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Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

Lisa R Jackson Pulver

… scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical students at Shalom College. The Shalom Gamarada … boost the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students attending the University of NSW and runs in … of symptom presentation and service delivery, such as education and training, policy, sociopolitical context and …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 572 Free

Careers

Karen Burge

… sexual health medicine is a specialised form of general medical practice. While the specialty plays a strong role in … use, while at the same time making sure adequate patient education is provided and safer sex practices are reinforced … training or with an appropriate Fellowship from another medical college (for a list of accepted Fellowships, go to …

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (10): C1 Free

Position statement

N Wah Cheung, Jennifer J Conn, Michael C d’Emden, Jenny E Gunton, Alicia J Jenkins, Glynis P Ross, Ashim K Sinha, Sofianos Andrikopoulos, Stephen Colagiuri and Stephen M Twigg

… will complement the soon-to-be-released National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)-approved Evidence based … purely on adjustment of medication, but also on patient education, including instruction in blood glucose … intensive insulin therapy, and returned to their usual medical practitioner for diabetes care. Subsequently, the …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 339-344 Free

Position statement

Christine F McDonald

… Pharmacological therapy - Labour - Breastfeeding - Patient education - Monitoring - References - Author's Details - - … Department of Respiratory Medicine, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, VIC. Christine F McDonald, PhD, … source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au>". <URL: …

Med J Aust 1996; 165 (9): 485-488 Free

Pharmaceuticals and Prescribing

Joan Henderson, Graeme Miller, Ying Pan and Helena Britt

… practitioners. These include guideline reminders and educational interventions, 1 - 3 scientific journal … 10 , 11 patient expectation, 12 - 14 advertising in medical journals and periodicals, 11 , 15 - 17 and industry … to hereafter as “the advertising software”) was released to medical practitioners in Australia. The vendors used an …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 15-20 Free

Mind the Gap

Lucy N Lewis, Martha Hickey, Dorota A Doherty and S Rachel Skinner

… factors. Being a teenage mother is a precursor to poor medical, educational and psychosocial outcomes. 3 , 10 Although most … results improve our understanding of the obstetric and medical issues associated with teenage pregnancy and birth …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 537-541 Free

Viewpoint

Sebastian Rosenberg, Ian B Hickie and John Mendoza

… a high priority on models of collaborative care and on GP education and training, while also providing preferential … has all the inherent inequities common to other simplistic medical specialist systems supported by Medicare. 10 … but to work together effectively across a range of health, educational, employment, housing and other social services. …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 193-195 Free

In this issue

Ruth Armstrong

… examples of what works — innovative health promotion and education programs combining the nurturing effects of … also serve as centres of outreach bringing sorely needed medical expertise to remote communities ( McGilvray ). As …

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 9 Free

Medicine and the community

Fiona F Stanaway, Robert G Cumming, Vasi Naganathan, Fiona M Blyth, Helen M Creasey, Louise M Waite, David J Handelsman and Markus J Seibel

… Living (IADL). 16 Socioeconomic status measures included education, occupation, source of income, and house … symptoms included being aged 80 or older, having a low education level, relying on a government (age or … men. Italian immigrants are more likely to have had less education and to have worked in non-professional …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 158-162 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… NZ 6-9   TROG ASM, Auckland, NZ 10   International Medical Symposium, Melbourne, VIC 15-17   Sydney … 4-7   LIME Connection VII: The future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum, Melbourne, … 7-8   2 nd International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group Educational Conference: Radiotherapy in Modern Lymphoma …

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (11): Free

Research

Paul P Glasziou, Philip M Clarke, Jan Alexander, Mohana Rajmokan, Elaine Beller, Mark Woodward, John Chalmers, Neil Poulter and Anushka A Patel

… 948 (97%) consented to retrieval of Medicare claims data on medical services they received outside of hospital. Data on … an average of 10.2 visits per year to a GP, 3.4 to a medical specialist, and 17.4 to other outpatient services …

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 320-324 Free

From the editor’s desk

Ann Gregory

… Four suicides “Four of you will commit suicide”, said a medical school dean in the 1970s to a group of about 200 medical students. One of these students, Jenkins, remembers this statement as their only education about doctors’ health. Thirty years later, four of …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 418 Free

Research

Aviv Pudipeddi, Jeffrey Liu, Viraj Kariyawasam, Thomas J Borody, James L Cowlishaw, Charles McDonald, Peter Katelaris, Grace Chapman, Crispin Corte, Daniel A Lemberg, Cheng H Lee, Anil Keshava, John Napoli, Robert Clancy, Webber Chan, Sudarshan Paramsothy and Rupert Leong

… areas. 8 Young people with IBD may move to cities for education and employment, reducing the apparent prevalence … Sydney IBD database (ambulatory IBD patients identified in medical records from Concord Hospital and City of Canada Bay … (IBD subtype, age at diagnosis) were obtained from patient medical records. The most recently updated IBD phenotype …

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 365-370 Free

Perspectives

Emma Spencer and Eswaran Waran

… engagement across three TEHS hospitals and included medical, allied health, administrative, nursing, primary … responsible person in other states and territories). 3 An educational video was produced with involvement of rural … for 48 hours were reviewed for advance care directives and medical orders or clinical care plans. The GOC forms are …

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (1): 10-11.e1 Free

From the editor’s desk

… doctor from the Worimi mob, recounts his journey through medical school to a surgical career (page 501) . Peachey's … issues related to sovereignty and treaty, as well as education and infrastructure. Two research papers take up …

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): Free

Editorials

Terence WH Chong, Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager and David Ames

… recommendations for risk reduction by increasing levels of education in young adulthood, increasing physical, cognitive … stage, from prevention through to end-of-life care, and the medical profession needs to do more to ensure that all …

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 91-92 Free

Research

Cheryl A Travers, Kamala Guttikonda, Carol A Norton, Peter R Lewis, Lyndall J Mollart, Veronica Wiley, Bridget Wilcken, Creswell J Eastman and Steven C Boyages

… 70 ° C and sent to the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research laboratory at Westmead Hospital for … private hospitals may be more likely to seek information, education and planning on their intended pregnancy and to … of pregnant women indicate that those from lower income and education levels tend to have poorer diets, and …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (12): 617-620 Free

Emergency medicine

Clare A Skinner

… other problems are increasingly affecting the ability of medical and nursing staff to treat patients O n 23 September … and understaffed emergency department (ED) at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne. 1 News of a miscarriage in its … manage escalating workloads. These measures must deal with education and training needs, industrial conditions, …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 634-635 Free

Medicine and the media

Simon Chapman, Simon J Holding, Jessica Ellerm, Rachel C Heenan, Andrea S Fogarty, Michelle Imison, Ross Mackenzie and Kevin McGeechan

… media play a central role in the way the public perceive medical treatments. For example, news media have been … that should be supported or opposed, positioning research, medical specialties or procedures as heroic, essential and … (eg, road safety, poverty, housing, employment, transport, education and child development) are not included in the …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 620-624 Free

Preprint

David J Brewster, Nicholas C Chrimes, Thy BT Do, Kirstin Fraser, Chris J Groombridge, Andy Higgs, Matthew J Humar, Timothy J Leeuwenburg, Steven McGloughlin, Fiona G Newman, Chris P Nickson, Adam Rehak, David Vokes and Jonathan J Gatward

… version of an article submitted for publication in the Medical Journal of Australia . Changes may be made before … in airway management. A common approach will allow early education and simulation training for all staff. Early education is paramount to improving compliance with the …

Med J Aust 2020; (): 1 Free

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