbourne ) team at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research won the prize for Infectious Diseases … professional and clinical skills, and most recently medical education, especially assessment”. …
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): Free
Editorial
… providers has come together in the National Health and Medical Research Council‐funded End Rheumatic Heart Disease … of RHD. More than $317 million would be needed for their medical care alone. 1 Hearteningly, END RHD, a coalition of … could inform activities in other communities. The focus on education and health promotion in local languages, intense …
Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 116-117 Free
Obituary
… were evident. He gained a place at Monash University Medical School in 1974 and completed the medical course with seemingly effortless ease, graduating … the Royal Children's Hospital and the Queen Victoria Medical Centre, where he obtained a diploma in obstetrics …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 504 Free
Editorials
… very high among Indigenous people in the NT. 3 Improving education, employment and income, and housing for Indigenous … of the major national health care funding schemes, the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) 6 and the Pharmaceutical … 11 consistent with recommendations by Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT to strengthen Aboriginal …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 26-27 Free
For debate
… the risk to patients of being withdrawn from appropriate medical therapy, and the failure of CAM practitioners to … appropriateness of orthodox therapy. Clinical competence Medical registration Acts protect the public by: registering … training program and/or licensing examination, continuing education, and evidence of malpractice insurance. 6 Do we …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): 316-318 Free
Editorials
… and wellbeing. The first issue is published today in the Medical Journal of Australia as a supplement, entitled … and policies regulating access to quality and affordable education. Other issues cut across these domains. For …
Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 465-466 Free
Obituary
… was born in China on 31 July 1917. After undergraduate medical training at Aberdeen University and war service in … consolidated his special interest in liaison psychiatry and medical education. Engel's biopsychosocial model became the basis of …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 593 Free
Research
… of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write … source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au>". … and whether knowledge differs by area of residence or education. Secondly, we aimed to estimate the proportion of …
Med J Aust 1997; 167 (10): 521-524 Free
Obituary
… a Diploma of Ophthalmology, Ken was appointed Resident Medical Superintendent at the Eye and Ear Hospital in … Hospital. These were the days when a group of three — the Medical Superintendent, Matron and Manager — ran a public … Howson, Smorgans and others. But Ken’s real obsession was education — postgraduate and undergraduate, medical and …
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 401 Free
… researcher, with extensive experience as a leader in the medical and University sectors. He previously held an … 139, Scopus Dec 2019). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia (since 2015). He is also a … for "For eminent service to medical research, and to education in the field of gastroenterology and epidemiology, …
Indigenous health
… of Australia still do not have the same access to housing, education and employment as those who are relative … professions and services, health or otherwise. The medical profession has long recognised its social contract … backyard. For proportionate racial representation in the medical profession in Australia, we should have about 1260 …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 503-504 Free
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