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Ian D Coombes, Danielle A Stowasser, Judith A Coombes and Charles Mitchell

… factor. 5 The intern year is a time for consolidating medical school education through continued learning and acquisition of … team and used subsequently in prescribing training for medical students. Interns rotated among clinical units every …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 89-94 Free

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Careers

Cate Swannell

… Triple P, be integrated into services provided by US medical practices. Professor of Clinical Psychology at UQ’s … include housing, social environment, schools and access to medical care. It’s becoming clearer that powerful … Institute of Psychiatry, the launch of undergraduate-level education, and a key role in developing the King’s Health …

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): Free

News / Media release

Cate Swannell

… and health, according to one of Australia’s leading medical practitioners and researchers. Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia , of which he is …

Med J Aust 2020; (): 1 Free

Training and Workforce

Kathryn S Panaretto and Mark Wenitong

… Service. Communities and family members, but also the medical community and government, expect Indigenous doctors … within the local Indigenous community. Cross-cultural education outlines the history of white colonisation of … high workloads, poor infrastructure, multiple and chaotic medical records, lack of structured clinical sessions with …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 527-528 Free

From the editor’s desk

Martin Van Der Weyden

… an address, “Teaching and thinking: the two functions of a medical school”, observed that “In teaching men what disease … University great . . .” Since then teaching and thinking in medical schools have suffered numerous reviews, reports and … human interface in the sharing of knowledge in medical education is the shift to self-learning and the application …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (3): 141 Free

Research

Mark F Harris, Mahnaz Fanaian, Upali W Jayasinghe, Megan E Passey, Suzanne H McKenzie, Gawaine Powell Davies, David M Lyle, Rachel A Laws, Heike Schütze and Qing Wan

… their general practitioner were then referred for group education sessions. Although these programs have been … to participate in the study if they used computer-based medical records and were not involved in other vascular … (SEIFA), 22 categorised into quintiles. Through audits of medical records at baseline and at 12 months (for results …

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (7): 387-393 Free

MJA Practice Essentials – Paediatrics

Elizabeth J Elliott and Jacqueline R Dalby-Payne

… least 5% of body weight (ie, 5% dehydrated). Even trained medical staff overestimate the degree of dehydration, 12 and … of evidence (I–IV) are derived from the National Health and Medical Research Council’s system for assessing evidence. 35 …

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (10): 565-570 Free

Global health

Mu Li and Creswell J Eastman

… $27 billion, is directed to curative medicine through medical and hospital (public and private) services, compared … professional colleges and associations (see Australian medical schools and colleges working with developing … last year. 6 The key sectors of the program include health, education, infrastructure, rural development and governance. …

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (1): 13-16 Free

Research

M Lindsay Grayson, Lisa J Jarvie, Rhea Martin, Paul D R Johnson, Meryanda E Jodoin, Celene McMullan, Roger H C Gregory, Kaye Bellis, Katie Cunnington, Fiona L Wilson, Diana Quin and Anne-Maree Kelly

… collection and analysis (rates of HH compliance and MRSA); education and promotional support; and liaison between … DVD explaining the standardised HH compliance tool. 9 All medical and nursing leaders attended a 2-day workshop aimed … [EFT] at urban sites; 0.5 EFT at regional sites), a medical champion (0.1 EFT), ABHRS costs and promotional …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 633-640 Free

Indigenous health

Kelvin M Kong

… Indigenous doctor has previously chosen a surgical career Medical training is an arduous task in optimal … face us, and the reluctance of Aboriginal people to seek medical help, it was very common to see family and friends … as I was actively discouraged from pursuing tertiary education, both covertly and overtly, by people who thought …

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 501-503 Free

Supplement

Kelvin Kong and Harvey L C Coates

… may be a child’s second or third language. This results in educational problems, social isolation, truancy and … nasopharynx. RAOM that is non-responsive to conventional medical and surgical therapy may reveal low serum … risk after age 11 months B NHMRC = National Health and Medical Research Council. * NHMRC levels of evidence: …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S39 Free

News / Media release

Cate Swannell

… Jenny-Ann Toribio (University of Sydney) wrote in the Medical Journal of Australia today that the emergence of … One Health in clinical training and continuing professional education would build workforce capacity of frontline …

Med J Aust 2022; (): 1 Free

Viewpoint

S Rachel Skinner and Martha Hickey

… antenatal visits. 17 Teenage births carry a higher risk of medical complications, including prematurity, low … Australia have not implemented comprehensive sexual-health education programs to teach adolescents the skills to resist … based on the ill-founded but powerful sentiment that the education of children and young adolescents about …

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 158-161 Free

From the editor’s desk

Ann Gregory

… time any patient should spend in an A&E department, Acute Medical Assessment and Admissions Units have been developed to handle any medical patients whose anticipated hospital stay is more … Adams and colleagues found that people with lower levels of education and income, older people, and those with chronic …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 522 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… examination SAT SET = supervisors and trainers for surgical education and training October 2015 1-5Asia Pacific Rim … Education and Practice Conference, Melbourne, VIC 8-9Medical Deans Annual Conference 2015, Hobart, TAS … Scientific Conference of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology, Perth, WA 3-5Inaugural International …

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): Free

Research

Mandy Gibson, Jaimee Stuart, Stuart Leske, Raelene Ward and Robert Tanton

… infant mortality, life expectancy, income, employment, and education because of continued injustice caused by … use, sovereign lands, and community control of health care, education, family, and police services — have been … on a wide range of demographic, psychosocial, psychiatric, medical, contextual, and behavioural characteristics for …

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 514-518 Free

Health care

Emma J Glasson, Sarah MacDermott, Glenys Dixon, Hugh Cook, Peter Chauvel, Alana Maley-Berg and John Wray

… with assessments, case management, service provision and education. Over the past 20 years, the number of new … review of available case history information Comprehensive medical history with an emphasis on excluding other medical conditions that may contribute to the current …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 288-291 Free

Reflections / Book reviews

Zachary P O’Brien

… O'Connor's Clinical e xamination , it is no wonder that the educational guide, now in its 7th edition, has become an essential reference for medical students. While maintaining its dependable content, … a further step towards preparing students for their future medical practice, with additional chapters on the assessment …

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (1): 56 Free

Careers

Karen Burge

… Doctors Professor Michael Kidd says he hadn’t envisioned a medical leadership career in his earlier years. “I certainly … school or at university that I would become president of a medical college or president of a global medical … And you continue to learn.” Learning curve There are many education options available for those who wish to finetune …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (2): C1 Free

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