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Medical education / Lessons from practice

Gary Louie, Romeo Torres, Anthea L Katelaris, Courtney McGregor, Victor Lai, Robert Stevens, Richard Sullivan and Pamela Konecny

… Program for Indigenous children and people with medical conditions associated with increased risk of IMD. 3 … faecal soiling after one day of lethargy and sore throat … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Meningococcal B septic …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 150-152 Free

General practice and medical education

Rod Pearce, Caroline O Laurence, Linda E Black and Nigel Stocks

… M edical education in Australia is facing a crisis. It is estimated … students, Australia will be producing more than 3000 medical graduates annually in 5 years. 1 The quality of the … solution for the education of the increased number of medical students and junior doctors. 3 There is no …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 129-132 Free

At the frontline

Patricia C Valery, Ian B Masters, Brett Taylor, Yancy Laifoo, Peter K O’Rourke and Anne B Chang

… department visits and asthma-related deaths. 1 Asthma education for patients, including information on medications … in a health facility were collected from the child’s medical records (at health clinics and Thursday Island … revealed after enrolment. Staff collecting data from the medical records during the follow-up did not know the …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 574-579 Free

Medical education

Craig E Pennell, Hannah Kluckow, Shirley Q Chen, Kerrie M Wisely and Ben LD Walker

… of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) have disrupted medical education and required intense and prompt attention from medical educators. COVID‐19 poses unique challenges to the …

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (7): 306-308.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Rasanga Liyanage and Josephine Lusk

… groin pain on arrival in Sydney and consulted a GP … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Mpox and primary …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 101-102 Free

Supplement

Corinne J Williams and Ann M Jacobs

… area of otitis media spans health, general development and education. The occurrence of otitis media is a medical issue, but the associated hearing loss has the … the degree of hearing loss, parenting style, and access to medical care. 32 A significant factor reliably related to a …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S69 Free

Perspectives

Jenny Proimos, Jacqueline A Boyle, Belinda Garth, Erwin Loh and Helena J Teede

… of the under‐representation of women in health care and medical leadership. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 The World Health … Decades of parity in men and women graduating from medical schools have not translated to gender equality in … and skills through participation in internal organisational education, policy, and governance committees and promote …

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (7): 346-351 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Sarah K Morton, Selim Ozluer and James Muir

… keratinocyte carcinomas presented for ongoing management … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Field cancerisation and …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 12-14 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Elizabeth G Holliday, Natasha Weaver, Daniel Barker and Christopher Oldmeadow

… robust evidence for the safety and efficacy of health or medical interventions. In the traditional view, a trial is … designs offer the potential for more efficient research … Medical education … Key research skills … Adapting clinical trials …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 451-454 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Aaron Priluck, Adrian T Fung and Mandeep S Singh

… age 33 years, was referred for pattern macular dystrophy … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Pentosan polysulfate …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 348-350 Free

Supplement

Richard H Osborne, Jean M Spinks and Ian P Wicks

… For funders of healthcare, the allure of patient education and self-management programs includes the promise … of the intended benefits do not fit into the traditional medical model and are difficult to measure and qualify (eg, … appropriate. There may be unrealistic expectations of what medical care can deliver in these illnesses, partly fuelled …

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5): S23 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Dhayalen Krishnan and Matthew C Kiernan

… he was a physically fit gym enthusiast without intercurrent medical problems. He was not prescribed medications and … the neuromuscular clinic with generalised fasciculations … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Neurotoxic risks from …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 304-306 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Simon Smith, James Stewart, Joshua Hanson, Julian Harris, Fred JJ Chuang, Gavin Quail, Bryan Hawarden, Roshni Lad, Shannon McNee, Benjamin McCartney, Tonia Marquardt, Ian Wilson, Catherine Tacon and Bernard CS Whitfield

… local health clinic with a one-day history of odynophagia … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Locally acquired …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 446-448 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… in New Zealand at the time, and there was just the one medical school, in Dunedin, so there were young doctors … and challenging”, he says, of the 2 years he spent as medical superintendent covering the entire Barkly area. “We … the past 40 to 50 years. There’s been no time to build an education system or a health system. “There were no sealed …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (5): C1 Free

Preprint

Julie Halbert, Alison Jones and Liam Ramsey

… Clinical placements for medical students are the central element in the teaching and learning of any medical program. In later years, medical students generally … are other examples of large-scale disruption to medical education including the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Med J Aust 2020; (): 1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Nicole Seebacher, Julie Kirkham and Saxon D Smith

… day before testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Cutaneous manifestations …

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 76-78 Free

General Practice Workforce

Denese E Playford and Moira A L Maley

… rural clinical school program, which represents a visionary educational response, and the recruitment of international medical graduates (IMGs), which represents the most … outback, and in the absence of IMGs, Australia’s rural medical services would be unable to function. 5 As …

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 125-127 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Natalie SY Lee and Susan C Chu

… non- pruritic and non- tender rash while in Bali … Medical education … Snapshot … Scombroid poisoning: a traveller's …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 394-394 Free

Health care

Janie D Smith, Stephen A Margolis, Jeff Ayton, Victoria Ross, Elizabeth Chalmers, Patrick Giddings, Louise Baker, Martin Kelly and Catherine Love

… and diverse group of nine doctors with expertise in remote medical practice and an educational consultant to develop the first advanced … remote vocational training, telehealth, remote aeromedical retrieval and emergency care, and the Australian …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 159-161 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Adam Stewart, Sanmarie Schlebusch, Susan Vlack, Jamie McMahon, Mitchell Sullivan, Alyssa Pyke and Krispin Hajkowicz

… lesions, tender lymphadenopathy, fever, and headache … Medical education … Lessons from practice … First case of mpox …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 157-159 Free

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