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Perspectives

Jennifer R Snaith and Jerry R Greenfield

… trials, which are typically resourced to provide intensive education. In response, consensus guidelines specific to …

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 126-128 Free

Preprint

Timothy R Holmes, Jenny L Hepschke, Ian Jacobson and Anthony Maloof

… due to residual necrosis (Figure 3 - available in PDF ). Medical management included withholding immunosuppressive … an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. Lancet Infect Dis . …

Med J Aust 2021; (): 1 Free

Research

Colin F Robertson, Mary F Roberts and Johanna H Kappers

… Royal Children’s Hospital and the Victorian Department of Education. Results In 1993, 84 schools were surveyed, …

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (6): 273-276 Free

Research

Georgina Ann Phillips, David S Brophy, Tracey J Weiland, Antony J Chenhall and Andrew W Dent

… as psychiatric illness, drug and alcohol use, and chronic medical conditions. 4 - 6 As frequent, chaotic and episodic … ED attendances have met with varying results. Neither education of patients 12 nor management care plans 13 have … another agency (eg, psychiatric CM); patients with chronic medical conditions receiving full medical support and other …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (12): 602-606 Free

Editorials

Joseph E Ibrahim

… to the core the optimal, ethical and patient-centred medical care that medical professionals strive to provide. 2 To disbelieve the … that draws on psychology, engineering, computing science, education, ergonomics and anthropology to improve patient …

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 161-162 Free

Research

Anthea R Hickey, Philip M Boyce, David Ellwood and Allen D Morris-Yates

… 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/>". … (43.3%) were primiparous. The average period of formal education was 11.4 years (SD, 1.9; range, 9-15). Twenty-six …

Med J Aust 1997; 167 (5): 244-247 Free

Research

Robert D Goldney, Richard Ruffin, David H Wilson and Laura J Fisher

… such as patients with chronic illnesses in the American Medical Outcomes Study, 8 or military personnel. 10 While … sex, marital status, area of residence, country of birth, educational qualifications and income). Depression was … 32 Serious deficiencies in making decisions to seek medical help or call an ambulance have been reported in …

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 437-441 Free

Health care delivery

Christopher M Harrison, Helena C Britt and Janice Charles

… imaging, pathology and clinical treatments (such as advice, education and counselling) per 100 encounters. However, … problems or encounters. We know from the Australian medical labour force survey 10 that male GPs work longer … seen that male and female GPs managed different types of medical conditions. The proportion of female GPs increased …

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (4): 192-196 Free

Ethics and law

Dev AS Kevat, Danielle CA Panaccio, Sam C Pang, Jessica M Dean, Caitlin C Farmer and Patrick D Mahar

… under Australian law? A multipronged strategy of education, and financial and social incentives has … may direct a person, or class of persons, to undergo medical treatment or be vaccinated. 2 Public health … no longer rendering services. 6 Exemptions to vaccination Medical reasons Valid medical exemptions to childhood …

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 22-24.e1 Free

From the editor’s desk

… How to be good It’s been a bad year for the public image of medical researchers, with several high profile international … realised in Australia that we need to rapidly expand the medical workforce to meet future demand. There are now five … start the ball rolling by identifying some of this group’s educational needs. Eternal vigilance In Australia’s …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 426 Free

Review

Jenson C S Mak, Ian D Cameron and Lyn M March

… and includes the current National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grades of recommendations … 24–36 hours) is recommended for most patients once a medical assessment has been made and the patient’s condition … inpatient intervention program, involving patient education and provision of a list of questions for the …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 37-41 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

…        2018 , Gold Coast, QLD 16-18      21st World Nursing Education Conference , Melbourne, VIC 20            AOA … 28 th ASM , Brisbane, QLD     AUGUST   1-3           Medical Oncology Group of Australia ASM 2018 , Adelaide, SA … WA 10-17      2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Sydney, NSW 11-14      11th …

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): C2 Free

Medicine and the community

Nigel P Stocks, Heather McElroy, Philip Ryan and James Allan

… Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, and relatively low educational attainment. The scores are based on questions … prescriptions (94.6%) were written by GPs rather than Other Medical Providers. Because of missing data, 2.7% of scripts … it appears to be evidence of the inverse care law — that medical care varies inversely with need. 10 Although our …

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5): 229-231 Free

Introduction

… of a procedure classification based on the Commonwealth Medical Benefits Schedule, which can be used in both the … and surgery). The foundation of clinical practice is education and research. In its evolution, casemix has … need to be involved in this process. Ralph M Hanson Education Advisor to the Australian Casemix Clinical …

Med J Aust 1998; 169 (8): S1 Free

Editorials

Tina Janamian, Paresh Dawda and Walid Jammal

… 4 and user‐centred design 13 can be used to co‐design education and training programs that build workforce … framework for strategic reform over the next decade. The medical profession 21 and consumer bodies 22 collectively …

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (10): 518-519 Free

Building a culture of co-creation in research

Lisa Crossland, Tina Janamian, Mary Sheehan, Victor Siskind, Julie Hepworth and Claire L Jackson

… grade level indicates a reading age based on the US education reading assessment system. The Gunning–Fog Index … also provided low ratings (1–3) for the element relating to education and training. This was due to confusion about how … approach to care, as drawn from the patient-centred medical approach. 9 , 10 Leadership Definition taken from …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): S52-S55 Free

From the editor’s desk

… the current processes and guidelines for conducting ethical medical research in Australia are not without their critics. … research governance and the need for research induction and education are covered in the draft revised guidelines, which are now open for comment. Much of the funding for medical research in Australia comes from the National Health …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 258 Free

Cate Swannell

… authors of a research letter published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia . Ten years after the only … for not [using contraception], and to determine where education would be most   helpful. Clinicians and services …

Med J Aust 2018; (): 1 Free

… active in general practice undergraduate and postgraduate education and research for many years, and has been … Primary Care Reform, one funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), exploring new models of …
Careers

Cate Swannell

… Service (ARCBS), leading a team on transfusion policy and education. In the course of doing his other job – paediatric … of haematology”. “A couple of centuries ago when I was a medical student I became interested in haematology,” he …

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): C1 Free

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