… of EBM skills should be part of the core curricula of all medical schools and specialist colleges and students should … procedures). Restrict commercial influences in clinician education and practice: Misleading claims in journal … and should attract hefty sanctions and penalties. Some medical journals such as PLoS Medicine have dispensed with …
… they do not provide good estimates for many groups such as medical practitioners, dentists and senior managers who may … data covering the spectrum of training from undergraduate education, prevocational training, vocational training, and … hospital staffing. Given the major growth in the number of medical students and other types of health professional, the …
… ). Where the anxiety and depression stem from a general medical condition or complications of pharmacotherapy, clinicians should treat the medical disorder and review and adjust pharmacotherapy as … Psychosocial interventions, including clinical support, education and rehabilitation, are valuable. For patients …
… from NSW to be accepted into the University of Newcastle’s Medical School and the first Wiradjuri person to become a … from NSW to be accepted into the University of Newcastle’s Medical School. He enrolled in 1986 and graduated in 1993, … Indigenous doctors who have been graduating from Australian medical schools since 1984. A keen practitioner of softball, …
… teens these days, but those who do can suffer from reduced educational and employment opportunities, and socioeconomic … of the Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, however, once medical attention has been sought, diagnostic delay is … register-recall system, postcard prompts for review, and an education module (→ Systematic care for asthma in Australian …
Patrick D McGorry, Eóin Killackey and Alison R Yung
… TIPS study 14 evaluated whether a specialised community education and mobile detection program can actually reduce … reduction in the experimental regions where community education and mobile detection teams were provided. 15 … to their medication regimen, spent more time engaged in educational or vocational pursuits, and were better able to …
Michelle L Giles, Margaret E Hellard, Sharon R Lewin and Anne M Mijch
… as they are currently used by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for evaluating population … 14 Prognosis: Studies that have controlled for access to medical care, antiretroviral use and disease stage have … would be to plan for and provide enhanced training and education for health care providers involved in the …
… school dux and captain of athletics. He graduated from medical school at the University of Queensland in 1956 with … in Medicine, and the H G Wilson Prize. John started his medical career in 1957 at Brisbane's Mater Hospital, where … the Queensland Cancer Fund (QCF) and was Chairman of its Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee from 1985 until …
Maria McKenzie, Anthony F Jorm, Helena Romaniuk, Craig A Olsson and George C Patton
… country of birth (Australia v outside Australia), parental education (high school not completed/completed/tertiary education) and parental divorce or separation during the … units of alcohol drunk per week. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines to reduce health …
Philip B Mitchell, Colleen K Loo and Bronwyn M Gould
… disorder as they continue to provide other aspects of medical care and develop an understanding of the patient’s … the term hypomania is used. An episode of acute mania is a medical emergency, so early recognition and diagnosis is … patients. Families and carers need and want information and education about the illness, as well as continuing support …
Paul D R Johnson, Rhea Martin, Laurelle J Burrell, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Susan W Kirsa, Jason O’Keeffe, Barrie C Mayall, Deidre Edmonds, Wendy Barr, Christopher Bolger, Humsha Naidoo and M Lindsay Grayson
… hand hygiene solution (ACHRS) combined with education and motivation programs can improve hand hygiene … in occupational dermatology; 16 OCS covered any associated medical costs. Alcohol-impregnated wipes To facilitate … wards to provide information regarding recent outcome data. Medical, surgical and nursing grand-rounds on MRSA were …
Deborah J Schofield, Susan L Fletcher, Arul Earnest, Megan E Passey and Rupendra N Shrestha
… confounders such as age group, sex, marital status, education level, country of birth (as a proxy for ethnicity) … associated with employment of older workers with chronic medical conditions. As it was possible for more than one … that they had at least one of the top 20 work-limiting medical conditions ( Box 1 ). Health care was the most …
Alison C Budd, Julia M L Brotherton, Dorota M Gertig, Theresa Chau, Kelly T Drennan and Marion Saville
… smears are still essential”. This message was reinforced by education and communication materials from the National … for HPV at 5-year intervals, has been recommended. 15 The Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) recommended these … during the 3-year period 2009–2011. Conclusions: Despite education messages provided to young women, our results …
… in rural areas as a strategy for reducing rural medical workforce shortages. 1 The study found that rural … introduced several initiatives for recruiting and training medical students in rural areas. The Rural Undergraduate … 3 While I focus in this article on the role of training and education in rural retention, other factors known to be …
… as part of an informal agenda and concerns about pay, educational standards and career structure were raised. … Professor Shannon is now Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) at UQ. The UQ applied health sciences course is … future The recipient of the 2014 AMA Indigenous Peoples’ Medical Scholarship, Wayne Ah-Sam, was an Indigenous health …
… to define. 4 In any case, a well managed 3DP workflow for educational purposes can support direct clinical … As the routine clinical use of 3DP has not matured in medical disciplines other than surgery, evidence of its … 7 However, face shields, masks and gowns are TGA class 1 medical devices and therefore not exempt from regulatory …
… housing, attending drug treatment, low income and lower education.” They concluded that: “Better provision of … research led by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) has for the first time mapped how …
Enrico W Coiera, Karin Verspoor and David P Hansen
… conversational agents, which change the way we search medical records and the internet, synthesising answers to … performing surprisingly well on questions found in medical exams. 17 The major unintended consequences of …
… centre. Older patients and those with fewer years of formal education were more likely to accept higher levels of … are achieved through good training, attention to Continuing MedicalEducation (CME) and audit. 17 The Royal Australasian … full range of skills. One key principle from the Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee’s report in 2005 was …