Katy JL Bell, Fiona F Stanaway, Les M Irwig, Andrea R Horvath, Armando Teixeira‐Pinto and Clement Loy
… (eg, loss of smell or taste, duration of symptoms, past medical history), physical examination (if undertaken) and … have no false-positive and no false-negative results … Medicaleducation … Key research skills … How to use imperfect tests …
… T he increase in the number of medical graduates in Australia has been well reported. 1 This will place pressures on medical schools, teaching hospitals and vocational training … if practices are to increase their teaching load. … Medicaleducation … Teaching capacity in general practice: results …
… they need to spend time seeing patients unsupervised. The medical program of the University of Newcastle has developed … an audit to determine (i) the number of patients a medical student could see in our teaching hospitals, and … of 500 with extensive clinical experience. … Medicaleducation … Barriers to student access to patients in a …
… FOUR members of the medical profession have been named as Companions in the … of improved vaccines for paediatric gastroenteritis, and to medical research”. In 1973 Professor Bishop, along with … molecular parasitology, to medical research and scientific education, and as a mentor”. His research has focused on …
… practice term rotations have been incorporated into junior medical officer (JMO) training programs in South Australia … systems in Australia are affecting the environment of JMO education and training. Delivery of health care has become … specialised, with consequences for the traditional style of medical training, which is concentrated in major public …
… stupendous advances?” 1 There is a strong consensus among medical practitioners and academic commentators about the … (Bristol, Bundaberg and others), and the slow pace of medical cultural change from defending professional … but the alternative of making professionalism part of the educational program and its assessment has raised apparent …
Susannah F Ahern, Peter T Morley and Geoffrey J McColl
… Implementing the recommendations of the Review of Medical Intern Training will be challenging and will require reconsideration of medical training governance In 2014, the Council of … evaluations of medical internship; recognition of changing educational and health care delivery paradigms; continuing …
… In response to the increasing interest among medical students and junior doctors in studying and practising medicine abroad, the Medical Journal of Australia recently published A guide to … career choices towards primary care specialties, graduate education in public health, and working with underserved …
… people working in health careers; To adapt health care educational curricula to support the development of cultural … aboriginal students to, and their successful completion of, medical school. Universities leading the way in this regard … and community service. The social accountability of medical schools has been defined by the World Health …
… Relationships involving medical practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry raise serious concerns and controversy within both the medical profession and the broader community. 1 , 2 Within … interests of clinicians rather than legitimate care, educational or research goals, thereby compromising the …
Alison J Dwyer, Peter Morley, Esther Reid and Cassandra Angelatos
… quarters at his hospital and took his own life. 1 The medical profession is one with a significant risk of stress, … committed, conscientious, obsessive personalities of our medical professionals. 6 However, young doctors give their … A focus on enhancing and ensuring adequate medicaleducation for junior doctors led to additional staffing …
… fails. Accordingly, for many years, the training and education of health workers has been a major feature of … short of doctors and nurses have evolved a system of paramedical health workers, such as the famed "barefoot doctors" … and context. What? A syndromic approach The traditional medical school focus on precise diagnosis and pertinent …
Richard B Hays, Kathleen R Lockhart, Edward Teo, Janie Smith and David Waynforth
… Admission to Australian medical schools is highly competitive, despite an increase … in 2013, students paid A$9450 for each of the 4–6 years of medical tuition via the HECS-HELP scheme (Higher Education Contribution Scheme, Higher Education Loan …
Belinda R Pond, Lauren G Dalton, Gary J Disher and Michael J Cousins
… A ustralian medical specialists report that access to continuing … 5 In addition to their clinical responsibilities, medical specialists working in rural Australia contribute to … modules have provided specialists with easy access to educational events that they may not have otherwise been …
… have been grouped into three classes: clinical (nursing, medical); those at risk of "downstream" injury … Department laundry); and other staff (phlebotomists, paramedical, laboratory). Standardised, anonymous questionnaire … seroconversion to HIV, HBV or HCV infection was recorded. Education We have previously published data demonstrating an …
Grant A Blashki, Leon Piterman, Graham N Meadows, David M Clarke, Vasuki Prabaharan, Jane M Gunn and Fiona K Judd
… that have been adapted for general practice, such as psychoeducation, interpersonal counselling and CBS. Providing … of the study that aimed to measure the impact of an educational intervention on GP acquisition of CBS skills. … problem solving CBT Design The training was based on medicaleducation principles with a strong emphasis on …
Michael R Kidd, Justin J Beilby, Elizabeth A Farmer, Claire L Jackson and Stephen C Trumble
… the Australian Government established General Practice Education and Training (GPET). 1 The main role of this new … of rural Australia and addressing maldistribution of the medical workforce ( → Regionalisation of general practice … and their rural clinical schools to improve integration in medical student training with the training of recent medical …
Anne A Martin, Caroline O Laurence, Linda E Black and Bruce V Mugford
… (intern). During the first 2 years after graduation, medical graduates gain knowledge, attitudes and skills that … opportunity for a detailed evaluation, particularly of the educational value of these posts. Here, we examine interns’ … TH terms, with particular emphasis on the domains of junior medical officer education as listed by the Postgraduate …