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Cate Swannell

… Corners of Cardiology Meeting, Melbourne, VIC 6   National Education Symposium on Blistering Diseases, Sydney, NSW … Trials in Intensive Care, Noosa, QLD 11   5th International Medical Symposium: Future Challenges for the Medical Profession, Sydney, NSW 11-12   Urogynaecological …

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): Free

… cancer population, and is part of Australia's first medical cannabis trial to produce world-class …
Research

Adrian J Cameron, David W Dunstan, Neville Owen, Paul Z Zimmet, Elizabeth L M Barr, Andrew M Tonkin, Dianna J Magliano, Shirley G Murray, Timothy A Welborn and Jonathan E Shaw

… over the previous week, smoking status and the level of education achieved were assessed with a questionnaire … telephone. Fourteen of those interviewed did not consent to medical record adjudication or had incomplete myocardial … infarction was ascertained by physician adjudication of medical records according to WHO MONICA (Multinational …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 202-208 Free

Research

Stephanie L Harrison, Janet K Sluggett, Catherine Lang, Craig Whitehead, Maria Crotty, Megan Corlis, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

… Understanding such changes is important for directing educational resources and quality improvement interventions … person‐centred interventions, including adequate support, education and training of care staff, improve psychotropic … services to the needs of individual RACFs and can include education and audit and feedback about psychotropic drug …

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 309-313 Free

News

Cate Swannell

… of their life received “invasive and potentially harmful medical treatments”. The analysis of 38 studies over 2 … found that the practice of doctors initiating excessive medical or surgical treatment on elderly patients in the … death rose with increasing survey scores. Women without an education beyond high school were disproportionately …

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 51 Free

Medicine and the community

Zinta Harrington, David P Thomas, Bart J Currie and Joy Bulkanhawuy

… I n the past, non-compliance with medical treatments has been attributed to patient behaviour, … lack of treatment uptake. Evidence for the role of patient education in promoting compliance is lacking. 3 - 6 … this may contribute to patients’ inability to comply with medical advice. 7 Rising rates of recurrent rheumatic fever …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 514-517 Free

Editorials

Harvey L Coates, Peter S Morris, Amanda J Leach and Sophie Couzos

… is critical, requiring the provision of ongoing education about effective communication strategies and … the future? Greater community control over improvements to education, employment opportunities, housing infrastructure … strategies and interventions (including educational, medical, surgical and audiological initiatives). …

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 177-178 Free

News / Media release

Cate Swannell

… deaths, according to research published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia . The authors from the Orygen, … Of those who died by suicide 879 (29%) were engaged in education and training at the time of death. “A recent …

Med J Aust 2020; (): 1 Free

General Practice Special Interests

Brian R McAvoy

… multidisciplinary teams are well placed to promote cancer education through advice on lifestyle changes, and this role … (about 390 000 people) reported that they currently had a medically diagnosed neoplasm; 87% of these were malignant. 4 … and found that half of them had continuing unmet non-medical needs. 21 These included psychological and financial …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 115-117 Free

Perspectives

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

… Care COVID‐19 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, … prevention and control training A series of online education modules was created to provide consistent, …

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 104-106.e1 Free

Lessons from practice

Martin B Van Der Weyden

… the Journal is to provide a scholarly forum for continuing education and informed debate on standards of clinical … latter is increasingly considered for inclusion in modern medical curricula. … Lessons from practice … Spirituality …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 423-424 Free

Letters

John Daniels and Sophie Couzos

… 2 noted that an exploration of the merits of creating a new medical specialty for health care providers to Aboriginal … has not gained significant support from some existing medical colleges. Broadly, the arguments supporting a … structures satisfy training needs. In terms of academic education in relation to the health of Indigenous …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573 Free

Research

Samantha Bateman, Kelli Owen, Rhanee Lester, Odette Pearson, Paul Lawton, Stephen McDonald, Shilpa Jesudason and Philip A Clayton

… IQR, 45–61 years); the proportions with selected other medical conditions were smaller for waitlisted people than … of an intensive process of referral, assessment, patient education, counselling, health optimisation and maintenance, … Late referral to nephrology care 24 (19%) 54 (17%) Other medical conditions       Previously/currently smoked 68 …

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 111-116 Free

Management

Amanda Barnard, C Dimity Pond and Timothy P Usherwood

… and sensory impairment compound the task of effective education and self-management. Spirometry is often more … of General Practice currently list an asthma project or education activity in their business plans (< … and to develop appropriate targeted screening and educational tools. We also need to find out how GPs go about …

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): S41 Free

News / Media release

Cate Swannell

… of health care. However, research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia shows that patient … health care, improved clinical guidelines, and training and education may reduce rates of complications attributable to …

Med J Aust 2022; (): 1 Free

Supplement

David C Currow and Ellen M Nightingale

… care services in Australia is presented in the Box . For medical staff, there is a need for adequate training … for inpatients continues to be a major issue. Clinical and educational support for primary care nurses in the community … specialist § 1.5 1.5 1.5 Registrar § 1.0 1.0 1.0 Resident medical officer 0 0 0.25 Liaison psychiatry 0.25 0.25 0.25 …

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): S23 Free

Health reform

Imogen A Mitchell, Bobby Antoniou, Judith L Gosper, John Mollett, Mark D Hurwitz and Tracey L Bessell

… ( Box 1 ). The clinical reviewers would then screen the medical records of flagged cases for the presence of one or … process deeper into the institution. Additional junior medical officers, registrars, midwives, clinical nurse … procedure; communication between staff; and skills/education. The most frequently recurring system issues were …

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 451-455 Free

Medicine and the community

Dan P Ewald, John A Eisman, Ben D Ewald, Tania M Winzenberg, Markus J Seibel, Peter R Ebeling, Leon A Flicker and Peter T Nash

… densitometry, as a basis for policy making and targeting of education. Bone densitometry is the “gold standard” for … to examine sex and rural versus urban differences, to guide education efforts and implementation of the guidelines, as … Practitioners, supervised by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and supported by …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 126-128 Free

Research

Alan M Wolff, Jo Bourke, Ian A Campbell and David W Leembruggen

… Main outcome measures: Rates of adverse events detected by medical record review and clinical incident and general … the event recurring. Adverse events can be detected by medical record review 3 and clinical incident reporting. 4 … Visiting General Practitioner, and Director of Postgraduate Education. Reprints: Dr A M Wolff, Medical Administration, …

Med J Aust 2001; 174 (12): 621-625 Free

Research

Geoff Schrader, Frida Cheok, Ann-Louise Hordacre, Julie Marker and Victoria Wade

… “Telephone advice” was provided for 39.9% and the “GP education only” intervention was provided in 36% of cases. … about the patient’s depression and its management, educational material, and ongoing clinical support. Main …

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (6): 272-276 Free

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